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:

Swashbuckler | Robin Hood | Character Name In Title

Cast

Danny Webb	...	Much the Miller (as Daniel Webb)
Conrad Asquith	...	Lodwick
Barry Stanton	...	Miter
Patrick Bergin	...	Sir Robert Hode / Robin Hood
Owen Teale	...	Will Scarlett
Jürgen Prochnow	...	Sir Miles Folcanet (as Jurgen Prochnow)
Uma Thurman	...	Maid Marian
Jeroen Krabbé	...	Baron Roger Daguerre (as Jeroen Krabbe)
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
Stephen Pallister	...	Jack Runnel

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:

USA | UK | Germany | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

Peckforton Castle, Peckforton, Cheshire, England, UK

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Robin and Will run off after Robin's "trial," Robin strikes flint to steel by a stack of wood. Instantly, flames shoot a foot high from the wood.

Quotes:

Maid Marian: So what are you going to do to me? Tie me up?
Robin Hood: Could be a lashing.
Maid Marian: How many strokes?
Robin Hood: As many as are necessary.
Maid Marian: And then it's finished?
Robin Hood: That depends. Have you ever been lashed before?
Maid Marian: I've never had someone make me beg them to stop.
Robin Hood: Then you've never had a proper lashing.

Movie Connections:

Version of Robin Hood (1973)

The best modern Robin Hood out there.

Everyone knows that Costner's Hood was a bomb, but too few people have seen this superior version, shown on TV and then perversely released only on VHS by Fox. Patrick Bergin is spot-on as a darkly-mooded Robin, and the backstory on his loss of rank and property is both historically plausible and dramatically effective -- a welcome change from other film versions. The tensions between native Saxon and invading Norman are also accurately portrayed, as exemplifed by Robin's vexed friendship with the new Norman landlord (a great performance by Jürgen Prochnow). The supporting case is excellent, particularly Uma Thurman as a liberated Maid Marian -- handy with a broadsword -- and Jeff Nuttall as the best Friar Tuck I've ever seen. The way in which Tuck gives a benediction to one of the Normans even as his calmly breaks his neck has to be seen to be believed. If there is any justice for Robin Hood in the 21st century, Fox ought to bring this version out on DVD. Its moody colorations, dank forests, and dour yet Merry Men would surely shine through.