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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305283690
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305283699
Label: Criterion
Manufacturer: Criterion
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 30, 1999
Running Time: 116 minutes
Sales Rank: 28962
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: November 06, 1981
Editorial Review:
Description:
In Terry Gilliam's fantastic voyage through time and space, a young boy named Kevin (Craig Warnock) escapes his gadget-obsessed parents to join a band of time-traveling dwarves. Armed with a map stolen from the Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson), they plunder treasure from Napoleon (Ian Holm) and Agamemnon (Sean Connery)-but the Evil Genius (David Warner) is watching their every move! Featuring a darkly playful script by Gilliam and costar Michael Palin, Time Bandits is all at once giddy fairy tale, revisionist history lesson, and satire on technology gone awry.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Great movie! Great kid's movie and the Criterion DVD still stands up high!
My uncle first introduced this movie to me a long time ago! Afterwards I thought it was weird for a couple of reasons. The first was that it was directed by Terry Gilliam of Monty Python and the other was the kooky plot and characters. But they were reasons to make me watch the movie. I fell in love with it after a couple of viewings. I have to praise Terry Gilliam for directing Heath Ledger in his last role after The Dark Knight. The Criterion DVD is still good by the way. Despite the non-anamorphic ... Read More
Rating: - Never mind them: Time Bandits is a GREAT film!
I had a strong reaction to people's negative comments about this movie... I must admit, when I saw the movie in the theater, I can remember it being much more fast-paced then when I saw it for the second time on dvd in the 2000s...I also remember it being funnier...And I suppose the special effects are not up to modern standards... But to call Time Bandits "dated, dumb, and dull," as one reviewer wrote, is in my opinion a great injustice to a great movie.
People have to realize- Time Bandits ... Read More
Rating: - Terry Gilliam--Once Again At His BEST!
Terry Gilliam's works are always magically a bit odd and off center, and keep the viewer mystified and off balance, and in the end...it all works out. Somehow. The relationship between Sean Connery's King Agamemnon and the protagonist (Kevin) is sweet and not-quite-happy-ending enough for me, but the film is a masterpiece in the fantasy genre.
Rating:  - Does NOT Stand the Test of Time
My husband, 11 year old daughter, and I watched TIME BANDITS the other evening. My husband remembered it from his college days as being extremely funny, and thought we would all enjoy it. The whole family loves British comedy, and we were really looking forward to this. Unfortunately, TIME BANDITS has not held up well over the years. We all sat there a bit glassy-eyed and slack-jawed, waiting for the laughs.
For some reason that I cannot quite my finger on, this film just isn't funny anymore ... Read More
Rating:  - Pure Chaos
Terry Gilliam movies are a mixed bag, but rest assured they are always going to be surreal. The silly premise of a band of international thieves stealing a map from the Supreme Being and running amuck with comic escapades involving historical figures is wonderfully goofy gold mine to work with. Unfortunately, many of the scenes are just not that funny. Napolean's obsession with short people was just obvious and was pretty dull to watch. The scenes involving ancient Greece, outside of a great festival scene, ... Read More
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