10 July 1981 (United Kingdom)
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.
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). All are about the "craziness of our awkwardly ordered society and the desire to escape it through whatever means possible". All three films focus on these struggles and attempts to escape them through imagination: Time Bandits through the eyes of a child, Brazil through the eyes of a man in his thirties, and Munchausen through the eyes of an elderly man.
Storyline
A young boy accidentally joins a band of time travelling dwarves, as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal.
Also See
- Brazil (1985)
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Sound Effects Used
- BBC Records, Crashes - Glass Crash/Gateway Records, Glass & Metal Crash
- CINESOUND BOMB WHISTLE 01
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 1
- Cinesound Klaxon Sound 1/Roger Rabbit Ahooga Sound (heard when the Titanic sinks)
- Hollywoodedge, Siren English Police EE066801
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 05
- Sound Ideas, WHIZZ 01