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Born from the brilliant minds of Monty Python's Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin, Time Bandits is a British masterstroke in fantasy adventure.
When a young boy's wardrobe shapeshifts into the gateway of another world, he finds himself embroiled in a series of eccentric encounters with famous historical figures; Napoleon, Robin Hood and ancient Greek leader, Agamemnon. There, backed by an arsenal of guerrilla dwarves, he must overcome evil forces, quantum leaps in time and 1980's suburban conditioning in order to save history, the present and the future.
Loaded with astutely observed, rapid-fire humour, this critically acclaimed smash-hit remains one of Britain's most-enduring ensemble comedies. Boasting music by George Harrison, who co-produced the film alongside writer/director Gilliam, it stars Academy Award - winners Sean Connery and Jim Broadbent, plus fellow Python's John Cleese and co-writer Michael Palin, in a classic - and timeless - comedy.
- Director
Terry Gilliam
- Certificate
PG
- Year
1981
- Screen
Widescreen
- Languages
English - Dolby Digital (5.1)
- Region
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.
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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great movie - a real classic, but poor transfer,
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This review is from: Time Bandits [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
I don't need to review the movie, you can probably read the reviews on the DVD section to find out what the film is like. I got the Blu Ray as I'm slowly replacing my favourites on DVD with the Blu Ray versions, and this is why I'm dissapointed.
Yes - the picture quality IS better than the DVD, but that's entirely due to the improvement in the format. It would appear that no effort has been to clean up the film print, correct scratches etc and the hiss on the sound track is awful. This is a lazy and no doubt, quick/cheap effort. This is why I've given 3 stars - 3 stars for thr Blu Ray transfer, 5 for the movie, which I love.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Classic movie, poor quality disc,
By Mr. Stuart Bruce "DonQuibeats" (Cardiff, UK) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Time Bandits [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
Just a quick review to agree with Mr Ro Johns. The movie itself is fantastic and is an essential film for your collection, one of Terry Gilliam's best but also most successful films (a rare combination) and entertaining again and again.
However as Blu Rays go this is poor. Very few extras and a very poor-quality print which has some picture drop-out, plenty of dust, and less than perfect sound quality. Admittedly the film is from 1981 and may not be in the best of conditions but no apparent effort has been made to clean it up. A lazy quick Blu Ray transfer. Hopefully someday there will be a remastered, 'special edition' version. I wish I'd waited for that.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gilliam at his best,
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This review is from: Time Bandits [DVD] (DVD)
Time Bandits follows the adventures of Kevin, a put-upon, largely ignored but particularly imaginitive young lad who is abducted by a gang of dwarves (led by David Rappaport) who have stolen a time map from the Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson as an absent-minded, slightly stern, favourite uncle-like God) and are using it to develop their new careers as international criminals. Cue encounters with Napoleon (the ever fantastic Ian Holm), the Titanic, Robin Hood (John Cleese) and an unspeakably Evil David Warner.As one of Terry Gilliam's earliest post-Python films and apparrantly aimed at a youngish audience, you might be tempted to give this a miss, but all of Gilliam's trademark imagery, wit and style is here, full-on and in bucketloads. The balance of review markings so far suggest that even those who like his work are less than enthused about Time Bandits, but really you can't go wrong here: visually sumptuous, excellently acted, exquisitely casted, superlatively plotted and wittier than Stephen Fry and Rowan Atkinson's secret lovechild: if you've enjoyed anything by Giliam, you'll love this. Many of the themes seen in later works are evident here: children, dwarves, theatre, travel and the eternal struggle between good and evil (allegorized as a conflict between the power of a childish imagination and the leaden hand of bureaucracy). Indeed Time Bandits could easily be the first of a trilogy with The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (I've not seen The Brothers Grimm, but I suspect that it could make this a quadrilogy). "We're in the middle ages! Five hundred years before the man we robbed is even born. Ha ha! Try that one in a court of law!"
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