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Time Bandits

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Time Bandits
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PG,1hr 50min
Genres:
Action,Sci-Fi
Release:
1981
Director:
Terry Gilliam
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall  ...more
Synopsis: A young boy joins a group of renegade dwarves on an unpredictable journey through time in this humorous fantasy. Monty Python animator Terry Gilliam mostly achieves a tricky balancing act in his second feature as sole director, creating a dark, irreverent comedy disguised as a family adventure. Particularly amusing are the boy's encounters with various historical figures, including an entertainment-starved Napoleon (Ian Holm), a powerful Agamemnon (Sean Connery), and a surprisingly stuffy Robin Hood, ... Full Synopsis
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Dan Jardine, AMG Review
Terry Gilliam's 1981 children's fantasy film is a curious mixture of adventure, farce, and satire that is intermittently entertaining -- if occasionally eccentric to a fault. With a camera perched at knee level, Time Bandits is told from a child's point-of-view, but rather than adopting a sickeningly sweet sentimentality, Gilliam opts for an acerbic and often nasty tone that risked offending the very ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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John Cleese
Robin Hood
Sean Connery
Agamemnon, King Agamemnon
Shelley Duvall
Pansy
Katherine Helmond
Mrs. Ogre
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