Time bandits / directed by Terry Gilliam.

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Criterion collection ; 37.
Corporate Author: Criterion Collection (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Gilliam, Terry (Film director)
Richardson, Ralph, Sir, 1902-1983 (Actor)
Duvall, Shelley, 1949- (Actor)
Connery, Sean (Actor)
Holm, Ian, 1931-2020 (Actor)
Cleese, John (Actor)
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2014]
Edition:Widescreen.
Series:Criterion collection ; 37.
Subjects:
Dwarfs (Folklore) > Drama.
Time travel > Drama.
Boys > Drama.
Action and adventure films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Action and adventure films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 Booklet.
Format: Video DVD
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Summary:
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.
Note:Title from web page.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1981.
Special features: Audio commentary featuring Gilliam, cowriter/actor Michael Palin, and actors John Cleese, David Warner, and Craig Warnock; 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; Conversation between Gilliam and film scholar Petervon Bagh at Finland's Midnight Sun Film Festival in 1998; Excerpt from a 1981 appearance by actor Shelley Duvall on Tom Snyder's Tomorrow show; trailer; Plus: An essay by critic David Sterritt.
2 DVDs accompanied by informational booklet.
Videorecording.
Call Number:RV002030221 VideoDVD
PN1995.9.T55 T56 2014 VideoDVD
Audience:
Rating: PG.
ISBN:9781604659337
1604659335
System Details:DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen, 1.85:1 presentation; Dolby Digital.
Cast:
Ralph Richardson, Shelley Duvall, Sean Connery, Ian Holm, John Cleese, Michael Palin, David Warner, Katherine Helmond, Peter Vaughan.