Robin Hood (1991/I) (TV)

Director:

John Irvin

Writers (WGA):

Sam Resnick (story)
Sam Resnick (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

13 May 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Romance | Drama

Tagline:

The adventure. The romance. The legend.

Plot:

Yet another version of the classic epic, with enough variation to make it interesting. The story is the same...

Plot Keywords:

Robin Hood | Swashbuckler | Character Name In Title

Cast

Patrick Bergin	...	Sir Robert Hode / Robin Hood
Uma Thurman	...	Maid Marian
Jürgen Prochnow	...	Sir Miles Folcanet (as Jurgen Prochnow)
Edward Fox	...	Prince John
Jeroen Krabbé	...	Baron Roger Daguerre (as Jeroen Krabbe)
Danny Webb	...	Much the Miller (as Daniel Webb)
Conrad Asquith	...	Lodwick
Barry Stanton	...	Miter
Owen Teale	...	Will Scarlett
Phelim McDermott	...	Jester
Carolyn Backhouse	...	Nicole, Roger's Mistress
David Morrissey	...	Little John
Caspar De La Mare	...	Sam Timmons the Carpenter
Cecily Hobbs	...	Mabel
Gabrielle Reidy	...	Lily

Also Known As:

Robin Hood - Ein Leben für Richard Löwenherz (Germany)

Runtime:

104 min | Germany:133 min | Germany:97 min | USA:116 min (video release)

Country:

Canada | Germany | UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Spain:T | USA:TV-14 | Australia:PG | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Finland:K-12/9 | Sweden:11 | Singapore:PG | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Peckforton Castle, Peckforton, Cheshire, England, UK

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

John Irvin rarely works with actors twice. Interestingly enough, most of the actors who have worked with him twice have worked on this film with him. An exception is Don James who acted in Hamburger Hill (1987) and Next of Kin (1989).

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Early in the movie, Folcanet challenges Hode to appear before Daguerre "at seven in the morning". Before the invention of mechanical clocks to have more accurate and evenly divided hours, daytime and nighttime (irrespective of the season) were divided in twelve parts called hours. The sixth hour of the day was noon. In the 12th century, seven in the morning is therefore impossible.

Quotes:

Robin Hood: You've got a twinkle in your eye.
Much the Miller: Better than the sharp end of a dagger.

Movie Connections:

Version of "The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie: The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik" (1972)

The True Prince of Thieves

This is the movie that should have been in the theaters in the summer of 1991, not Kevin Costner's bloated monstrosity. This "Robin Hood" gives us a fine new twist to the legend, transporting us to a new world. The highly underrated Patrick Bergin makes a fine Robin Hood, a worthy successor to Errol Flynn -- he is a flawed man (when it comes down to it, it is his pride that gets him outlawed), but still noble and heroic. Uma Thurman is a dream as Marian, and the rest of the cast slip comfortably into their roles.

But the thing I really love out this movie is the way the villain, Falconet, meets his end. When you watch enough movies, you grow to appreciate a really dramatic, over-the-top death scene, and this is it. Falconet dies by the same method as the Sheriff in "Prince of Thieves," but his death is so much more dramatic and memorable than the Sheriff's, so much more... fitting, I suppose.

If you get a chance, this is the Robin Hood movie to see (assuming you've already seen "Adventures of Robin Hood", of course.)