Released by Avco Embassy Pictures 

(A Handmade Films Release)

Credits:
Director and Producer: Terry Gilliam

Executive Producers: George Harrison and Denis O'Brien

Screenplay: Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam
Director of Photography: Peter Biziou
Editor: Julian Doyle
Production Designer: Millie Burns
Music: Mike Moran

Songs and Additional Material: George Harrison
Running Time: 116 minutes

Cast:

Robin Hood: John Cleese

King Agamemnon: Sean Connery

Pansy: Shelley Duvall

Mrs. Ogre: Katherine Helmond

Napoleon: Ian Holm

Vincent: Michael Palin

Evil Genius: David Warner

Supreme Being: Ralph Richardson

Ogre: Peter Vaughan

Randall: David Rappaport

Fidgit: Kenny Baker

Wally: Jack Purvis

Og: Mike Edmonds

Strutter: Malcolm Dixon

Vermin: Tiny Ross

Kevin: Craig Warnock

Genre:

Fantasy / Adventure / Comedy

Synopsis:

A young boy's wardrobe contains a time hole. Through this hole an assortment of short people (i.e. dwarfs) come while escaping from their master, the supreme being. They take Kevin with them on their adventures through time from Napoleonic times to the Middle Ages to the early 1900s, to the time of Legends and the Fortress of Ultimate Darkness where they confront Evil.

Release Date (USA):

13 November 1981

Academy Awards:

-

Budget:

$5m

Links:

The Internet Movie Database - Time Bandits

Movies.com - Time Bandits

Rottentomatoes.com - Time Bandits

Hollywood.com - Time Bandits