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Release Date:
8 November 1973 (USA)
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Meet Robin Hood and his MERRY MENagerie! more
Plot:
The story of the legendary outlaw is portrayed with the characters as humanoid animals. full summary | full synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Robin Hood
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Outlaw
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Animal
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Sherwood Forest
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Forest
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 1 win
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User Comments:
The best Disney film ever made?
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Brian Bedford | ... | Robin Hood (voice) |
| Phil Harris | ... | Little John (voice) |
| Andy Devine | ... | Friar Tuck (voice) |
| Monica Evans | ... | Maid Marian (voice) |
 | Carole Shelley | ... | Lady Cluck (voice) |
 | Peter Ustinov | ... | Prince John / King Richard (voice) |
| Terry-Thomas | ... | Sir Hiss (voice) |
| Pat Buttram | ... | The Sheriff of Nottingham (voice) |
| Roger Miller | ... | Alan-a-Dale (voice) |
| George Lindsey | ... | Trigger (voice) |
| Ken Curtis | ... | Nutsy (voice) |
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Runtime:
83 min
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Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording)
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Peru:PT |
West Germany:o.Al. (w) |
Iceland:L |
Netherlands:AL |
Portugal:M/6 |
South Korea:All |
South Africa:A |
New Zealand:G |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
Chile:TE |
Finland:S |
Sweden:Btl |
UK:U |
USA:G |
Canada:G
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The University of Southern California fight song, "Fight On," is played during the chase scene after the archery contest. "On Wisconsin," the fight song of the University of Wisconsin is also used during the "football" sequence of this scene.
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Continuity: During the fight that ensues after the archery tournament, Robin Hood shoves Prince John's throne off the platform onto the Sheriff's posse. Later, Little John in the "runaway tent" comes crashing through and hits the throne, which is now back in its original, upright position.
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Quotes:
Little John:
You know something, Robin? You're taking too many chances.
Robin Hood: Chances? You must be joking! That was just a bit of a lark, Little John.
Little John: Oh, yeah? Take a look at your hat. That's not a candle on a cake.
Robin Hood: [regarding the arrow in his hat] Hello! This one almost had my name on it, didn't it? They're getting better, you know. You've got to admit it! They are getting better.
Little John: Yeah, the next thing you know, that sheriff will probably have a rope around our necks! Pretty hard to laugh hanging there, Rob!
Robin Hood: The sheriff and his whole possy couldn't lift you off the ground.
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Robin Hood: Chances? You must be joking! That was just a bit of a lark, Little John.
Little John: Oh, yeah? Take a look at your hat. That's not a candle on a cake.
Robin Hood: [regarding the arrow in his hat] Hello! This one almost had my name on it, didn't it? They're getting better, you know. You've got to admit it! They are getting better.
Little John: Yeah, the next thing you know, that sheriff will probably have a rope around our necks! Pretty hard to laugh hanging there, Rob!
Robin Hood: The sheriff and his whole possy couldn't lift you off the ground.
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Movie Connections:
References Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
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Soundtrack:
On Wisconsin
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As above. Don't you ever wonder what the fascist, communist-hating Mr. Disney would have thought about bringing such an inherently socialist tale to the silver screen under his life's work's label? I know I do. Robin Hood quite explicitly makes the rich and royal people of England out to be total crooks, and the poor workers out to be heroes in a Marxist fashion. "Stealing from the rich and giving to the needy." Indeed. The adventurous Sherwood Forest hero Robin Hood who did so was my very first crush. Luckily, I have since then outgrown my infatuation for animals. Although I can look back and see that he still is quite the fox.
I maintain there are subtle elements of English humour that shine through in Disney's Robin Hood, and maybe that is why I like it so much. It may also be the hysterical comedic sidekicks like Sir Hiss. Whatever it is, this is without a doubt the best story of Robin Hood told on film, even though it's a cartoon aimed for kids. Good songs, good fast-paced action (that archery contest at the medieval fair was genius), interesting characters and nicely animated sets. All the characters have been translated into appropriate and symbolic animals. If you haven't thought about that before, do it next time you watch this film.
Maid Marion is perhaps one of the weakest female Disney characters, but then, they have never been known to be very dimensional or showed much range other than when they are the protagonists (like Ariel), and Marion is not one—she is a supporting character to the awesome Robin Hood and that is enough for this film.
Robin Hood is Disney film that's stuck with me through the years and its only rival for best Disney film of all time is perhaps Aladdin.