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Time Bandits (1981) – T. Gilliam
Early outing by director
Terry Gilliam (fresh from Monty Python) that holds up surprisingly well. Young Kevin’s life with his boorish consumerist
parents is disrupted by six time-travelling dwarves who have stolen a map from
the Supreme Being that shows all of the holes in space-time, allowing them to
steal treasures from various epochs. Unfortunately, the Evil Genius, who has been
imprisoned in the Fortress of Darkness by the Supreme Being also wants the map
in order to escape and refigure the world. Kevin and the little people meet
Napoleon (Ian Holm), Robin Hood (John Cleese), and King Agamemnon (Sean
Connery) before entering the Land of Legends where things get weirder. The
special effects are pretty cool (for the time period) and although things get
dark, it seems appropriate for kids. At
least until the end, when Kevin’s parents are turned into lumps of coal – Amon (aged
10) did not appreciate this and thought it spoiled the film. So much for black comedy.
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