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Post by FRANK the giant bunny on Mar 23, 2011 9:40:24 GMT -5
Time Bandits is a 1981 British fantasy film produced and directed by Terry Gilliam. Terry Gilliam wrote the screenplay with fellow Monty Python alumnus Michael Palin, who appears with Shelley Duvall in the small, recurring roles of Vincent and Pansy.
Kevin is an 11-year-old boy whose parents ignore him in favour of keeping up with the neighbours by purchasing all the latest gadgets. Without their attention, Kevin has become a history buff, particularly of the Ancient Greek period. He hears sounds coming from the wardrobe, from which six dwarves stumble out. Kevin learns that the dwarves, named Randall, the self-proclaimed leader, Fidgit, Strutter, Og, Wally, and Vermin, were employees of the Supreme Being, the creator of "all the big stuff" in the universe, while it was the regular job of the dwarves to create small bushes and trees. After designing a particularly foul-smelling tree, the dwarves were demoted to the job of repairing holes in the spacetime fabric. Instead, however, they spitefully stole the map of the holes' locations, which they are now using to travel around, stealing treasures from across history. Meanwhile, in secret, this journey is being observed via mystical powers by a malevolent sorcerer, known simply as Evil, who seeks the map for himself to recreate the universe to his liking.
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