Robin Hood (2010)

In 13th century England, Robin and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power.

Director:

Ridley Scott

Writers:

Brian Helgeland (screenplay), Brian Helgeland (story),

Stars:

Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Max von Sydow

10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Russell Crowe	...	Robin Longstride
Cate Blanchett	...	Marion Loxley
Max von Sydow	...	Sir Walter Loxley
William Hurt	...	William Marshal
Mark Strong	...	Godfrey
Oscar Isaac	...	Prince John
Danny Huston	...	King Richard the Lionheart
Eileen Atkins	...	Eleanor of Aquitaine
Mark Addy	...	Friar Tuck
Matthew Macfadyen	...	Sheriff of Nottingham
Kevin Durand	...	Little John
Scott Grimes	...	Will Scarlet
Alan Doyle	...	Allan A'Dayle
Douglas Hodge	...	Sir Robert Loxley
Léa Seydoux	...	Isabella of Angoulême

Storyline

Birth of a legend. Following King Richard's death in France, archer Robin Longstride, along with Will Scarlett, Alan-a-Dale and Little John, returns to England. They encounter the dying Robert of Locksley, whose party was ambushed by treacherous Godfrey, who hopes to facilitate a French invasion of England. Robin promises the dying knight he will return his sword to his father Walter in Nottingham. Here Walter encourages him to impersonate the dead man to prevent his land being confiscated by the crown, and he finds himself with Marian, a ready-made wife. Hoping to stir baronial opposition to weak King John and allow an easy French take-over, Godfrey worms his way into the king's service as Earl Marshal of England and brutally invades towns under the pretext of collecting Royal taxes. Can Robin navigate the politics of barons, royals, traitors, and the French?

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Plot Keywords:

england | king | crown | archer | village | 

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Taglines:

The untold story behind the legend.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence including intense sequences of warfare, and some sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [es] Official site [jp]

Country:

USA UK

Language:

English French

Release Date:

14 May 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Nottingham

Filming Locations:

Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$200,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£5,750,332 (UK) (14 May 2010)

Gross:

$105,219,735 (USA) (30 July 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Relativity Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

140 min 131 min 156 min (director's cut)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris's original script "Nottingham" turned the traditional story on its head by portraying the Sheriff of Nottingham in a more sympathetic light and Robin Hood as more of a villain. The script was extensively re-written by Brian Helgeland because director Ridley Scott wanted the Sheriff of Nottingham to be a more conflicted character. New rewrites were done by British playwright Paul Webb and later by Tom Stoppard, who reworked the story while the movie was already being filmed.

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Goofs

In the Director's cut of the film on DVD, the French land in "Dungeness" (in the theatrical version it is never identified by name). Dungeness is a flat marshy area with no cliffs as depicted in the film. The area looks more like Dover, which would have been a more likely choice to invade since it is somewhat closer to France than Dungeness, although not considerably so.

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Quotes

Robin Longstride: We can't repay our good luck with bad grace, it invites darkness.

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Crazy Credits

The first part of the end credits are in the same style as Ridley Scott's production company 'Scott Free Productions'.

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Connections

Version of Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)

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Soundtracks

"Women of Ireland - Mná na h-Éireann"
Written by Seán Ó Riada
Performed by Marc Streitenfeld

User Reviews

Good, but the sequel can be great.

I enjoyed this movie and was impressed by the amount of detail Ridley Scott puts into his productions.

Yes, it could have been better and I think some of the areas where it failed to meet the excellence of Gladiator were:

* Plot – too convoluted, better to keep it simple and the hate more intense between the goodies and the baddies. * Character development – there was virtually none for the Merry Men. If Little John, Will Scarlet and co are in the movie, please give them something meaningful to say. * Editing - I think the movie fell down in this area and the narrative seemed stunted and disjointed at times. Perhaps the material was not just there in the first place? * A lack of passion – Russell Crowe in particular was too low key in his role but was not the only one. And Russell, I did get confused at times as to what part of old England you came from.

But there were some that put much more into it such as Cate Blanchett and Max Von Sydow (good to see this great old actor can still perform) and the movie did have many good points. It was certainly a lot different to what I expected and some of the sets and scenes were outstanding. Watch for the dazzling credits. Looks from the ending there will be a sequel and with a few improvements, I think it can be great.