Press Release Criterion Press Release: Time Bandits (1981) (4k UHD Combo) (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

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In this fantastic voyage through time and space from Terry Gilliam, a boy named Kevin (Craig Warnock) escapes his gadget-obsessed parents to join a band of time travelers. Armed with a map stolen from the Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson), they plunder treasure from Napoleon (Ian Holm) and Agamemnon (Sean Connery)—but the Evil Genius (David Warner) is watching their every move. Featuring a darkly playful script by Gilliam and his Monty Python cohort Michael Palin (who also appears in the film), Time Bandits is at once a giddy fairy tale, a revisionist history lesson, and a satire of technology gone awry.
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FILM INFO

• United Kingdom
• 1981
• 116 minutes
• Color
• 1.85:1
• English
• Spine #37

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES​

• New 4K restoration, supervised by director Terry Gilliam, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray of the film with special features
• Audio commentary featuring Gilliam, cowriter-actor Michael Palin, and actors John Cleese, David Warner, and Craig Warnock
• Program on the creation of the film’s various historical periods and fantasy worlds, narrated by film writer David Morgan and featuring production designer Milly Burns and costume designer James Acheson
• Conversation between Gilliam and film scholar Peter von Bagh, recorded at the 1998 Midnight Sun Film Festival
• Appearance by actor Shelley Duvall on Tom Snyder’s Tomorrow show from 1981
• Gallery of rare photographs from the set
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by critic David Sterritt
  
  Cover based on a theatrical poster

June 13, 2023

 

[Ronald Epstein]

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[titch]

For once, Criterion beat Arrow Video to it! Arrow have Terry Gilliam on their agenda and already had a better blu-ray of Time Bandits, from their own 2K scan (2013).

 

[Ronald Epstein]

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