# Yes, my friends. It is time, once again, for Time Bandits love. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 29, 2008, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057 "2008-10-29T06:04:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/1 "2008-10-29T06:04:28Z")
I love this film. Directed and co-wrote by a Monty Pythoners Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin, with half of Monty Python in the cast. Ian Holm as Napoleon. John Cleese as Robin Hood. Sean Connery as Agamemnon. Jim Broadbent… A very talented troupe of little people actors who, I’m embarrassed to admit, I had to look up… David Rappaport (I didn’t realize he had died. ☹ ) Kenny Baker (I had totally forgotten that he was R2-D2 :smack: ) Malcolm Dixon Mike Edmonds Jack Purvis (who has also passed, and was apparently the only person who played a different role in each of the first Starwars Trilogy) Tiny Ross Brilliance. Thank you, 28 years later. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/2 "2008-10-29T06:19:37Z")
Don’t forget Ralph Richardson as the Supreme Being! And David Warner as Evil! I love this movie too. I’d love to have that map and go traipsing around time! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/3 "2008-10-29T07:37:54Z")
David Warner was freakin’ hilarious. “Dear Benson, you are so mercifully free of the ravages of intelligence.” “If I were creating the world I wouldn’t mess about with butterflies and daffodils. I would have started with lasers, eight o’clock, Day One!” One of my favorite films. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/4 "2008-10-29T07:41:01Z")
_Shut up, I was speaking rhetorically!_ ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/5 "2008-10-29T13:11:31Z")
> [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](#): > > Jack Purvis (who has also passed, and was apparently the only person who played a different role in each of the first Starwars Trilogy) He’s also the only person I can think of who was in all three of Gilliam’s Ages of Man trilogy. (_Time Bandits_ as Wally, _Brazil_ as Dr. Chapman, and _The Adventures of Baron Munchausen_ as Jeremy/Gustavus). ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/6 "2008-10-29T13:12:18Z")
That’s what I like-- Little things hitting each other! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/7 "2008-10-29T13:34:51Z")
I see that Craig Warnock, who played Kevin, is still working as an actor. He’s currently on the Canadian TV series _Instant Star_. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/8 "2008-10-29T14:04:06Z")
I lurve this movie. A quote I use all the time: “I am the Supreme Being, I’m not entirely dim.” (Although I would substitute “Professor”/“Thesis Advisor”/etc. for “Supreme Being”. Usually.) Fidgit is my fave. “Oh, so that’s what an invisible barrier looks like.” ---
**Author:** ![mske](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@mske](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mske)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/9 "2008-10-29T14:12:36Z")
I have vague memories of seeing the movie as a kid. The only part I can somewhat clearly remember is the kid imploring his parents not to touch some sort of rock that was in the microwave. They proceeded to do so anyways and promptly disappeared. This seemed to be of no great concern to the firemen who were there at the time and they proceeded to leave this newly orphaned boy alone on his front yard. Kind of freaked me out - as a six or seven year old, I thought people like firemen and policemen were supposed to help you! :eek:☹ (I’m sure it made total sense given the rest of the movie, but that is the only part I remember). ---
**Author:** ![dehacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@dehacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dehacker)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/10 "2008-10-29T14:13:46Z")
“We can turn beans into peas!” Still my favorite line, and my wife still doesn’t understand why. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/11 "2008-10-29T14:14:25Z")
I loved that one of Gilliam’s first lines in the director’s commentary was “I hate children’s movies. Because I hate child actors.” He then goes on to describe why he cast Craig for the part of Kevin: Craig’s brother had been auditioning for the part and doing all the “child actor” crap, and Gilliam saw Craig off in the corner quietly playing by himself and ignoring the grown-ups, and decided that was the kid he wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/12 "2008-10-29T14:26:01Z")
“We work for the Supreme Being.” “You mean God?” “We don’t know him that well.” ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/13 "2008-10-29T14:33:05Z")
Ooh, and don’t forget Katherine Helmond, of “Soap” fame! I loved seeing her in that flick as Mrs. Ogre. ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/14 "2008-10-29T14:37:06Z")
Hope I remember this accurately: "…the map! They brought it with them!!’ “_Where!!?!_” “The little one has it!” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/15 "2008-10-29T14:41:13Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Ooh, and don’t forget Katherine Helmond, of “Soap” fame! I loved seeing her in that flick as Mrs. Ogre. She’s worked with Gilliam a few times. She was Sam’s mother in _Brazil_ and a desk clerk in _Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas_. ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/16 "2008-10-29T15:05:06Z")
The first time I saw Time Bandits, I was about five. I loved it immediately, even though I wet myself when the horse burst out of the closet. :o 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/17 "2008-10-29T15:25:56Z")
I was also fairly young when I saw this movie, and I distinctly remember liking it, but also having a very negative reaction to some of the situations. Primarily, the scene at the end when his parents get zapped away, and the scene in the desert with the bull’s head mask. Now, though? What an awesome movie. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/18 "2008-10-29T15:51:56Z")
I remember my father taking me to this when I was young, and him losing it during the Robin Hood scene. “Is that absolutely necessary?” “He says, yes, it is.” “Oh, right. Carry on then.” ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/19 "2008-10-29T16:13:33Z")
I’m stretching my brain trying to remember, but during the movie, another member of the band is mentioned. He had a very odd name… Not that the rest of them had completely normal ones, but I recall them saying something along the lines of, “If (x) were here, he’d know what to do!” Years later I managed to find a published copy of the script in a library. There’s an annotation that the missing character was supposed to be played by ‘Either Sean Connery or someone who looks like him…’ The note then continued that there’d be no way they could get someone like Sean to sign on to the film. Amusing tongue-in-cheek humor there. And when it came out on VHS, you have NO idea how much I tried to freeze-frame the map in good enough resolution to make a copy of it… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/20 "2008-10-29T16:29:08Z")
Absolutely one of my favorite movies growing up. I wore out not one, but TWO VHS copies. I saw a showing of this about two years ago, after which Terry Gilliam gave a Q&A. I spoke to him afterward and turned into a gushing little fan girl! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057.md?page=2)