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Time Bandits (1981)

Directed by Terry Gilliam · Cinematography by Peter Biziou

PG110 min64 frames

FamilyFantasyScience FictionAdventure

…they didn’t make history, they stole it!

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Time Bandits (1981) movie still: wide — A vast pebble beach extends to a hazy horizon line under a pale sky. Several children wearing light-colored…Time Bandits (1981) movie still: wide — The metal deck of a luxury ocean liner features white steel railings and stairs. A man and a woman in tennis…Time Bandits (1981) movie still: establishing — A dark, void-like space features futuristic kitchen appliances outlined with bright white neon…Time Bandits (1981) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room with wallpaper features a small boy looking toward the wall. Four short, armored figures…Time Bandits (1981) movie still: wide — A grassy hill ridge is obscured by thick white plumes of battle smoke. Two soldiers on horseback ride away…Time Bandits (1981) movie still: medium — Two individuals occupy a horse-drawn carriage adorned with blue and gold floral patterns. A man in a red…Time Bandits (1981) movie still: wide — A cluster of fantasy-style characters hang upside down from a large, sturdy tree branch. Ropes are tied…Time Bandits (1981) movie still: establishing — A long, dimly lit narrow hallway with pale striped wallpaper and a carpeted floor. Fragments of…Time Bandits (1981) movie still: wide — A vast, arid desert landscape features rolling sand dunes under an expansive sky. Two figures stand on the…Time Bandits (1981) movie still: establishing — An arid, eroded desert landscape stretches toward a series of distant, weathered plateaus. The…Time Bandits (1981) movie still: closeup — A dark, cluttered space contains a young boy looking up at a bright light. The boy is positioned near a…Time Bandits (1981) movie still: medium — A dark, dense woodland is filled with thick ground-level fog during the night. A disembodied human face is…Time Bandits (1981) movie still: fullbody — A man stands on a deck obscured by dense fog against a blue sky. The camera looks upward at the…Time Bandits (1981) movie still: medium — Three performers stand on a staircase inside a dark, open performance space. The group smiles and gestures…Time Bandits (1981) movie still: wide — A vast, ruined stone hall features towering, fragmented columns and a checkered wall pattern. Two small…Time Bandits (1981) movie still: establishing — A dense outdoor stone hedge maze stands under the dark cover of night. A lone glowing light sits…
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What is Time Bandits about?

Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.

Time Bandits is a 1981 British fantasy adventure film co-written, produced, and directed by Terry Gilliam. It stars David Rappaport, Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Ralph Richardson, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, Peter Vaughan, and David Warner. The film tells the story of a young boy taken on an adventure through time with a band of thieves who plunder treasure from various points in history.

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What does the cinematography of Time Bandits look like?

Sampled across 63 frames, the coverage of Time Bandits leans on wide compositions (37% of the sample) and medium shots (25%). The camera returns again and again to low angles. Cinematographer Peter Biziou keeps 49% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 43% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 60% of the frames.

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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Time Bandits (1981) are #302c2a, #514f4c, #121110, #463930, #b0acad, #93918f — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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