Time Bandits
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2014.
Format: DVD
Edition: Criterion collection.
Description: 2 videodiscs (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Series: Criterion collection ; 37.
Other Authors:
Gilliam, Terry, film producer, film director, screenwriter.
Palin, Michael, screenwriter, actor.
Harrison, George, 1943-2001, film producer, composer (expression)
O'Brien, Denis, film producer.
Cleese, John, actor.
Connery, Sean, actor.
Duvall, Shelley, 1949- actor.
Helmond, Katherine, actor.
Holm, Ian, 1931-2020, actor.
Richardson, Ralph, Sir, 1902-1983, actor.
Vaughan, Peter, 1923-2016, actor.
Warner, David, 1941-2022 actor.
Rappaport, David, 1951-1990, actor.
Baker, Kenny, 1934-2016, actor.
Dixon, Malcolm (Actor), actor.
Edmonds, Mike, 1944- actor.
Purvis, Jack, 1937-1997, actor.
Ross, Tiny, actor.
Warnock, Craig, 1970- actor.
Broadbent, Jim, actor.
Biziou, Peter, director of photography.
Doyle, Julian, editor of moving image work.
Burns, Milly, production designer.
Garwood, Norman, 1947- art director.
Acheson, James, costume designer.
Moran, Mike, 1948- composer (expression)
Bagh, Peter von, 1943-2014, interviewee (expression)
Snyder, Tom, 1936-2007, interviewer (expression)
Sterritt, David, writer of supplementary textual content.
Handmade Films, presenter, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
Gilliam, Terry, film producer, film director, screenwriter.
Palin, Michael, screenwriter, actor.
Harrison, George, 1943-2001, film producer, composer (expression)
O'Brien, Denis, film producer.
Cleese, John, actor.
Connery, Sean, actor.
Duvall, Shelley, 1949- actor.
Helmond, Katherine, actor.
Holm, Ian, 1931-2020, actor.
Richardson, Ralph, Sir, 1902-1983, actor.
Vaughan, Peter, 1923-2016, actor.
Warner, David, 1941-2022 actor.
Rappaport, David, 1951-1990, actor.
Baker, Kenny, 1934-2016, actor.
Dixon, Malcolm (Actor), actor.
Edmonds, Mike, 1944- actor.
Purvis, Jack, 1937-1997, actor.
Ross, Tiny, actor.
Warnock, Craig, 1970- actor.
Broadbent, Jim, actor.
Biziou, Peter, director of photography.
Doyle, Julian, editor of moving image work.
Burns, Milly, production designer.
Garwood, Norman, 1947- art director.
Acheson, James, costume designer.
Moran, Mike, 1948- composer (expression)
Bagh, Peter von, 1943-2014, interviewee (expression)
Snyder, Tom, 1936-2007, interviewer (expression)
Sterritt, David, writer of supplementary textual content.
Handmade Films, presenter, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
Target Audience: Rating: PG.
ISBN:
9781604659337
UPC: 715515133319
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DVD SCI-FI Time | Main (Downtown) | First Level, DVD | In |
Videorecording.
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.
John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, Sir Ralph Richardson, Peter Vaughan, David Warner.
DVD, wide screen.
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.
John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, Sir Ralph Richardson, Peter Vaughan, David Warner.
DVD, wide screen.