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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).

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Confession time. So we didn't so much buy a used Tardis as, um liberate it. With the help of these guys. Who, despite their obvious flaws, are the best in the business at what they do, mainly because nobody else is stupid enough to try it. Plus the Supreme Being hasn't let Randall look at any extradimensional cartography after that kerfuffle about selling wormhole locations to Mapquest, so the boys needed a new ride.

I do want to say that it's not my fault Tennant's still stuck in the Battle of Castiglione. I thought he and Napoleon were really hitting it off.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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