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Time Bandits (1981) [PG]

Release Date:
July 13, 1981

Original Title:
Time Bandits

Alternate Titles:
Aikavarkaat
Banditer, banditer!
Bandité času
Los ladrones del tiempo
Tidstyvene
Time Bandits - I banditi del tempo
Time Bandits - det våras för banditerna
Крадци във времето
시간 도둑들

Genres:
Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Handmade Films

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: PG  DE: 6  ES: A  FR: U  GB: PG  IE: PG  JP: G  NL: 6  SE: 15  US: PG 

Runtime: 116

…they didn’t make history, they stole it!

Overview from TheMovieDB

Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.

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Production

Additional Music:
George Harrison

Art Direction:
Norman Garwood

Assistant Art Director:
Celia Barnett

Assistant Costume Designer:
Stephen Miles

Associate Producer:
Neville C. Thompson

Casting:
Irene Lamb

Costume Designer:
James Acheson

Costumer:
Dorothy Williams
Richard Cattermole

Director:
Terry Gilliam

Director of Photography:
Peter Biziou

Editor:
Julian Doyle

Executive Producer:
Denis O'Brien
George Harrison

First Assistant Director:
Simon Hinkly

Makeup & Hair:
Elaine Carew
Maggie Weston

Original Music Composer:
Mike Moran
Trevor Jones

Producer:
Terry Gilliam

Production Design:
Milly Burns

Production Manager:
Graham Ford

Second Assistant Director:
Guy Travers

Second Unit Director:
Julian Doyle

Sound:
Allen Hurd
André Jacquemin

Sound Director:
Philip Chubb

Sound Engineer:
John Richards

Sound Mixer:
Garth Marshall

Theme Song Performance:
George Harrison

Third Assistant Director:
Mark Cooper

Visual Effects:
Kent Houston
Paul Whitbread

Writer:
Michael Palin
Terry Gilliam

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