Time Bandits Page #3

Synopsis: A young boy's wardrobe contains a time hole. Through this hole an assortment of short people (i.e. dwarfs) come while escaping from their master, the supreme being. They take Kevin with them on their adventures through time from Napoleonic times to the Middle Ages to the early 1900s, to the time of Legends and the Fortress of Ultimate Darkness where they confront Evil.
Director(s): Terry Gilliam
Production: Paramount Home Video
  1 win & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
79
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
PG
Year:
1981
110 min
2,606 Views


You know, I cometo conquer ltaly...

because I thought theywere all small, you know ?

I heard they wasreally tiny guys.

Sir, I really think thereare more important things--

Shut up !

Don't you dare to tell memy business.

You are dismissed, you hear ?You, Lucien, the rest of you.

Great streaks of misery.

- But sir--- No !

I'm going to havesome new generals for a bit.

Alexander the Great...

five feet exactly.

Isn't that incredible ?

Alexander the Great, whose empirestretched from lndia to Hungary--

One inch shorter than me.

Oliver Cromwell...

the only man with any gutsin British history--

Not a big man at all.

Louis IV, 5' 21/2".

Charlemagne...

a dumpy little five-footer.

- Squatty little chap.

Attila the Hun, 5' 11/2".

Cyrano de Bergerac,5' 31/2".

Tamburlaine the Great,four-foot-nine...

and three quarters.

Wasn't he interesting ?

Strutter, wake up.Wake up.

According to this map, there's a timehole outside. See if you can find it.

- Right.- The rest of you, the holedisappears at 12:00, right ?

So let's get moving.

Vermin, Fidgit,the tapestry.

Hey, that's 16th century !It's nice, isn't it ?

Get it !

Okay.

We're rich !We're rich !

Ten-hut !

- Come on. We've got 30 seconds left.- You found the time hole ?

- Yes.- Let's go.

- Come on, Kevin.

Ten-hut !

About turn !

- Stop !- Go !

Thieves !After them !

- Follow them !

Oh, Sir Vincent,you came for me !

Oh, Good Mistress Pansy,I could not have ridden faster.

Four horses have I exhaustedthis day from Nottingham.

Oh, the way you leapt to my chamber,so full of... manliness.

I could scarce restrainthe rushing of my feet.

These 12 long years have beenlike chains that bound me.

Oh. And the personalproblem ?

- Much, much better.- Ohhh.

And now we will ride full tilt to Dover,and there embark for France.

Oh, you don't haveto wear the special--

No, no, I don't have to wearthe special-- anymore.

Oh, Pansy.No more worries now, Pansy.

- Oh.- Oh.

- No. No.

- Hey !

- Quick ! Quick !- We did it !

- Your problem, Vincent.- Forget the problem. Get me the money.

- We did it ! We did it !

I told you. You stick with me,and you won't go far wrong.

Sometimes I almostbelieve you, Randall.

- Hey, where are we ?- Where are we ?

Why, it's obvious.We're, um--

Vincent, don'tworry about a thing.

I'm not worrying.

- Exactly--- In the Middle Ages.

Hmm... inthe Middle Ages.

Five-hundred years before the manwe just robbed was even born.

- Fantastic !- Try that one in a court of law.

Vermin, that is notmeant to be eaten.

You never knowuntil you've eaten it.

Is it always like thiswhen you've done a raid ?

I don't know.We've never done one before.

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Michael Palin

Michael Edward Palin (pronounced ; born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter. He was a member of the comedy group Monty Python and later made a number of travel documentaries. Palin wrote most of his comedic material with fellow Python member Terry Jones. Before Monty Python, they had worked on other shows such as the Ken Dodd Show, The Frost Report, and Do Not Adjust Your Set. Palin appeared in some of the most famous Python sketches, including "Argument Clinic", "Dead Parrot sketch", "The Lumberjack Song", "The Spanish Inquisition", "Bicycle Repair Man" and "The Fish-Slapping Dance". Palin continued to work with Jones after Python, co-writing Ripping Yarns. He has also appeared in several films directed by fellow Python Terry Gilliam and made notable appearances in other films such as A Fish Called Wanda (1988), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In a 2005 poll to find The Comedians' Comedian, he was voted the 30th favourite by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.After Python, he began a new career as a travel writer and travel documentarian. His journeys have taken him across the world, including the North and South Poles, the Sahara Desert, the Himalayas, Eastern Europe and Brazil. In 2000 Palin was honoured as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to television. From 2009 to 2012 Palin was the president of the Royal Geographical Society. On 12 May 2013, Palin was made a BAFTA fellow, the highest honour that is conferred by the organisation. more…

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