Time bandits
(2014, original release: 1981)

Fiction

DVD

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PUBLISHED
[Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2014]
©2014
EDITION
Director-approved two-DVD special edition
DESCRIPTION

2 videodiscs (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
9781604659337 CC2426D, 1604659335 CC2426D-1, 715515133319 CC2426D-2
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Originally released as a motion picture in 1981

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

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

Director of photography, Peter Biziou ; editor, Julian Doyle ; production designer, Milly Burns ; art director, Norman Garwood ; costumes designed by Jim Acheson ; music score composed and orchestrated by Mike Moran ; songs and additional material by George Harrison

John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, Ralph Richardson, Peter Vaughan, David Warner, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, Malcolm Dixon, Mike Edmonds, Jack Purvis, Tiny Ross, Craig Warnock, Jim Broadbent

MPAA rating: PG

DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 presentation); Dolby digital stereo

English dialogue with optional English SDH subtitles for the hearing-impaired

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