Sat 26 July 14:00, 14:10
An extraordinarily inventive fantasy from Terry Gilliam in which schoolboy Warnock is rescued from a dull suburban existence by a band of time travellers.
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 travellers. 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.
Fittingly produced by Handmade Films, and featuring superb production and costume design by Milly Burns and Jim Acheson respectively, Time Bandits’ universe is striking, with sometime Monty Python animator Gilliam directing with a breathless ingenuity.
This screening is co-curated by film curator and event producer Dáire Carson as part of Other Ways of Seeing, with support from BFI Awarding Funds from National Lottery. With thanks to Handmade Films and presented in collaboration with Slapstick Film Festival.
With an introduction by curator and creative producer Dáire Carson.