Time Bandits

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

Nov 6 1981 PG 1h 56m
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

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.

Plot

Intrigued by history but neglected by his parents, Kevin, an eleven-year-old schoolboy, gets the chance to make his dream come true when a band of six time-travelling dwarfs appears out of thin air in his bedroom. Having stolen the Supreme Being's one-of-a-kind map of time and space, the audacious time-bandits whisk Kevin off on an exciting journey to the depths of history, skipping from one era to another. Now, to further complicate matters, the dangerous arch-rival known as the Evil Genius is hot on their trail, bent on getting his hands on the precious map. But, who would have thought that Kevin's seemingly unexceptional room was the entrance to a mysterious wormhole and the portal to a marvellous world of adventure?

Written by

Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam

Directed by

Terry Gilliam

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

HandMade Films

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 8 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
71,382
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
79
Popularity
NA