Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | |
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Directed by | Kevin Reynolds |
Screenplay by | |
Story by | Pen Densham |
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Cinematography | Douglas Milsome |
Edited by | Peter Boyle |
Music by | Michael Kamen |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 143 minutes [2] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $48–60 million [3] [4] |
Box office | $390.5 million [3] |
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is a 1991 American action adventure film based on the English folk tale of Robin Hood and loosely set in the 12th century. Directed by Kevin Reynolds and written by Pen Densham and John Watson, the film stars Kevin Costner as Robin Hood, Morgan Freeman as Azeem, Christian Slater as Will Scarlett, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Marian, and Alan Rickman as the Sheriff of Nottingham.
Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film was a box office success, grossing $390.5 million worldwide, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 1991. Rickman received the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as George, Sheriff of Nottingham. The theme song "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and it won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media. [5]
In 1194, English nobleman Robin of Locksley has spent years in an Ayyubid prison in Jerusalem, having followed King Richard the Lionheart on the Third Crusade. Robin and his comrade Peter Dubois escape, saving the life of a Moor named Azeem. Mortally wounded, Peter makes Robin swear to protect his sister Marian, and Robin returns to England with Azeem, who vows to accompany him until his life-debt is repaid.
In King Richard's absence, the cruel Sheriff of Nottingham plots to seize the throne for himself and has Robin's father killed for remaining loyal to the king. Arriving home, Robin saves a young boy from the Sheriff's ruthless cousin, Guy of Gisbourne. He finds his father's corpse and his family's servant Duncan blinded by Gisbourne, who explains that his father was falsely accused of devil worship. The Sheriff consults the witch Mortianna, who foresees King Richard's return and that Robin and Azeem "will be our deaths".
Robin tells Marian of her brother's death, but she sees little need for his protection. Fleeing the Sheriff's forces into Sherwood Forest, Robin, Duncan and Azeem encounter a group of outlaws led by Little John, who challenges Robin to a duel. Robin wins and earns John's friendship, but the bandit Will Scarlet refuses to trust him. Confronting the corrupt Bishop of Hereford for his role in his father's death, Robin humiliates the Sheriff, who sends Gisbourne to terrorize the peasants in the search for "Robin of the Hood".
Despite the price on his head, Robin shapes the growing band of outlaws into a formidable force against the Sheriff. They rob rich folk passing through the forest and distribute the stolen wealth and food among the poor, and are joined by the beer-loving Friar Tuck. Marian offers Robin any aid she can, and they fall in love. Robin's success and public support infuriate the Sheriff, who worsens his abuse of the peasants and kills Gisbourne for failing to stop the outlaws. Mortianna advises the Sheriff to recruit fearsome Celtic warriors and that he must marry someone of royal blood: Marian, the king's cousin.
Betrayed by the Bishop, Marian is taken prisoner, and Duncan rides to warn Robin, unknowingly followed by the Sheriff's men. They storm Sherwood with Celtic reinforcements and burn Robin's hideout, capturing many of the outlaws and killing Duncan. With Robin presumed dead, the Sheriff threatens the prisoners and their families, forcing Marian to agree to marriage. Will bargains with the Sheriff to betray Robin and returns to Sherwood, but instead reveals that he is Robin's half-brother, and they reconcile.
On the day of the wedding, Robin and his men infiltrate Nottingham Castle and save the outlaws from being hanged. With the help of Azeem's explosive powder, they free the prisoners, and Azeem inspires the peasants to revolt, forcing the Sheriff to retreat with Marian into his keep. The Bishop hastily performs the marriage, but before the Sheriff can consummate it, Robin bursts in. Friar Tuck finds the Bishop fleeing with gold, burdens him with additional treasure, and defenestrates him. In a fierce duel, Robin kills the Sheriff, and Azeem kills Mortianna in defense of Robin, thus fulfilling his life-debt.
Later, Robin and Marian's wedding in Sherwood is interrupted by the return of King Richard, who blesses the marriage and thanks Robin for saving his throne.
In August 1989, British writer-producer Pen Densham began a new treatment of Robin Hood. He did not want to make an Errol Flynn-style devil-may-care adventurer (made famous by the 1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood ), but rather imagined Robin as a rich kid transformed into a socially conscious rebel by imprisonment in Jerusalem during the Crusades. He wrote a 92-page outline, which was then rewritten as a screenplay by his producing partner, John Watson. On February 14, 1990, Morgan Creek, the small production company of Young Guns (1988) and Major League (1989), saw "gold on the page" and immediately funded the film. Watson scouted filming locations in the United Kingdom, setting September 3 as the filming deadline in aggressive competition against other potential Robin Hood remakes from 20th Century Fox (Morgan Creek's former distribution partner) and TriStar Pictures. [9]
Kevin Reynolds had directed Kevin Costner extensively in the past, including the challenging buffalo hunt scene of Dances with Wolves . Reynolds said: "I'd done two pictures that hadn't made a dime, so I kind of knew [the studio] wanted me [for Robin Hood] because of my connections with Kevin." Indeed, Costner had already rejected the script until hearing that Reynolds was directing: "I felt Kevin was such a good filmmaker I would do it". [9]
Reynolds said, "what I did not want to do was Indiana Jones . That has been done already". Costner wanted an accent, but Reynolds thought it would distract audiences, and their indecision resulted in a drastically uneven delivery between each scene. EW reported, "Even before it was finished, Costner was the subject of embarrassing rumors that his performance was too laid-back and his accent more LA than UK." [9]
For the role of King Richard, comedian John Cleese was proposed but Sean Connery, who had portrayed Robin Hood in Robin and Marian (1976), was selected at the passionate behest of Costner and Densham. Fearing that the sudden cameo of a notorious comedic icon would destroy the drama, Densham recalls, "I so wanted to not have John Cleese that I said, 'Would you give me Sean Connery? We can't give him a credit because you can't have the audience waiting for the whole movie to see him — but he only has to work one day." With the project already over-budget, Connery agreed to reduce his requested $1 million fee down to a $250,000 donation to a hospital in Connery's native Scotland. [10] [11] [8]
In 2015, Alan Rickman said he had secretly asked his scriptwriter friends Ruby Wax and Peter Barnes to punch up the script: "Will you have a look at this script because it's terrible, and I need some good lines." Reynolds agreed to add the suggested new lines. [12]
Costner's explosive career gave him only a few days between the long-term epic projects of Dances with Wolves , Robin Hood, and JFK . This project's time frame was compressed by the cold seasons in England and by competition with other possible Robin Hood films, giving Reynolds only 10 weeks for preproduction and little time for planning, rehearsal, or revision. Costner said, "It's very dangerous to be [working] so fast. We are relying on the weather, and every time the weather turns against us we could get behind. When that happens there is always the feeling that certain people want to do something about it to shorten the filming time. That is not always the cure." Reynolds said, "Are things going as planned? Ha! You always start with a picture in your mind, and it is a compromise all the way from there. We have been struggling from Day One. We are trying to finish by Christmas, and the days are getting shorter. It's horrible." On the first day of filming, the suddenly changing weather caused jet traffic to be diverted from London's Heathrow Airport 10 miles (16 km) away, and roar over the filming location at Burnham Beeches. [9]
Principal exteriors were shot on location in the United Kingdom. A second unit filmed the medieval walls and towers of the Cité de Carcassonne in the town of Carcassonne in Aude, France, for the portrayal of Nottingham and its castle. Locksley Castle was Wardour Castle in Wiltshire—restored in an early shot using a matte painting. Marian's manor was filmed at Hulne Priory in Northumberland. Scenes set in Sherwood Forest were filmed at various locations in England: The outlaws' encampment was filmed at Burnham Beeches in Buckinghamshire, south of the real Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire; [9] the fight scene between Robin and Little John was at Aysgarth Falls in North Yorkshire; and Marian sees Robin bathing at Hardraw Force, also in North Yorkshire. [15] Sycamore Gap on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland was used for the scene when Robin first confronts the sheriff's men. [16] Chalk cliffs at Seven Sisters, East Sussex were used as the locale for Robin's return to England from the Crusades. [17]
Interior scenes were completed at Shepperton Studios in Surrey. [15]
Furious at the studio's repeated demands for yet another heavy editing session just to boost Costner's presence and prevent Rickman's performance from stealing the movie—and at the studio locking his own editor out of the cutting room—Reynolds walked out of the project weeks before theatrical debut. He did not attend the screening. [9]
A 155-minute extended version of the film was released as a 2-disc Special Edition on DVD on June 10, 2003. [18] The 2003 cut adds 12 minutes of previously unreleased footage, which details the conspirators' plot to steal the throne from King Richard and further explores the relationship between the Sheriff and Mortianna. [19] In one scene, Mortianna explains that she killed the true George Nottingham as a baby and replaced him with her own infant son, revealing that she is the Sheriff's real mother. In another scene, Mortianna accuses the Sheriff's scribe (John Tordoff) of being disloyal and suggests the Sheriff remove the scribe's tongue. A subsequent added scene shows the now-tongueless scribe forced to communicate via chalkboard. This creates a continuity error with a later scene that is retained from the theatrical cut, in which the scribe easily provides spoken directions to Robin and Azeem as they rescue Marian. [20]
The film was released in the United States and Canada on June 14, 1991, in 2,369 theaters and a record 3,175 screens. [21]
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was submitted for classification from the British Board of Film Classification, which required fourteen seconds to be cut from the film[ failed verification ] to obtain a PG rating. [2]
The original theatrical cut of the film was released on VHS in the US on October 30, 1991, and on DVD on September 30, 1997. [22] A 2-disc special-edition DVD was released in the US on June 10, 2003, [23] containing a 155-minute-long extended version of the film. This alternate cut of the film was released on Blu-ray in the US on May 26, 2009.
The film grossed $25 million in its opening weekend and $18.3 million in its second. It eventually earned $390,493,908 at the global box office, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 1991, immediately behind Terminator 2: Judgment Day . It had the second-best opening to date for a non-sequel. [24] [25] [26] [27]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 51% based on 57 reviews, with an average rating of 5.60/10. The critical consensus reads, "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves brings a wonderfully villainous Alan Rickman to this oft-adapted tale, but he's robbed by big-budget bombast and a muddled screenplay." [28] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [29] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. [30]
Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert praised the performances of Freeman and Rickman but ultimately decried the film as a whole, giving it two stars and stating, "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is a murky, unfocused, violent, and depressing version of the classic story... The most depressing thing about the movie is that children will attend it expecting to have a good time." [31] The New York Times gave the film a negative review, with Vincent Canby writing that the movie is "a mess, a big, long, joyless reconstruction of the Robin Hood legend that comes out firmly for civil rights, feminism, religious freedom, and economic opportunity for all." [32] The Los Angeles Times also found the movie unsatisfactory, [33] criticizing Costner for not attempting an English accent, [34] and mocking Robin's afternoon walk from the White Cliffs to Nottingham via Hadrian's Wall, which is actually 560 miles (900 km). [35]
Desson Thomson, writing for The Washington Post , gave a more positive review: "Fair damsels and noble sirs, you must free yourselves of these wearisome observations. This is a state-of-the-art retelling of a classic." [36] Owen Gleiberman, of Entertainment Weekly also gave a positive review: "As a piece of escapism, this deluxe, action-heavy, 2-hour-and-21-minute Robin Hood gets the job done." [37] Lanre Bakare, writing in The Guardian , calls Rickman's Sheriff, for which he won a BAFTA, a "genuinely great performance". [38]
Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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Academy Awards | Best Original Song | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Music by Michael Kamen; Lyrics by Bryan Adams and Robert John "Mutt" Lange | Nominated | [39] |
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures | Won | ||
BMI Film & TV Awards | Film Music Award | Michael Kamen | Won | |
Most Performed Song from a Film | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Music by Michael Kamen; Lyrics by Bryan Adams and Robert John "Mutt" Lange | Won | ||
British Academy Film Awards | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Alan Rickman | Won | [40] |
Best Costume Design | John Bloomfield | Nominated | ||
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Alan Rickman | Nominated | [41] |
Evening Standard British Film Awards | Best Actor | Alan Rickman (also for Close My Eyes and Truly, Madly, Deeply ) | Won | |
Golden Globe Awards | Best Original Score – Motion Picture | Michael Kamen | Nominated | [42] |
Best Original Song – Motion Picture | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Music by Michael Kamen; Lyrics by Bryan Adams and Robert John "Mutt" Lange | Nominated | ||
Golden Raspberry Awards | Worst Actor | Kevin Costner | Won | [43] |
Worst Supporting Actor | Christian Slater | Nominated | ||
Golden Reel Awards | Best Sound Editing – ADR | Beth Bergeron, Jane Carpenter-Wilson, Lily Diamond, Jessica Gallavan, Kimberly Harris, Paul Huntsman, Joe Mayer, Jeff Courtie, Dave Arnold, Wayne Griffin, Allen Hartz, James Matheny, Frank Smathers, and David Williams | Won | |
Golden Screen Awards | Won | |||
Grammy Awards | Record of the Year | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Bryan Adams and Robert John "Mutt" Lange | Nominated | [44] |
Song of the Year | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, and Robert John "Mutt" Lange | Nominated | ||
Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" – Bryan Adams | Nominated | ||
Best Pop Instrumental Performance | Michael Kamen | Won | ||
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | Nominated | |||
Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, and Robert John "Mutt" Lange | Won | ||
International Film Music Critics Association Awards | Best New Archival Release – Re-Release or Re-Recording | Michael Kamen, Douglass Fake, Roger Feigelson, Frank K. DeWald, and Kay Marshall | Nominated | [45] |
Jupiter Awards | Best International Actor | Kevin Costner (also for Dances with Wolves ) | Won | |
London Film Critics Circle Awards | British Actor of the Year | Alan Rickman (also for Close My Eyes , Quigley Down Under , and Truly, Madly, Deeply ) | Won | |
MTV Movie Awards | Best Movie | Nominated | ||
Best Male Performance | Kevin Costner | Nominated | ||
Best Female Performance | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | Nominated | ||
Most Desirable Male | Kevin Costner | Nominated | ||
Best On-Screen Duo | Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman | Nominated | ||
Best Villain | Alan Rickman | Nominated | ||
Best Song From a Movie | Bryan Adams – "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" | Won | ||
MTV Video Music Awards | Best Video from a Film | Nominated | ||
Saturn Awards | Best Fantasy Film | Nominated | [46] | |
Best Actor | Kevin Costner | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actor | Alan Rickman | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actress | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | Nominated | ||
Best Costumes | John Bloomfield | Nominated | ||
Young Artist Awards | Best Family Motion Picture – Drama | Won | [47] | |
Best Young Actor Co-Starring in a Motion Picture | Daniel Newman | Won |
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Original Soundtrack) | |
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Soundtrack album by | |
Released | July 2, 1991 |
Length | 60:22 (original), 134:39 (2017 expansion), 220:46 (2020 expansion) |
Label | Morgan Creek Productions (original), Intrada Records (expansions) |
Singles from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |
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The original music score was composed, orchestrated and conducted by Michael Kamen. In 2017, the specialty film music label Intrada Records released a two-disc CD album containing the complete score and alternates, though not the songs from Bryan Adams and Jeff Lynne. [49] In 2020, Intrada issued a four-disc album, with the film score on the first 2 CDs; CD 3 has alternate takes and additional music, including the Morgan Creek Productions fanfare which was derived from this score; CD 4 features the assemblies used on the 1991 soundtrack album. The songs are again absent. [50]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Overture" / "A Prisoner of the Crusades" | 8:27 |
2. | "Sir Guy of Gisborne" / "The Escape to Sherwood" | 7:27 |
3. | "Little John" / "The Band in the Forest" | 4:52 |
4. | "The Sheriff and His Witch" | 6:03 |
5. | "Maid Marian" | 2:57 |
6. | "Training" / "Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves" | 5:15 |
7. | "Marian at the Waterfall" | 5:34 |
8. | "The Abduction" / "The Final Battle at the Gallows" | 9:53 |
9. | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (sung by Bryan Adams) | 6:33 |
10. | "Wild Times" (sung by Jeff Lynne) | 3:12 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [51] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [52] | Gold | 50,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [53] | Silver | 60,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [54] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Two tie-in video games called Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves were released in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy. Developed by Sculptured Software Inc. and Bits Studios, respectively, and published by Virgin Games, Inc., they are the cover feature for the July 1991 issue of Nintendo Power magazine. [55]
Kenner released a toy line consisting of action figures and playsets. All but one of the figures were derived by slight modifications to Kenner's well-known Super Powers line, and Friar Tuck, the vehicles, and playsets were modified from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi toys. [56]
The Adventures of Robin Hood is a 1938 American epic swashbuckler film from Warner Bros. Pictures. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis and Henry Blanke, directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, and written by Norman Reilly Raine and Seton I. Miller. It stars Errol Flynn as the legendary Saxon knight Robin Hood, who in Richard I's absence in the Holy Land during the Crusades, fights back as the outlaw leader of a rebel guerrilla band against Prince John and the Norman lords oppressing the Saxon commoners. The cast also includes Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette, and Alan Hale.
Robin of Sherwood is a British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. Created by Richard Carpenter, it was produced by HTV in association with Goldcrest, and ran from 28 April 1984 to 28 June 1986 on the ITV network. In the United States it was shown on the premium cable TV channel Showtime and, later, on PBS. It was also syndicated in the early 1990s under the title Robin Hood. The show starred Michael Praed and Jason Connery as two different incarnations of the title character. Unlike previous adaptations of the Robin Hood legend, Robin of Sherwood combined a gritty, authentic production design with elements of real-life history, 20th-century fiction, and pagan myth. Robin of Sherwood has been described by historian Stephen Knight as "the most innovative and influential version of the myth in recent times". The series is also notable for its musical score by Clannad, which won a BAFTA award. A video game adaptation, Robin of Sherwood: The Touchstones of Rhiannon, was released in 1985. The series attained cult status worldwide.
Sir Guy of Gisbourne is a character from the Robin Hood legends of English folklore. He first appears in "Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne", where he is an assassin who attempts to kill Robin Hood but is killed by him. In later depictions, he has become a romantic rival to Robin Hood for Maid Marian's love.
Maid Marian is the heroine of the Robin Hood legend in English folklore, often taken to be his lover. She is not mentioned in the early, medieval versions of the legend, but was the subject of at least two plays by 1600. Her history and circumstances are obscure, but she commanded high respect in Robin’s circle for her courage and independence as well as her beauty and loyalty. For this reason, she is celebrated by feminist commentators as one of the early strong female characters in English literature.
Robin Hood is a 1922 silent adventure film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery. It was the first motion picture ever to have a Hollywood premiere, held at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre on October 18, 1922. The movie's full title, under which it was copyrighted, is Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood. It was one of the most expensive films of the 1920s, with a budget estimated at one million dollars. The film was a smash hit and generally received favorable reviews.
Robin and Marian is a 1976 romantic adventure film from Columbia Pictures, shot in Panavision and Technicolor, that was directed by Richard Lester and written by James Goldman after the legend of Robin Hood. The film stars Sean Connery as Robin Hood, Audrey Hepburn as Lady Marian, Nicol Williamson as Little John, Robert Shaw as the Sheriff of Nottingham, Richard Harris as Richard the Lionheart, and Denholm Elliott as Will Scarlet. It also features comedian Ronnie Barker in a rare film role as Friar Tuck. Robin and Marian was filmed in Zamora, as well as Artajona, Urbasa, Quinto Real and Orgi, all small medieval villages in Navarre, Spain. It marked Hepburn's return to the screen after an eight-year absence.
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Kevin Hal Reynolds is an American film director and screenwriter. He directed Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Waterworld, The Count of Monte Cristo, Fandango, and the 2016 film Risen. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for the History miniseries Hatfields & McCoys.
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is a console game released in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy developed by Sculptured Software, Inc. and Bits Studios, respectively, and published by Virgin Games, Inc. Versions for Master System and Game Gear were also announced but cancelled. It was based on the film of the same name.
"Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow" is Child ballad 152. It features an archery competition for a golden arrow that has long appeared in Robin Hood tales, but it is the oldest recorded one where Robin's disguise prevents his detection.
Robin Hood is a 1991 British adventure film directed by John Irvin, executive produced by John McTiernan, and starring Patrick Bergin, Uma Thurman, Jürgen Prochnow, Jeroen Krabbé, and Edward Fox. Although originally intended for a theatrical release in the United States and South America, the film instead premiered on television, on the Fox network in those territories a month before the release of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. It was released in cinemas in several countries in Europe and elsewhere, including Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
The folkloric hero Robin Hood has appeared many times, in many different variations, in popular modern works.
The Merry Men are the group of outlaws who follow Robin Hood in English literature and folklore. The group appears in the earliest ballads about Robin Hood and remains popular in modern adaptations. History The Merry Men are Robin Hood's group who work to rob from the rich and give to the poor. They have antagonized the tyrannical rule of Prince John while King Richard is fighting in the Crusades. This also puts them into conflict with Prince John's minions, Guy of Gisbourne and the Sheriff of Nottingham.
Robin Hood is a 2010 historical action-adventure film based on the Robin Hood legend, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, Mark Strong, Mark Addy, Oscar Isaac, Danny Huston, Eileen Atkins, and Max von Sydow.
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood is a 1984 American made-for-television action comedy film directed by Ray Austin and starring George Segal, Morgan Fairchild, Roddy McDowall, Janet Suzman and Tom Baker. It is a parody of the Robin Hood story.
The Sheriff of Nottingham is the main antagonist in the legend of Robin Hood. He is generally depicted as an unjust tyrant who mistreats the local people of Nottinghamshire, subjecting them to unaffordable taxes. Robin Hood fights against him, stealing from the rich, and the Sheriff, in order to give to the poor; it is this characteristic for which Robin Hood is best known. The Sheriff is considered the archenemy of Robin Hood, as he is the most recurring enemy of the well-known outlaw.
Friar Tuck is one of the Merry Men, the band of heroic outlaws in the folklore of Robin Hood.
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Lady of the Forest: A Novel of Sherwood is a 1992 historical fiction novel by American author Jennifer Roberson. A re-telling of the Robin Hood legend from the perspective of twelve characters associated with the legend, the story centers around English noblewoman Lady Marian FitzWalter's encounters with Lord Robert of Locksley and his scheming rival the Sheriff of Nottingham amid the backdrop of Prince John's schemes – he aims to increase his own wealth and power at the expense of post-Conquest England and his brother, King Richard.
The latest saga from Sherwood Forest recently finished four months of filming in England and is an epic movie said to have cost in the neighborhood of $60 million.
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