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6.9
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Critic Ian Nathan
rated 10

Arguably, Terry Gilliam’s most wholly satisfying film, this dazzling, dizzying fantasy is everything that makes the sublime if infuriating director so revered with added solidity.

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Cast & Crew

Terry Gilliam
Director
John Cleese
As Robin Hood
David Warner
As Evil Genius
Jim Broadbent
As Compere
Michael Palin
As Vincent
Sean Connery
As King Agamemnon / Fireman
Ian Holm
As King Agamemnon / Fireman

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In this fantastical adventure film, a young boy named Kevin discovers that his bedroom wall leads to other points in time and space. He joins a group of six dwarfs who have stolen a map that charts these holes and are using it to steal treasures from different eras while avoiding detection by the Supreme Being. Alongside Kevin, the dwarfs encounter historical figures such as Napoleon Bonaparte and Robin Hood while traveling through time, but their activities are monitored by Evil, a malevolent being who seeks to acquire their map. Kevin becomes separated from the group and meets King Agamemnon before being reunited with his dwarf friends on the RMS Titanic. After surviving encounters with ogres and a giant, the group locates the Fortress of Ultimate Darkness, where they find "The Most Fabulous Object in the World," but are trapped by Evil. In the climactic scene, Evil is defeated by the Supreme Being; Kevin and the dwarfs return to their own time, leaving Kevin with an incredible story to tell. This iconic time-travel film is packed with original ideas, humor, stunning visuals at the hands of director Terry Gilliam, and a memorable cast of characters.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Time Bandits include E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Ewok Adventure, Return from Witch Mountain, The NeverEnding Story, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, Labyrinth.

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Time Bandits was released in theaters on November 13, 1981.