Time Bandits 4K UHD (1981) from Arrow on August 28

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Time Bandits 4K Blu-ray

The film that established Terry Gilliam as more than just Monty Python’s resident animator, this delightfully inventive children’s fantasy is about young Kevin (Craig Warnock) who finds himself travelling through holes in the space-time continuum in the company of half a dozen fractious dwarfs.

Along the way, he encounters Agamemnon (Sean Connery), Robin Hood (John Cleese), Napoleon (Ian Holm) and winds up as a passenger on the Titanic, although not necessarily in that order. But is this just random entertainment laid on for history fan Kevin’s benefit, or part of a wider struggle between the forces of Good (Ralph Richardson) and Evil (David Warner)?

This is a rare example of an independent British film taking on American blockbusters. Now, it’s a much-loved fantasy classic bursting with inspired images and ideas: Gilliam and co-writer Michael Palin (who also appears) are clearly enjoying themselves as much as their audience.

4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
  
• Original uncompressed Stereo 2.0 PCM and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio options
  
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  
• Chasing Time Bandits – an interview with Terry Gilliam
  
• Writing the Film that Dares Not Speak Its Name – an interview in which Michael Palin discusses co-writing and acting in Time Bandits
  
• The Effects of Time Bandits – an interview in which Kent Houston, founder of the Peerless Camera Company, discusses Time Bandits’ optical effects
  
• Playing Evil – an interview in which actor David Warner remembers producer George Harrison and playing Evil in Time Bandits
  
• The Costumes of Time Bandits – an nterview with costume designer James Acheson
  
• The Look of Time Bandits – an interview with production designer Milly Burns
  
• From Script to Screen – an animated featurette in which Milly Burns takes us through her production notebooks, location photographs and storyboards revealing how twentieth century Morocco was transformed into ancient Greece
  
• Original Trailer
  
• Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original theatrical artwork and a recreation of the map seen in the film
  
• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring writing on the film by critic James Oliver

https://www.arrowfilms.com/4k/time-b.../14837762.html

Time Bandits (1981) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p] - YouTube

[cybersoga]

Nice, that’ll save me from having to import the criterion

[Agent Kay]

Hate their constant double dips but I need this

[Samu_]

Oh. Hold off on the Criterion anticipating a superior encode from Arrow?

[Darth Marcus]

Originally Posted by Samu_

Oh. Hold off on the Criterion anticipating a superior encode from Arrow?

Exactly.

[Agent Kay]

I doubt Criterion would have the 2.0 audio. So for that alone it can die in a fire

[Samu_]

Originally Posted by Darth Marcus

Exactly.

It shall be done.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Agent Kay

I doubt Criterion would have the 2.0 audio. So for that alone it can die in a fire

Pretty easy to look these things up..

New 4K restoration, supervised by director Terry Gilliam, with uncompressed stereo soundtrack

[SpacemanDoug]

Originally Posted by Agent Kay

I doubt Criterion would have the 2.0 audio. So for that alone it can die in a fire

Criterion's does have the 2.0 audio, in fact it's the only option

the 5.1 track is what they don't have

[MifuneFan]

Criterion's release is the only one with the commentary track with Gilliam, Palin, Cleese, and others, if that matters to anyone. Besides possible encoding differences, I'd personally say Criterion offers the better package of the two releases.

Criterion

Edition Details:

• Audio commentary featuring Gilliam, cowriter-actor Michael Palin, and actors John Cleese, David Warner, and Craig Warnock
• New piece, narrated by film writer David Morgan, featuring production designer Milly Burns and costume designer James Acheson discussing the creation of the film’s various historical periods and fantasy worlds (23:24)
• Conversation between Gilliam and film scholar Peter von Bagh, recorded at the 1998 Midnight Sun Film Festival (1:19:39)
• Appearance by actor Shelley Duvall on Tom Snyder’s Tomorrow show from 1981 (8:46)
• Gallery of rare photographs from the set
• Trailer (3:10)
• PLUS: An essay by critic David Sterritt

Arrow

Edition Details:

• Chasing Time Bandits: A new interview with Terry Gilliam (20:09)
• Writing the Film that Dares Not Speak its Name: A new interview in which Michael Palin discusses co-writing and acting in Time Bandits (16:09)
• The Effects of Time Bandits: A new interview in which Kent Houston, founder of the Peerless Camera Company, discusses Time Bandits optical effects (15:28)
• Playing Evil: A new featurette in which actor David Warner remembers producer George Harrison and playing Evil in Time Bandits (8:44)
• The Costumes of Time Bandits: A new interview with costume designer James Acheson (13:21)
• The Look of Time Bandits: A new interview with production designer Milly Burns (10:43)
• From Script to Screen A new animated featurette in which Milly Burns takes us through her production notebooks, locations photographs and storyboards revealing how twentieth century Morocco was transformed into Ancient Greece (8:33)
• Collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic James Oliver

Source: DVDBeaver

[shy86]

Pre order up:

Release date: 28 August

Zavvi

HMV

Arrow (Not live yet)

[Darth Marcus]

I can live without the commentary. I NEEDS that (very likely) superior encode.

[CelestialAgent]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Criterion's release is the only one with the commentary track with Gilliam, Palin, Cleese, and others, if that matters to anyone. Besides possible encoding differences, I'd personally say Criterion offers the better package of the two releases.

Arrow’s Blu-ray had more newly produced extras, whereas Criterion focused more on archival extras, while different Blu-ray/DVD releases featured interviews with Palin and Gilliam, The Directors documentary, Clapperboard interview - so definitely a film worth owning multiple times.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

Arrow’s Blu-ray had more newly produced extras, whereas Criterion focused more on archival extras, while different Blu-ray/DVD releases featured interviews with Palin and Gilliam, The Directors documentary, Clapperboard interview - so definitely a film worth owning multiple times.

Yeah, true. Do you know if the separate interviews with Acheson and Burns on the Arrow release is the same as the one listed with both their names on the Criterion one? Their runtimes more or less are the same, so I wondered if they're simply the same interviews, but Arrow split them up.

[PNguyen]

Originally Posted by Samu_

Oh. Hold off on the Criterion anticipating a superior encode from Arrow?

This packaging looks nice, but I'm still getting the Criterion for that lenticular slipcover

[PNguyen]

Originally Posted by shy86

Pre order up:

Release date: 28 August

Zavvi

HMV

Arrow (Not live yet)

Also https://www.rarewaves.com/collection...imited-edition

It's missing that Arrow 10% off promo though

[By_His_Strypes]

Originally Posted by PNguyen

This packaging looks nice, but I'm still getting the Criterion for that lenticular slipcover

I didn't even know about the lenticular slipcover. I pre-order this a month or so ago. That's cool!

[PNguyen]

Originally Posted by By_His_Strypes

I didn't even know about the lenticular slipcover. I pre-order this a month or so ago. That's cool!

Yeah Criterion replied in an email that they will have a limited time offering for lenticular slipcovers like the original blu-ray and DVD release with the 4K. So if you preordered you might be in good hands, I'm going to try to see if lenticular slips are still available by the time the July sale starts.

[By_His_Strypes]

Originally Posted by PNguyen

Yeah Criterion replied in an email that they will have a limited time offering for lenticular slipcovers like the original blu-ray and DVD release with the 4K. So if you preordered you might be in good hands, I'm going to try to see if lenticular slips are still available by the time the July sale starts.

Do you know if that was exclusive to ordering direct from them? I pre-ordered on Amazon.

[PNguyen]

Originally Posted by By_His_Strypes

Do you know if that was exclusive to ordering direct from them? I pre-ordered on Amazon.

They didn't state