Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (2003) (V)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Jeff Kurtti

Writer:

Jeff Kurtti (writer)

Release Date:

2003 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Film historians examines the making of the 1938 "The Adventures of Robin Hood." |

Cast

Gene Allen	...	Himself - Warner Bros. Art Director
Bob Anderson	...	Himself - Sword Master
Rudy Behlmer	...	Himself - Film Historian
Joseph Breen	...	Himself - Director, Motion Picture Producers & Distributors Association (archive footage)
Leonard Maltin	...	Himself - Film Historian
John Mauceri	...	Himself - Conductor, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Robert Osborne	...	Himself - Film Historian
Paula Sigman	...	Herself - Literary Historian
Bob Thomas	...	Himself - Film Historian

Runtime:

56 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Company:

Kurtti-Pellerin

Trivia:

This documentary can be found on the 2003 DVD of The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938).

Movie Connections:

References The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Welcome To Sherwood! - The Story Of "The Adventures Of Robin Hood" (TV) (Jeff Kurrti, 2003) ***

A typically solid and thorough Turner Classic Movies documentary about the making of this classic film: running for some 56 minutes, it's highly informative - but, given the subject matter, it's also done in an entertaining way.

Of course, it deals with several behind-the-scenes anecdotes that I mentioned in my review of the film itself...but it's also easy to see how, 70 years on, all the participants are still in awe of the film's achievement: the wondrous use of color, the spectacle, the stuntwork involved in the action highlights - in essence, the sheer professionalism of Hollywood at its best.