This article is about the film. For the Dutch band, see Time Bandits (band). For the TV series based off the film, see Time Bandits (TV series).
Time Bandits
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Terry Gilliam
Written by
Terry Gilliam
Michael Palin
Produced by
Terry Gilliam
Starring
John Cleese
Sean Connery
Shelley Duvall
Katherine Helmond
Ian Holm
Michael Palin
Ralph Richardson
Peter Vaughan
David Warner
David Rappaport
Kenny Baker
Jack Purvis
Mike Edmonds
Tiny Ross
Craig Warnock
Cinematography
Peter Biziou
Edited by
Julian Doyle
Music by
Mike Moran
Songs by George Harrison
Production company
HandMade Films
Distributed by
HandMade Films (Distributors) Ltd.
Release date
2 July 1981 (1981-07-02)
Running time
113 minutes[1]
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Budget
$5 million[2]
Box office
$42.4 million[3]
Time Bandits is a 1981 British fantasy adventure film co-written, produced, and directed by Terry Gilliam. It stars Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Ralph Richardson, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, Peter Vaughan and David Warner. The film tells the story of a young boy taken on an adventure through time with a band of thieves who plunder treasure from various points in history.
In 1979, Terry Gilliam was unable to set up the film Brazil, therefore proposed a family film. Time Bandits was co-written with fellow Monty Python Michael Palin, financed by ex-Beatle George Harrison's HandMade Films and filmed in England, Morocco and Wales. The film was released in cinemas on 2 July 1981 in the United Kingdom and on 6 November 1981 in the United States. On its initial release, the film received mainly positive reviews from critics, opening at number one at the weekend box office in the US and Canada, and, by the end of its run, grossing $36 million on a budget of $5 million.
Gilliam has referred to Time Bandits as the first in his "Trilogy of Imagination", followed by Brazil (1985) and ending with The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988).
^"Time Bandits". bbfc.co.uk.
^Sellers, Robert (2003). Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: The Inside Story of HandMade Films. Metro. p. 40.
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