![]() It's a tale for teens and adults in which entertainment and amusement are guaranteed. ¨Time bandits¨ might be described as an extraordinary fantasy full of imagination and color. He is member of the comedy group "Monty Python" along with John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle and Graham Chapman. Gilliam is an expert on wonderful, surreal atmospheres (Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Brazil, Fisher king, Doctor Parnasus). ![]() Terry shot the film in low camera angles throughout in order to give the audience the perspective of a dwarf or a child. The motion picture was imaginatively directed by Terry Gilliam. Thrilling as well as evocative original music by Mike Moran. Colorful and glimmer cinematography by Peter Biziou. This big-budgeted, under-appreciated film achieved a limited hit at box office and panned by some critics however, today is very well considered. ![]() Special mention to Sean Connery as King Agamemnon and Fireman, Gilliam did not originally intend to cast Sean Connery as King Agamemnon, he merely wrote in the screenplay that when Agamemnon took off his helmet that he looked "exactly like Sean Connery." To Gilliam's surprise, the script found its way into Connery's hands and Connery subsequently expressed interest in doing the film. Starring a considerable cast of top-names performers such as John Cleese as Robin Hood, Shelley Duvall as Dame, Ian Holm as Napoleon, Michael Palin as Vincent, Ralph Richardson as Supreme Being and David Warner as Evil and a young Jim Broadbent as a TV host. ![]() Marvelous special effects are visually stunning and magnificently realized with no computer generator. Exciting and interesting screenplay written by Michael Palin and and Terry Gilliam of Monty Python fame. From start to finish fantasy, action and delightful adventure are continued. Fantastic film contains sense of adventure, thrills, and lots of imagination. This is an imaginative, glamorous, chaotic fantasy based on the wonderful trips carried out by a group of adventurers along with a young English schoolboy. At the end the motley group contends the Evil Genius (David Wagner, the apparatus on his head was influenced by H.R. Along the way they meet historical characters such as Napoleon (49-year-old Ian Holm plays the 26-year-old Bonaparte), Robin Hood (John Cleese, though Michael Palin wrote the role of Robin for himself, but Cleese wanted to play him), Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson) and King Agamemnon (the gold masks of Agamemnon's priests are replicas of a king's deathmask, found by Heinrich Schliemann at Mycenae in 1876, it is in Museum of Atenas). All of them travel back in time via a map that charts a course through holes holes in the fabric of the universe. As the kid accidentally joins a band as they jump from time-period to time-period looking for treasure to steal. This wonderful flick deal with a little boy (Craig Warnock won the role after a wide search for the right child actor) and six dwarfs (Kenny Baker, David Rappaport, Jack Purvis, among others) who are chased by the Supreme Being through time and space. Reviewed by ma-cortes 7 / 10 Imaginative fantasy about time travels in which our heroes take on several adventures and dangers But, who would have thought that Kevin's seemingly unexceptional room was the entrance to a mysterious wormhole and the portal to a marvellous world of adventure?-Nick Riganas Now, to further complicate matters, the dangerous arch-rival known as the Evil Genius is hot on their trail, bent on getting his hands on the precious map. Having stolen the Supreme Being's one-of-a-kind map of time and space, the audacious time-bandits whisk Kevin off on an exciting journey to the depths of history, skipping from one era to another. Intrigued by history but neglected by his parents, Kevin, an eleven-year-old schoolboy, gets the chance to make his dream come true when a band of six time-travelling dwarfs appears out of thin air in his bedroom.
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