It is the twentyfirst animated feature in the disney animated canon. Robin hood, a silent film starring robert frazer as robin hood. Robin hoodthemed films and television series liveaction features early 1900s to 1950. A madcap glance behind the scenes of classic bedtime stories. Jan 01, 2016 the golden age of american animation was a period in the history of u. Why robin hood just flopped so hard film, tv, gaming. Chanticleer was going to be an animated movie based on the french play chanticleer written by edmund rostland.
Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. This was an easy design to recreate because real animals move. While playing robin hood in the woods, three squirrels are tricked by a big and bad wolf cleverly disguised as maid marion. Robinbhood is one of the better recent chan efforts reminding us why hes an icon. This lesson explores the story of robin hood as told by howard pyle in the merry adventures of robin hood.
List of films and television series featuring robin hood. Robin hood bbc 2006 full episodes actionadventure tv. Ridley scotts version of robin hood is not only the most historically accurate, but its also the most brutal with gory battle. It builds towards a thrilling climax, where it seems almost impossible that the heroes will survive the day. To me, the best robin hood will always be michael praed in the 80s. Students allied themselves with robin hood during this. Easily marked the classic robin hood, a lot of the tropes for robin hood films originate with the errol flynn version. Robin hood outlawed, a british silent film starring a. I think robin hood was justified, both by societal standards, and by biblical standards too.
Students allied themselves with robin hood during this antimccarthyism movement the students of the green feather movement caused an oncampus controversy at indiana university robin hood in a. Take a look and see what others have said about robin hood makes good. The smallest of the bunch, whod been bullied into playing the villain and thus avoided capture, uses his ingenuity to rescue his friends. Overview of robin hood makes good, 1939, directed by chuck jones, with at turner classic movies.
We want to know what you think, too feel free to share your own opinion we do want to hear from you. Robin b hood is one of the better recent chan efforts reminding us why hes an icon. Also, because the biographies of richard the lionheart and prince john, and the history of england at that time, are so complex, the filmmakers still have to telescope a lot of. Prince of thieves was a liberal gulf war buddy movie, its most striking moment a reprise of richards return to sherwood from the 1938 film, but this time. Anderson created characters whose bodies looked and moved in a human manner but were covered with fur or feathers or scaly hide but had an animal head. Theres more than one way to shell a turtle for dinner and the everhungry wolf tries them all.
As the earl of huntington, fairbanks epitomizes the valiant, loyal knight immortalized in arthurian legend, gently wooing the virtuous lady marian enid bennett. Robin hood is a 1973 animated film produced by walt disney productions, first released in the united states on november 8, 1973. Now scott has made another movie with a more formidable leading man, russell crowe. Below are comments about this cartoon submitted by people who have seen this show. A fox captures a group of squirrels while theyre playing at robin hood. The film really gets going in the second half after he has taken the persona of robin hood and starts kicking johns rear all over england. Three little squirrels all voiced by berneice hansell, after reading a book about robin hood, decide to act out the part of the legendary medieval outlaw. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Although originally intended for a theatrical release in the united states and south america, the film was premiered on the fox network in those territories a month before the release of robin hood. The last major film was 2010s ridley scottdirected robin hood, which had russell crowe playing robin and cate blanchett playing marion. Robin hood bbc 2006 full episodes actionadventure tv duke beers. Robin hood is a 1991 british adventure film directed by john irvin, executive produced by john mctiernan and starring patrick bergin, uma thurman, jurgen prochnow, jeroen krabbe and edward fox. Disney is remaking its classic 1973 robin hood film as a cgi. Robin hood recreates the chivalry of england in all its glory as it unveils the conflicts and betrayals that threaten to destroy the kingdom of richard the lionhearted wallace beery.
Robin hood makes good letterboxd social film discovery. The storyline depicts the legendary saxon knight robin hood who, in king richards absence in the holy land during the crusades, fights back as the outlaw leader of a rebel guerrilla band against prince john and the norman lords oppressing the saxon commoners the adventures of robin hood has been acclaimed by critics since its. The amount of robin hood films planned seems odd, given that the last robin hood movie, simply titled robin hood was a criticallypanned boxoffice dud back when it came out in 2010. Betty boop betty boops big boss 1933 banned cartoons. We will get to know many of the characters, both good and bad, learn about nottingham. As the sets were being completed for robin hood, fairbanks was advised. The first images from 2018s gritty reimagining of robin hood have teased a new sherwood forest full of automatic weapons, fashionable battle armour and chic fascistwear straight out of. Disneys famous anthropomorphic versions of popular robin hood characters will return as cgi in a new robin hood remake set for disney. Five years ago he made a whole movie about it, kingdom of heaven, but you may have missed it, or perhaps you saw it and forgot pretty much everything but the battle scenes. Linscription est necessaire pour regarder le film en 1080p hd linscription est facile et rapide. Movies like robin hood 1973 if you like robin hood you are looking for humorous, exciting and feel good movies about with thief, fox, robin hood, prince, good versus evil, theft and robbery themes of animation, adventure and comedy genre shot in usa.
First look at hollywoods gritty robin hood movie is. It was in development from the 1940s up until the mid 1960s and never saw completion. The most recent film stars russell crowe and in this programme callum and kate look. With mel blanc, bernice hansen, margaret hilltalbot.
The adventures of robin hood is a 1938 american technicolor swashbuckler from warner bros. Obviously the big moments are going to come towards the end when the smaller squirrel has to rise to the occasion and battle the fox. The definitive robin hood for most people is the 1938 version, wherein many. In one of the most predictable developments of the entire year if not the decade otto bathursts robin hood has started poorly, to say the least. In these cynical days when swashbucklers cannot be presented without an ironic subtext, this great 1938 film exists in. Prince of thieves had an allstar cast that boasted costner, morgan freeman, and alan rickman. Robin hood has its fun moments, but connecting the legend more completely with the actual history of england in the 12th century pulls the teeth from some of the fun. Dec 11, 20 the 21 st fulllength animated feature in disney history, robin hood was released on november 8, 1973. The stories about robin hood are legends, which makes them part of the folklore genre. It was partly filmed in pembrokeshire, and some 1,000 cast and crew spent five weeks at freshwater west beach and castlemartin army range last year. Men in tights introduced the world to dave chappelle and extolled the virtues of formfitting legwear.
Ironically, the first scripts for the film, back in 2007, did provide the sort of radically different take on the robin hood story crowe was looking for. Robin hood is something of a curse word in the fantaesque household. Robin hood quizzes other related subtopics of interest. Prince of thieves, 1991 people always bash kevin costners robin hood because of the cheesy early 90s bryan adams soundtrack that made robin hood into more of a don juan, and less of an rugged outlaw. Similar to most robin hood films, it is merely a string of sequences including the oftportrayed archery contest in. The prince of thieves, i would argue that its possible to make a good pg robin hood story. Even at its best, robin hood is only mildly diverting. It takes place entirely before robin got to be a folk hero. The 21 st fulllength animated feature in disney history, robin hood was released on november 8, 1973. National catholic register ridley scott wants you to know that the crusades were a bad thing. It was the first feature which began production after walt disneys death, although some elements were taken from an earlier aborted production reynard the fox, see below which disney had been. Bbc news robin hoods boost to pembrokeshire as film opens. The stories are considered legends because they are believed. Now richard is dead, and robin is essentially an unemployed mercenary.
I teach pilates in carmarthenshire and this opportunity came up. Not surprisingly, the film was dougs biggest hit ever, and the great box office. But ive always held a soft spot in my heart for costners flick because, well, costner is and was a pretty cool dude. Jan 20, 2015 robin hood is something of a curse word in the fantaesque household.
Sean connery also made a brief appearance as king richard, a part he reportedly wanted to. In a society where one group is severely supressed, as the anglosaxons were under norman command, anyone who seeks to give equal ground to everyone is generally considered a good guy. The smallest of the three declares that he will be robin hood, prompting the middle squirrel to. The film, which was based on the english folk story of the same name, is 83 minutes in length.
The film was written by norman reilly raine and seton i. Robin hood makes good is a 1939 merrie melodies cartoon directed by chuck jones. By robin hood, fairbankss penchant for breathtaking leaps, dives, and climbs. The cast makes viewing this truly worth it and you can certainly tell they had a great time filming this. It is 1917, and america is in the first flush of a war it is convinced it can win with. May 24, 2010 robin hood, the 2010 version starring russell crowe and cate blanchett and directed by ridley scott, could well be the most historically accurate of all the poems, legends, songs, movies, and television shows that have been created about the legendary english outlaw who stole from the rich and gave to the poor. That robin hood is nowhere to be found in ridley scotts robin hood, starring russell crowe as a warrior just back from fighting in the third crusade.
The film, directed by ridley scott, stars russell crowe in the title role and cate blanchett as lady marion. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, humorous, stylized, based on legend, semi serious and serious films and tv shows about with robin hood, heroes, outlaw, folk hero, forest, bow and arrow, castle, escapades, rivalry and sword fight plots mostly in adventure, action and drama genres shot. Though the film was cancelled, its character designs later inspired the 1973 disney animated film robin hood as well as the animatronics for defunct america sings attraction in disneyland. Robin hood makes good is a 1939 merrie melodies cartoon short, directed by chuck jones and written by dave monahan, and released by warner bros. May 14, 2010 as an apologist for kevin reynolds robin hood. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. After that films extraordinary impact, the adventures of robin hood was tailored for. There have been over 100 film and television versions of his adventures. Ranking the robin hood adaptations which tales fly truest.
Robin hood makes good certainly isnt a classic by any stretch of the imagination but its entertaining enough to make it worth watching. May 14, 2010 the benefits of major films being shot in wales as robin hood opens in uk cinemas have been highlighted. When robin hood was completed i decided it did not look the greatest of films. Three little squirrels, after reading a book about robin hood, decide to act out the part of the legendary medieval outlaw. Jan 26, 2009 the three squirrels dream about being robin hood. Robin hood makes good 1939 merrie melodies theatrical. Origins, this is the only robin hood movie of the bunch that has managed to materialize into an actual movie that will actually open in theaters. Voir robin hood makes good 1939 en streaming complet. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. The list contains the best, new and most relevant robin hood movies ordered by relevance. The golden age of american animation was a period in the history of u. My search for the real robin hood film the guardian. Robin hood makes good 1939 action, animation, comedy, family, short film gorillas. Although originally intended for a theatrical release in the united states and south america, the film was premiered on the fox network in those.
Sep 11, 2017 the adventures of robin hood 1938 emily. Movies qt this category is for questions and answers related to robin hood, as asked by users of. The idea of taking from the rich and giving to the poor was still in storyboard form. At the beginning of may 1937, after completing the score for the prince and.
Apr 21, 2015 the last major film was 2010s ridley scottdirected robin hood, which had russell crowe playing robin and cate blanchett playing marion. Cary elwes robin is the best part of men in tights. Boulder reporter new robin hood is historically accurate. Jan 11, 20 i think robin hood was justified, both by societal standards, and by biblical standards too. While errol flynns movie is enjoyable and no doubt set the standard for. The montreal gazette said that when disney cartoon films. May 19, 2010 robin hood is a popular english legend. Robin hood and his merry men, a silent film directed by percy stow, and the first appearance of robin hood on the screen. Robin hood, the 2010 version starring russell crowe and cate blanchett and directed by ridley scott, could well be the most historically accurate of all the poems, legends, songs, movies, and television shows that have been created about the legendary english outlaw who stole from the rich and gave to the poor this is ironic, of course, because there is no evidence that robin hood actually. Robin hood themed films and television series liveaction features early 1900s to 1950. The adventures of robin hood was made with sublime innocence and breathtaking artistry, at a time when its simple values rang true.
Robin hood is a 1973 animated film produced by walt disney productions, first. Walt disney productions robin hood was released in 1973. The smallest of the three declares that he will be robin. As the film was made during disneys financial slump following the completion of. With the new sherwood forest visitor centre almost completed by the. Many moons ago my boyfriendnow husband decided to write his thesis on the changing media interpretations of the english folk hero and so began his quest to watch every film and tv version of robin hood there has ever been. In twelfth century england, robin longstride russell crowe 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. An extras story steve moon of ammanford was an extra on robin hood. What makes robin hood a milestone is that it is one of the major inspirations for the official birth of furry fandom around 1980.
Over the years weve had every one from errol flynn to kevin costner to cary elwes and even a fox playing the role alright it was the disney version. Apr 14, 2010 ironically, the first scripts for the film, back in 2007, did provide the sort of radically different take on the robin hood story crowe was looking for. In england, the good king richard has gone on a crusade to the holy land, leaving his brother, prince john, in control of his territory. A list of the robin hood movies in development film.
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