Robin of Locksley (film)

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Robin of Locksley
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Directed by Michael Kennedy
Written byLarry Sugar
William T. Conway (uncredited)
Produced byRosanne Milliken
Larry Sugar
Starring
Cinematography Mark Irwin
Edited byBill Goddard
Music by John Welsman
Production
companies
Hallmark Entertainment
Sugar Entertainment
All Media inc
Distributed byViacom
Release date
  • February 26, 1996 (1996-02-26)
Running time
97 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Canada
LanguageEnglish

Robin of Locksley is a 1996 television movie directed by Michael Kennedy. It stars Devon Sawa, Joshua Jackson and Sarah Chalke.

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Plot

Robin McAllister (Devon Sawa) and his family win the lottery and they end up moving from Kansas City to Seattle where Robin attends Locksley Academy, a wealthy private school. While there Robin comes up with a plan to help one of his friends who was hurt and needs money for an operation by robbing from John Prince Sr., the head of a very wealthy corporation. Robin becomes friends with a couple of misfits at school named Will Scarlett (Billy O'Sullivan) and Little John (Tyler Labine) and also falls for a girl named Marian (Sarah Chalke) who helps train the horses that Robin's family has. While helping out his friends Robin becomes an enemy of John Prince Jr. (Joshua Jackson), the big shot rich kid at school and his friends Warner and Gibson who are also the sons of rich parents. Then Robin goes to join the archery team but is not allowed to because of John Prince Jr. so he starts his own team and his 2 friends join and learn from Robin. McAllister has to outsmart FBI agent Walter Nottingham and help take down the richest kids in the school during the rest of the movie.

Cast

Reception

Robin of Locksley was nominated for two awards. One Directors Guild of America Award for "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs" and one Leo Awards for "Best Overall Sound – Feature Film" for William Butler. [1]

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References

  1. "Awards". IMDB. Retrieved 12 May 2017.