Robin Hood

Made the same year as Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) and thus did not receive a theatrical release in the United States.

Woad (the purple dye Robin throws at the tax-collector) wouldn't have been around in the middle of the village. The process used to make the dye smelled so bad that woad-makers had to live outside the village to make it. Also, while in the cauldron it actually looks green, the indigo/purple colour only shows up as you remove the dyed item from the liquid, so the dye would not have appeared purple in the bowl before Robin threw it.

Made for cinematic release but competition from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) ensured that it debuted on cable in the US (at 150 minutes) despite a cinema release elsewhere. USA videocassette version removes 34 minutes of footage.

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