Un joven accidentalmente se une a una banda de enanos que viajan a través del tiempo, mientras saltan de era en era en busca de un tesoro que robar.Un joven accidentalmente se une a una banda de enanos que viajan a través del tiempo, mientras saltan de era en era en busca de un tesoro que robar.Un joven accidentalmente se une a una banda de enanos que viajan a través del tiempo, mientras saltan de era en era en busca de un tesoro que robar.
- Premios
- 1 premio y 8 nominaciones en total
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¿Sabías que...?
- CuriosidadesAccording to Terry Gilliam, David Rappaport believed he got his part for his acting ability alone, without size being a contributing factor. As a result, he didn't socialize with his co-stars. During the Invisible Barrier scene, when the other bandits retaliate against Randall, the actors were expressing their frustrations with Rappaport.
- PifiasNumerous inaccuracies in the "historical" scenes. The film means to depict history as visualized by a well-read 11-year-old, not a formally trained historian. This is consistent with the theme of whimsical, casual time travel wherein history is deliberately contaminated.
- Citas
Evil: God isn't interested in technology. He cares nothing for the microchip or the silicon revolution. Look how he spends his time, forty-three species of parrots! Nipples for men!
Robert: Slugs.
Evil: Slugs! HE created slugs! They can't hear. They can't speak. They can't operate machinery. Are we not in the hands of a lunatic?
- Créditos adicionalesAt the end of the credits, the scene where the Bandits have their photo taken is replayed.
- Versiones alternativasAt least one version shown on US television cut the sequence of the knight bursting out of Kevin's closet and much of what came after that (Kevin's Dad telling him to keep the noise down, breakfast the following morning, etc.) This truncated version goes right from Kevin getting into bed to the Time Bandits emerging from the closet, but retains the rattling closet doors that announced the knight's arrival.
- ConexionesEdited from La última noche del Titanic (1958)
- Banda sonoraMe And My Shadow
Arranged by Trevor Jones
Composed by Billy Rose (as Rose), Al Jolson (as Jolson), and Dave Dreyer (as Dreyer)
Published by Francis Day & Hunter
Performed by David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, Malcolm Dixon, Mike Edmonds, Jack Purvis, and Tiny Ross
A particular thing about Time Bandits that impresses me is the toys and pictures seen in Kevin's room at the beginning of the film are all represented with their real-life counterparts in later scenes. It's a brilliant touch. It's part of the movie's over-all theme of an imaginative boy, starved for attention due to his loveless, neglectful parents, who goes on an adventure through time. Did it really happen, or was it all just inventions of his imagination? The answer is not needed, but the question it raises is a touch of great filmmaking.
Also, Time Bandits should be commended for being the first, and one of the only, films to show little people as real people. They are historically exploited or stuck in silly costumes throughout entire movies, but here, they are given the chance to really act, and not be treated as glorified props. I hope Peter Dinklage of Game of Thrones fame holds great respect to Time Bandits, and acknowledges the doors this movie opened for little people in the entertainment industry.
I give Time Bandits a 7 out of 10. It's a good movie, but it doesn't reach the greatness that he later achieved with Brazil, Munchhausen, the Fisher King, and Twelve Monkeys. Still, for those who haven't seen it, it's definitely worth a watch.
One final note: most of the camera angles in Time Bandits are low. A perfect touch, considering the small stature of all the lead characters. Many filmmakers forget this with movies told from a child's perspective.
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- Presupuesto
- 5.000.000 US$ (estimación)
- Recaudación en Estados Unidos y Canadá
- 42.365.581 US$
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- 6.507.356 US$
- 8 nov 1981
- Recaudación en todo el mundo
- 42.368.025 US$
- Duración1 hora 56 minutos
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- Relación de aspecto
- 1.85 : 1