Robin Hood is a 1991 film starring Patrick Bergin and Uma Thurman. It was released theatrically the same year as Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, a Hollywood blockbuster with a much bigger budget and high-profile stars. In the U.S. the film appeared as a TV movie on the Fox network. John Irvin (born May 7, 1940 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is a British film director. ... Tim Bevan is a succesful movie producer for Universal Studios. ... Sarah Radclyffe (born November 14, 1950), sometimes credited as Sarah Radcliffe is a British film producer. ... John Peter McGrath, (June 1, 1935 – January 22, 2002), was a Liverpudlian-Irish playwright who grew up in Wales and notably took up the cause of Scottish independence in his plays. ... Patrick Connolly Bergin (born February 4, 1951) is an Irish actor. ... Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. ... Krabbé (blue shirt) on cover of Cookbook with co-author Marjan Berk Jeroen Krabbé (born December 5, 1944 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands) is a Dutch actor and film director. ... Jürgen Prochnow (June 10, 1941 in Berlin) is a German actor. ... The year 1991 in film involved many significant films. ... Patrick Connolly Bergin (born February 4, 1951) is an Irish actor. ... Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. ... Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was a 1991 film directed by Kevin Reynolds. ... Blockbuster, as applied to film or theater, denotes a very popular and/or successful production. ... A television movie (also TV movie, TV-movie, made-for-TV movie, etc. ...

Plot

The film shares much of its plot with the 1938 film, The Adventures of Robin Hood, concentrating on the struggle between Normans and Saxons. It begins when a miller who is poaching deer on lands belonging to the King of England is found by a hunting party led by the evil knight, Sir Miles Folcanet. The miller flees until he runs into a Saxon earl, Robert Hode, and his friend, Will. The miller pleads for help as the Normans arrive and threaten to poke the miller's eyes out. Before they can carry out the punishment, Hode (urged by Will) stops them. Folconet becomes angry at this, and demands that Hode is punished by the local Baron, Roger Daguerre. Daguerre is Robert's friend, and tries to give him a light punishment, but Robert refuses and, taking up arms, flees. As a result Robert is outlawed, and, taking the name Robin Hood, takes refuge in Sherwood, meets the usual cast of merrie men and fights against the Norman oppression. Robert/Robin also falls for Daguerre's niece, Marian, who is promised to Folcanet, and the climax of the film is an attack on Nottingham Castle to stop the wedding. Unlike many modern versions of the story, King Richard does not appear at the end, and instead Daguerre is reconciled with Hode and promises a future where Saxons and Normans are treated equally. The Adventures of Robin Hood is the title of: a 1938 movie, starring Errol Flynn: see The Adventures of Robin Hood (movie) a television series of the 1950s, starring Richard Greene: see The Adventures of Robin Hood (series) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Evil (disambiguation). ... The silver Anglia knight, commissioned as a trophy in 1850, intended to represent the Black Prince. ... For people, see Earl (given name) and Earl (surname). ... This article is about the domestic group. ... Robin Hood and Maid Marian (poster, ca. ... Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 6 July 1189 to 6 April 1199. ...

Characterization

Although the familiar characters of Little John, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlett and Much the Miller's Son appear in this version, the traditional Sheriff of Nottingham and Guy of Gisbourne have been replaced by original antagonists. The Baron Daguerre takes the Sheriff's place as the scheming, greedy tax-collector (though originally Robin's friend) and Folcanet stands in for Guy as the violent, vindictive knight after Robin's head (and Marian's maidenhead). Little John is a presumably fictional character in the legend of Robin Hood. ... Friar Tuck is a fictional character, a companion of Robin Hood, and one of his Merry Men. Although a common character in the modern Robin Hood legend, Tuck does not appear in the earliest surviving Robin Hood ballads, and only has one major appearance in the ballad tradition, a late... Will Scathlocke was a young nobleman and nephew of Robin Hood who left his fathers estate since he had killed their beligerent cook in a fit of rage. ... Much the Millers Son was, in the tales of Robin Hood, a young boy who befriended the merry men. ... The Sheriff of Nottingham was historically the office responsible for enforcing law and order in Nottingham and bringing criminals to justice. ... Sir Guy of Gisburne (also spelled Gisbourne, Gysborne or Gisborn) is a villain in the Robin Hood legends. ... “Virgin” redirects here. ...

Historical Realism

The filmmakers clearly intended this version of the Robin Hood to be a more realistic and historically accurate retelling of the famous legend. The medieval world shown here is dark, dirty and dangerous.

External links

• Robin Hood at the Internet Movie Database