Time Bandits
Time Bandits is a 1981 British fantasy adventure film co-written, produced, and directed by Terry Gilliam. It stars David Rappaport, Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Ralph Richardson, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, Peter Vaughan and David Warner. The film tells the story of a young boy taken on an adventure through time with a band of thieves who plunder treasure from various points in history.
Plot
Kevin is a young boy fascinated by history, particularly that of Ancient Greece. His parents ignore his activities, having become obsessed with buying the latest household gadgets. One night, as Kevin is sleeping, an armoured knight on a horse bursts out of his wardrobe. Kevin hides under the covers as the knight rides off into a forest where his bedroom wall was; when Kevin looks again, the room is back to normal and he finds one of his photos on the wall similar to the forest he saw. The next night he prepares a satchel with supplies and a Polaroid camera but is surprised when six dwarfs spill out of the wardrobe. Kevin quickly learns the group has stolen a map and is looking for an exit from his room before they are discovered. They find that the bedroom wall leads to a portal. Kevin is hesitant to join until the apparition of a floating, menacing head—the Supreme Being—appears behind them, demanding the return of the map. Kevin and the dwarves find an empty void at the end of the hallway.
Cast
- Charles McKeown
- Craig Warnock
- David Daker
- David Leland
- David Rappaport
- David Warner
- Derek Deadman
- Derrick O'Connor
- Frances de la Tour
- Ian Holm
- Jack Purvis
- Jim Broadbent
- John Cleese
- Katherine Helmond
- Kenny Baker
- Michael Palin
- Neil McCarthy
- Peter Vaughan
- Preston Lockwood
- Ralph Richardson
- Roger Frost
- Sean Connery
- Shelley Duvall
- Terence Bayler
- Tony Jay
- Winston Dennis
More details
| author | Michael Palin Terry Gilliam |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Ancient Greece Atlantic Ocean England |
| director | David Warner Ian Holm John Cleese Katherine Helmond Michael Palin Peter Vaughan Ralph Richardson Sean Connery Shelley Duvall Terry Gilliam |
| editor | Julian Doyle |
| events | time travel |
| genre | adventure fantasy |
| keywords | agamemnon battle of castiglione buy cove dwarf elderly man end evil man fight float god meet minotaur mycenaean greece napoleon bonaparte obsess one night outer space polaroid camera robin hood sleep smoke spacetime supreme being survive the king warn young boy |
| musicBy | Michael Moran |
| producer | Terry Gilliam |
| productionCompany | HandMade Films |
| publisher | HandMade Films (Distributors) Ltd. |
| recordedAt | Morocco |
| theme | hood independent time |