Robin Hood (1973)

The story of the legendary outlaw is portrayed with the characters as humanoid animals.

Director:

Wolfgang Reitherman

Writers:

Larry Clemmons (story), Ken Anderson (character and story conceptions),

Stars:

Roger Miller, Peter Ustinov, Brian Bedford

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Roger Miller	...	Allan-a-Dale (voice)
Peter Ustinov	...	Prince John / King Richard (voice)
Terry-Thomas	...	Sir Hiss (voice)
Brian Bedford	...	Robin Hood (voice)
Monica Evans	...	Maid Marian (voice)
Phil Harris	...	Little John (voice)
Andy Devine	...	Friar Tuck (voice)
Carole Shelley	...	Lady Kluck (voice)
Pat Buttram	...	Sheriff of Nottingham (voice)
George Lindsey	...	Trigger (voice)
Ken Curtis	...	Nutsy (voice)

Storyline

Retelling of the Robin Hood legend with animals for the characters. Robin Hood is an outlaw who starts to form a gang in Sherwood Forest to fight the injustices of the Sheriff of Nottingham, who levies unpayable taxes upon the people.

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Plot Keywords:

robin hood | sherwood forest | outlaw | forest | prince | 

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Taglines:

Meet Robin Hood and his MERRY MENagerie!

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Romance

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Disney

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 December 1973 (Argentina)

Also Known As:

O Roben ton dason

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

SEK 8,659,000 (Sweden)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally, Friar Tuck was to be a pig, but was changed to a badger to avoid insulting religious sensibilities. The Sherriff of Nottingham was originally a goat.

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Goofs

When Little John realizes the wheel of the Royal Coach has solid-gold hubcaps, he is shown removing only two of them (just before moving to the big chest to empty it of its golden contents), yet in the next scene, all four of the hubcaps are shown to have been removed.

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Quotes

Alan-A-Dale: Well, even though, Prince John offered a huge reward for the capture of Robin Hood, that elusive Rob kept on robbing the rich to feed the poor, and believe me, it's a good thing he did, because what with taxes and all, the poor folks Nottingham were starving to death.

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Connections

Featured in The American Experience: Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst (2004)

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Soundtracks

"Fight On"
(1922) (uncredited)
(University of Southern California fight song)
Music by Milo Sweet
Briefly in the score during escape sequence following the archery tournament

User Reviews

Disney's most under rated film

Robin Hood is personally one of my favorite Disney movies of all time, it's one of those animated films that gets over looked or over shadowed by other Disney classics, I wish it did get more notice. The animation is great and just has that old feel to it when animators used to draw the pictures, it feels more personal and special that way. Not to mention that this was a great adaptation of the Robin Hood story for the kids. Even as an adult I still enjoy watching this movie, it's funny, romantic, touching, and just very entertaining to watch. How could you not love Prince John? He is one of Disney's most awesome and hilarious villains of all time! Granted I know this film can come off as a little corny, but seriously give this movie a chance, it's one of Disney's buried treasures.

The story begins as Robin Hood and Little John run from the Sheriff of Nottingham, who has ambushed them with a team of archers. After narrowly escaping, Robin Hood and Little John happen upon the royal entourage which is taking Prince John and his counselor, Sir Hiss, to Nottingham in order to tax the people there. Disguised as female fortune-tellers, Robin and Little John effectively steal all the gold they can carry and run off into the forest, leaving Prince John sucking his thumb in humiliation. In Nottingham, Robin uses Friar Tuck to smuggle the stolen gold back to the peasants. Later Robin sees Maid Marian, she and Robin had once been sweethearts as children, but were forced to part ways when she moved to London. But she is mistaken: Robin can't stop thinking about her. But since Robin is an outlaw he and Marian wait for marriage. Seething with rage, that Robin is winning, John triples the taxes, making the bleak situation in Nottingham even worse. One night, Robin Hood, disguised again as the beggar, learns that Friar Tuck is in jail and will rescue him, save Nottingham once and for all and give Prince John the justice that has been coming to him for a long time.

I can't tell you how much I love this film, I think my favorite scene will always be the archery scene. Robin Hood learns that there is an archery contest and the winner gets a kiss from Maid Marian, so he enters and goes in a disguise, and Little John had his back the whole time while getting Prince John to lighten up about Robin being in the contest. I also love Prince John's side kick, Sir Hiss, he's the perfect little sleaze bag tattle tail and we go in Tom and Jerry classic mode when Prince John has it with him and just ties Hiss's body in a knot. This is a terrific Disney movie, just trust me when I say that it's a lot of fun to watch and just enjoy it, we don't get films like this any more.

10/10