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Time Bandits [1981]
Country
of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1981
Running Times: 110 mins [USA] 116
mins [UK]
Format: Technicolor 35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1 [negative ratio] 1.66:1
[intended ratio]
Sound: Dolby
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Handmade Films Ltd
Executive Producers: George Harrison, Denis O'Brien
Producer: Terry Gilliam
Associate Producer: Neville C. Thompson
Production Manager: Graham Ford
SCRIPT
Script: Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin
DIRECTION
Director: Terry Gilliam
2nd Unit Director: Julian Doyle
1st Assistant Director: Simon Hinkly
2nd Assistant Director: Guy Travers
3rd Assistant Directors: Chris Thompson, Mark Cooper
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Peter Biziou
Camera Operator: David Garfath
Clapper Loader: Simon Fulford
2nd Unit Clapper Loader: Simon Haveland
Focus Puller: Bob Stilwell
2nd Unit Focus Puller: Brian Herlihy
Gaffers: Reg Parsons, Roy Rodhouse
Electricians: Stuart Monteith, Tug Wilson
Best Boy: Chuck Finch
Grip: Freddie Fry
2nd Unit Grip: Tony Andrews
Stills: Clive Coote
Grip and Lighting Equipment: Lee Lighting Ltd
EDITING AND POST
PRODUCTION
Editor: Julian Doyle
Assistant Editor: Rodney Glenn
2nd Assistant Editor: Adam Unger
MUSIC
Music: Mike Moran
Additional Music: George Harrison
Greek Dance Music: Trevor Jones
Songs: Rose Jolson, Dreyer [Me And My Shadow]; George
Harrison [Dream Away]
Songs Performed By: George Harrison, Dave Mattacks, Alan
Jones, Mike Moran, Ray Cooper, Billy Preston, Syreeta,
Sarah Ricor [Dream Away]
Song Produced By: George Harrison, Ray Cooper, Phil
McDonald [Dream Away]
Song Arranger: Trevor Jones [Me and My Shadows]
Percussion: Ray Cooper
Orchestrator: Mike Moran
Musical Director: Harry Rabinowitz
Music Producer: Ray Cooper
SOUND
Sound Mixer: Garth Marshall
Sound Engineer: John Richards
Boom Operator: Bob Doyle
Dubbing Mixers: Brian Paxton, Paul Carr
Dubbing Editor: Stanley Fiferman
Dialogue Editor: Mike Hopkins
Footsteps Editor: Dino Di Campo
Sound Maintenance: Philip Chubb
MAKE UP AND
COSTUMES
Make Up / Hair: Elaine Carew, Maggie Weston
Assistant Make Up: Sue Frear
Costume Designer: Jim Acheson
Assistant Costume Designer: T. Stephen Miles
Associate Costume Designer: Hazel Côté
Costumers: Dorothy Williams, Richard Cattermole
Wardrobe Mistress: Dorothea Smylie
Wardrobe Assistants: Dai Murch, Gilly Hebden, Tony
Williams
Wigs and Beards Maker: Kenneth Lintott
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Senior Technician: John Bunker
Special Effects Technician: Ross King
Special Effects Modellers: Chris Overs, Lewis Coleman
Troll Maker: Ray Scott
Special Effects Consultants: Andy Thompson, Chris Verner
Special Effects Runner: Chris Ostwald
VISUAL EFFECTS
Assistant Modelmakers: Alix Harwood, Behira Thraves,
Carol De Jong, Jean Ramsey
Model Photography: Julian Doyle
Visual Effects Camera: Jon Sorensen [uncredited]
Matte Paintings: Ray Caple
Optical Effects: Kent Houston, Paul Whitbread
Assistant Optical Effects: Dennis De Groot, Tim Ollive
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Milly Burns
Art Director: Norman Garwood
Assistant Art Director: Celia Barnett
Property Master: Peter Grant
Dressing Props: Ray Perry
Prop Dresser: Steve Wheeler
Stand-By Props: Dave Newton, John Cole
Production Buyer: Karen Brookes
Storeman: Frank Marks
Drapes: Ron Cowan
Construction Manager: Peter Verard
Supervising Carpenter: Len Day
Carpenters: Micky Fisher, Robert Devine, Dennis
Bovington, Gary Hedges, Norman Fletcher, Steve Fitzwater
Stand-By Carpenter: Craig Hillier
Painters: Bob Mason, John Davey
Stand-By Painters: Alan Grenham, Graham Bullock
Scenic Artist: Graham Menage [uncredited]
Plasterers: James Taylor, Bruce Newell, Eric Nash,
Michael Melia
Draughtsman: Steve Cooper
Riggers: Dave Everall, Richard Harris
Stand-By Rigger: Dave Wiggins
Stagehands: John Tregear, Les Beaver
Stand-By Stagehand: Douglas Cox
MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Penny Eyles
Accountant: Brian Bailey
Assistant Accountants: Michael Yell, Ray Parsons
Accounts Secretary: Geraldine Dunn
Production Assistant: Linda Bruce
Assistant To Producer: Rachel Neale
Production Runner: Steve Parker
Puppet Show: John Styles
Unit Drivers: Brian Brookner, Tony Hocking
Benson The Dog Supplied By: Joan Woodgate
Og the Pig Supplied By: Mike Hearst
LOCATIONS
Locations: Haywood, Birch Hill, Bracknell, Berkshire,
England, UK; La Alhambra palace, Granada, Andalucía,
Spain; Raglan Castle, Gwent, Wales, UK
Location Manager: Patrick Cassavetti
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks To: Peter Simms, Shirley Draffan, Simon
Burridge, Yvette Warnock
STUNTS
Stunt Arrangers: Peter Brayham, Terry Yorke
Wireman: Bob Harman
Stunt Double For Knight / Hussar: Brian Bowes
[uncredited]
CASTING
Casting: Irene Lamb
CAST
John Cleese [Robin Hood]
Sean Connery [King Agamemnon]
Shelley Duvall [Pansy]
Katherine Helmond [Mrs. Ogre]
Ian Holm [Napoleon]
Michael Palin [Vincent]
Ralph Richardson [Supreme Being]
Peter Vaughan [Winston the Ogre]
David Warner [Evil Genius]
David Rappaport [Randall]
Kenny Baker [Fidgit]
Malcolm Dixon [Strutter]
Mike Edmonds [Og]
Jack Purvis [Wally]
Tiny Ross [Vermin]
Craig Warnock [Kevin]
David Daker [Kevin's Father]
Sheila Fearn [Kevin's Mother]
Jim Broadbent [Compere]
John Young [Reginald]
Myrtle Devenish [Beryl]
Leon Lissek [1st refugee]
Terence Bayler [Lucien]
Preston Lockwood [Neguy]
Charles McKeown [theatre manager]
David Leland [puppeteer]
John Hughman [The Great Rumbozo]
Derrick O'Connor [robber leader]
Neil McCarthy [2nd robber]
Declan Mulholland [3rd robber]
Peter Jonfield [arm wrestler]
Derek Deadman [Robert]
Jerold Wells [Benson]
Roger Frost [Cartwright]
Martin Carroll [Baxi Brazilia III]
Marcus Powell [Horseflesh]
Winston Dennis [bull-headed warrior]
Del Baker [Greek fighting warrior]
Juliette James [Clytemnestra]
Ian Muir [giant]
Mark Holmes [troll father]
Andrew MacLachlan [fireman]
Chris Grant [voice of TV announcer]
Tony Jay [voice of Supreme Being]
Edwin Finn [Supreme Being's face]
Frances de la Tour [Salvation Army Major - uncredited]
SUMMARY
Young Kevin's life is
turned upside down one night when a knight on horseback
appears from his bedroom wardrobe, following by a gang of
dwarf thieves on the run from the Supreme Being after
stealing his map showing the flaws in His greatest
creation. Using these "time holes", the Time
Bandits are able to plunder the treasures of history and
soon Kevin is on a breathtaking chase through time and
space.
CAPSULE REVIEW
After the wonderful Jabberwocky
[1977], Gilliam made this, his first gold-plated
masterpiece. Surreal, hysterical and visually highly
inventive, it was quite unlike any other film released
1981. The cast is amazing, the script [as you'd expect]
is chock full of Pythonesque humour and sheer wealth of
imagination would keep many a lesser director in material
for an entire career. Essential viewing.
AVAILABILITY
Canada
Theatrical Distributor: New World-Mutual
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Handmade Films Ltd
USA
Theatrical Distributor: AVCO Embassy Pictures
Video Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment
DVD Distributors: Criterion [CC 1552D]; Anchor Bay [DV
10685]
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Australia
Rating: PG
Finland
Rating: K-12
France
Rating: U
Sweden
Rating: 15
UK
Rating: PG
USA
Rating: PG
West Germany
Rating: 6
AWARDS
1982
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, USA
President's Award - winner
Hugo Awards, USA
Best Dramatic Presentation - nominated
1983
Fantasporto, Portugal
International Fantasy Film Award Best Film [Terry
Gilliam] - nominated
TIMELINE
1981
July
13: UK - theatrical release
November
13: USA - theatrical release
1982
February
12: Sweden - theatrical release
March
18: West Germany - theatrical release
1983
February
Day Unknown: Portugal - shown at the Fantasporto Film
Festival
11: Finland - theatrical release
1999
March
30: USA - DVD release [Criterion [CC 1552D]]
May
4: USA - DVD release [Anchor Bay [DV 10685]]
2001
December
12: France - theatrical re-release
POSTER TAGS
All the dreams you've ever had - and not
just the good ones...
...they didn't make history, they stole
it!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Aikavarkaat - Finnish
title
I banditi del tempo - Italian title
Bandits, bandits - French title
Bandyci czasu - Polish title
Det varas för banditerna - Swedish
title
Los héroes del tiempo - Spanish title
Os Ladroes do Tempo - Portugese title
Rosvoja, rosvoja! - Finnish title
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Correio da Manha, TV 21
August 1998 p.30 [Portugal]
review KEYWORDS
ancient greece, bandits, children, cosmic zooms, deities,
dwarves, giants, god, knights, magic, napoleon, robin hood, shipwrecks, surrealism,
time travel, the titanic, transformations
Last Updated:
6 March, 2007
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