Time Bandits Page #5

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
2,850 Views


Just shout horribly...

and leer at them.

You know,the way you used to.

- Right.

Right.

Oh, I'm so happy'cause I'm bus-bus-bus-busy.

Right.

- Go away !

Let's see.What have we here ?

Some tastylittle morsels, eh ?

- Help ! Get off !

- Hey ! Put me down ! Put me down !

Put me down !

# Yes, it's wonderfulto be making a fondue again #

- Be quiet !

D-D-Does your back hurt ?

- Huh ?- I know a cure for bad backs.

Bad back ?Me ? An ogre ?

- W-What you need i-is stretching.- Stretching ?

# To be melting the cheesein the southerly breeze #

# To be sharpeningthe skewer again #

- Heave !

That's better !

That's better !That's wonderful !

Heave again !

- Are they in the pot, dear ?

Yeah. Just about.

And one more for luck.Heave !

- Two, three, left, right, left, right !- Hey, what's going on ?

- Left, right !

- Are you all right, dear ?

- Oh ! Quick ! Into the pot !- Yeah !

Winston ?

Winston !

Is this part of the cure ?

- Winston.

What are you doingin the water, dear ?

Oh, my back is wonderful !

- You've got to stop them, Winston !

I can cough !

At last,I can really cough !

- Look out !- We're going ! We're saved !

- Yes ! To that side ! Quick !- We're saved !

Catch all ! Come on !

- Hold on !- Hold on tight, Wally !

How're we doing now, Randall ?

Just fine.

We're on the right course.

As long as this wind keeps up,nothing can go wrong.

- Keep the rudder straight, Strutter.- It is straight !

All hands on the tiller !

- Quick ! Drop the sail !- All right ! Leave it to me !

One !

How about it ? Eh ?

- I got it.

- That's it.- That's better. We're out of that.

Randall ! Randall ?

I think there's somethingthat you should know.

Everybody below decks !

- Come on ! Get in here !- Quick ! Get in !

- What's going on ?- You tell me.

Pull these boards out !

- You might sink the ship !- Oh, shut up !

- Here's a hammer !- That's it !

That's it ! Now !

- Do it again !- Harder ! Really hard !

Oh, stop him !

Drugs ! Hey !I've got an idea !

Sleeping potion !

Strutter, take this !

Take the plug out !

Here !

Hey. Yeah !

- Hey.- Yeah.

- Do it !- And, heave !

- Squeeze ! Squeeze !

Hey ! Oh !

Come on ! Come !

Hey, what's out there ?

Shh ! Shh ! Shh !

- Come on. Let's go. Run ! Run !- Quick !

The Fortress of Ultimate Darknessis somewhere over there, I promise you !

Oh, you're joking, Randall.There's nothing over there !

- Look ! We're so close !

Y-You've been saying thatfor the last 40 miles !

Let's go back !We'll all die out here !

- Yeah !- You can't give up now.

- When can we give up ?- Come on. It's just a big further--

What is it ?

I don't know,but it hurts.

It's some kindof invisible barrier.

Oh ! So that's whatan invisible barrier looks like.

It's what this linemust be.

And just on the other side,

the Fortressof Ultimate Darkness.

We've made it, lads !We're here !

You're mad, Randall !

Your brain's gone.Do you know that ?

I promise you,this is it !

We are here !

- We're nowhere, Randall !- Yeah !

- Look around ! There's nothing !- Yeah.

There's only one wayto go now.

- That's right. Back ! Come on.- Right !

- Come on. We're going back.- No ! Listen !

- No ! Stop ! Stop !- No, you don't ! Get out of the way !

- Listen to me !- Get out of the way !

You'll never get backwithout me.

Do you wanna bet ?

- Wally, give that back.- Get out of the way, Randall.

You give that back,or I'll take your head off.

Randall ! Don't do it !

We have found it !

Thank you.

Brilliant, Evil One.

- Is everything ready ?- Yes, master.

Fantastic.

Amazing.

Magnificent.

Look.

- Move !- Get out of the road !

Yes, folks. Moderno Designs presentthe latest in kitchen luxury:

The Moderna Wonder MajorAll-Automatic Convenience Center-ette.

And here they are-- the winners ofthe most fabulous object in the world.

The answer to all theirproblems and yours...

is here for them tonight !

- Hey !

- Don't go ! Where are you going ?- We found it !

Wait ! You're mad !

- Come back !

- Let's go get it !- Come on !

Here they come !So let's give 'ema big welcome !

Trevor, Diane--Oh, don't they look lovely !

- Mom !

Dad !

Come on. Lead us in a big handfor the lucky winners !

Come back !

- It's a trap !- Fabulous.

Fabulous.

Here they are.Congratulations.

But before they collect theirprize, let's just have a lookat what made it possible...

for them to be herewith us tonight.

The map, please.

- Let us out !

Let us out ! Come back !

I have the map !I have the map !

And the day after tomorrow,

- the world !

Oh, no !

Rat, anybody ?Might be the last meal you get.

No. Leave off !

- That's it, then.- It's all over.

We could've stayed at homemaking trees.

- Oh, shut up.- How could we have been so stupid ?

I don't know.

Hey ! Look, look !Quick ! Come on ! Look !

Look at this.Quickly !

- Look !- Good one of Wally.

No ! Look !

It's the map !

I can see it's the map.What use is that to us now ?

Look, closer.The time of legends, see ?

See the Fortressof Ultimate Darkness ?

- That's a hole ?- Exactly !

- It could lead almost anywhere.- Everywhere !

- What ?- We just found the biggesthole in the universe,

and it's practically belowour feet !

Kevin, you're a genius !

- Come on, you lot ! Shift !- We'll never get out of here !

Wanna bet ?

No !

That's right, Og. Show 'em we can dosomething right for a change.

That's it.

Let's have that.

Give us some more.

That's enough, Wally !

Okay, Strutter.

- Have you got the rope ?- Hold on !

Right.

Hold tight !Keep straight !

- Watch your feet. Watch your feet.- Easy.

Hold it.

Steady. Watch it.Watch it.

Hold your fingers.

He's going !

- It's coming.- Go now.

Ready ? And--

Again ! Again !

- Ready, Wally !- Okay, Strutter.

Here we go !Geronimo !

Yeah !

Okay ! Go, Strutter !

- Strutter !- Hey ! We've made it !

Okay, Wally.

Take up the slack.

- Quick, Wally.

- Go !

Come on !

Go, Vermin !

- Go, Fidgit !- I don't wanna go ! I don't wanna go !

- I'm going !- Go !

- Come on !

- Wally !- Come on, Wally !

Right, lads !Watch this !

- Wally !

Pull the rope.

There he is !

- Wally !- Wally !

Pull him up !That's it !

- Well, we've done it.- Yeah, we've done it.

- Now all we need is the map.- What ?

We don't need the map.We know where the time hole is.Let's get out of here.

- But Evil's got the map, Randall !- Oh, damn right, yes.

Last thing we want to dois see him again. Come on.

But you can't leave it with him,or he'll destroy the world !

Oh, Robert, Benson,

I feel the power of evilcoursing through my veins,

filling every corner of my beingwith the desire to do wrong.

- I feel so bad, Benson.- Good ! Good !

Yes, it is good, for this is the worstkind of badness that I'm feeling.

- Kill me, master ! Kill me !- Not now, Benson. We have work to do.

No less a work than the overthrowingof creation itself.

We will remake manin our image, not His.

We will turn mountainsinto sea,

and the skies into rivers,and fjords into deserts.

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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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