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The Resource Time bandits, Hand Made Films present ; produced and directed by Terry Gilliam ; written by Michael Palin & Terry Gilliam ; executive producers, George Harrison & Denis O'Brien

Time bandits, Hand Made Films present ; produced and directed by Terry Gilliam ; written by Michael Palin & Terry Gilliam ; executive producers, George Harrison & Denis O'Brien

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Summary
A boy named Kevin escapes his gadget-obsessed parents to join a band of time-traveling dwarves. Armed with a map stolen from the Supreme Being, they plunder treasure from Napoleon and Agamemnon; but Evil is watching their every move. A giddy fairy tale, a revisionist history lesson, and a satire on technology gone awry
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Extent
2 DVDs (116 min.)
Note
  • Wide screen (1.85:1)
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1981
  • Special features: Disc 1: Audio commentary featuring director Terry Gilliam, coscreeenwriter and actor Michael Palin, and actors John Cleese, David Warner, and Craig Warnock; Trailer. Disc 2: Creating the worlds of Time Bandits (new piece narrated by film writer David Morgan and featuring production designer Milly Burns and costume designer James Acheson on the creation of the film's various historical periods and fantasy worlds); Terry Gilliam and Peter von Bagh (conversation between Gilliam and film scholar Peter von Bagh at Finland's Midnight Sun Film Festival in 1998); Shelley Duvall (excerpt from a 1981 appearance by actor Shelley Duvall on NBC's Tomorrow show hosted by Tom Snyder); Stills gallery. Insert features an essay by critic David Sterritt
Contents
  • Special features : Audio commentary featuring Gilliam, co-writer Michael Palin, and actors John Cleese, David Warner, and Craig Warnock ; New piece, narrated by film writer David Morgan ; Conversation between Gilliam and film scholar Peter von Bagh
Isbn
9781604659337
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Label
Time bandits
Title
Time bandits
Statement of responsibility
Hand Made Films present ; produced and directed by Terry Gilliam ; written by Michael Palin & Terry Gilliam ; executive producers, George Harrison & Denis O'Brien
Contributor
Actor
Art director
Costume designer
Director of photography
Editor of moving image work
Film director
Film distributor
Film producer
Presenter
Production company
Production designer
Screenwriter
Writer of supplementary textual content
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
A boy named Kevin escapes his gadget-obsessed parents to join a band of time-traveling dwarves. Armed with a map stolen from the Supreme Being, they plunder treasure from Napoleon and Agamemnon; but Evil is watching their every move. A giddy fairy tale, a revisionist history lesson, and a satire on technology gone awry
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videorecording
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Credits note
Director of photography, Peter Biziou ; editor, Julian Doyle ; production designer, Milly Burns ; art director, Norman Garwood ; costumes designed by Jim Acheson ; music score composed and orchestrated by Mike Moran ; songs and additional material by George Harrison
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG
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Language note
English dialogue with optional English SDH subtitles for the hearing-impaired
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.T525 2014
PerformerNote
John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, Ralph Richardson, Peter Vaughan, David Warner, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, Malcolm Dixon, Mike Edmonds, Jack Purvis, Tiny Ross, Craig Warnock, Jim Broadbent
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  • 1943-2001
  • 1949-
  • 1931-2020
  • 1902-1983
  • 1923-2016
  • 1941-
  • 1951-1990
  • 1934-2016
  • 1944-
  • 1937-1997
  • 1970-
  • 1947-
  • 1948-
  • 1943-2014
  • 1936-2007
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  • Gilliam, Terry
  • Palin, Michael
  • Harrison, George
  • O'Brien, Denis
  • Cleese, John
  • Connery, Sean
  • Duvall, Shelley
  • Helmond, Katherine
  • Holm, Ian
  • Richardson, Ralph
  • Vaughan, Peter
  • Warner, David
  • Rappaport, David
  • Baker, Kenny
  • Dixon, Malcolm
  • Edmonds, Mike
  • Purvis, Jack
  • Ross, Tiny
  • Warnock, Craig
  • Broadbent, Jim
  • Biziou, Peter
  • Doyle, Julian
  • Burns, Milly
  • Garwood, Norman
  • Acheson, James
  • Moran, Mike
  • Bagh, Peter von
  • Snyder, Tom
  • Sterritt, David
  • Handmade Films
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
116
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
37
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  • Time travel
  • Dwarfs (Folklore)
  • Boys
  • Boys
  • Dwarfs (Folklore)
  • Time travel
Technique
live action
Label
Time bandits, Hand Made Films present ; produced and directed by Terry Gilliam ; written by Michael Palin & Terry Gilliam ; executive producers, George Harrison & Denis O'Brien
Link
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Wide screen (1.85:1)
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1981
  • Special features: Disc 1: Audio commentary featuring director Terry Gilliam, coscreeenwriter and actor Michael Palin, and actors John Cleese, David Warner, and Craig Warnock; Trailer. Disc 2: Creating the worlds of Time Bandits (new piece narrated by film writer David Morgan and featuring production designer Milly Burns and costume designer James Acheson on the creation of the film's various historical periods and fantasy worlds); Terry Gilliam and Peter von Bagh (conversation between Gilliam and film scholar Peter von Bagh at Finland's Midnight Sun Film Festival in 1998); Shelley Duvall (excerpt from a 1981 appearance by actor Shelley Duvall on NBC's Tomorrow show hosted by Tom Snyder); Stills gallery. Insert features an essay by critic David Sterritt
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Special features : Audio commentary featuring Gilliam, co-writer Michael Palin, and actors John Cleese, David Warner, and Craig Warnock ; New piece, narrated by film writer David Morgan ; Conversation between Gilliam and film scholar Peter von Bagh
Control code
ocn894260908
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Extent
2 DVDs (116 min.)
Isbn
9781604659337
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515133319
Other physical details
sound, color.
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
  • CC2426D
  • CC2426D-1
  • CC2426D-2
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)894260908
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 presentation); Dolby digital stereo
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Time bandits, Hand Made Films present ; produced and directed by Terry Gilliam ; written by Michael Palin & Terry Gilliam ; executive producers, George Harrison & Denis O'Brien
Link
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Wide screen (1.85:1)
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1981
  • Special features: Disc 1: Audio commentary featuring director Terry Gilliam, coscreeenwriter and actor Michael Palin, and actors John Cleese, David Warner, and Craig Warnock; Trailer. Disc 2: Creating the worlds of Time Bandits (new piece narrated by film writer David Morgan and featuring production designer Milly Burns and costume designer James Acheson on the creation of the film's various historical periods and fantasy worlds); Terry Gilliam and Peter von Bagh (conversation between Gilliam and film scholar Peter von Bagh at Finland's Midnight Sun Film Festival in 1998); Shelley Duvall (excerpt from a 1981 appearance by actor Shelley Duvall on NBC's Tomorrow show hosted by Tom Snyder); Stills gallery. Insert features an essay by critic David Sterritt
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Special features : Audio commentary featuring Gilliam, co-writer Michael Palin, and actors John Cleese, David Warner, and Craig Warnock ; New piece, narrated by film writer David Morgan ; Conversation between Gilliam and film scholar Peter von Bagh
Control code
ocn894260908
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Extent
2 DVDs (116 min.)
Isbn
9781604659337
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515133319
Other physical details
sound, color.
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
  • CC2426D
  • CC2426D-1
  • CC2426D-2
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)894260908
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 presentation); Dolby digital stereo
Video recording format
DVD

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