Robin Hood decides to fight back as an outlaw when faced with the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham.Robin Hood decides to fight back as an outlaw when faced with the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham.Robin Hood decides to fight back as an outlaw when faced with the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 16 wins & 25 nominations total
Michael McShane
- Friar Tuck
- (as Micheal McShane)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlan Rickman turned down the role of the Sheriff twice before he was told he could more or less have carte blanche with his interpretation of the character.
- GoofsIn the battle with the Celts, nearly every Celt who is hit by an arrow and killed is played by stunt coordinator Nick Gillard, who thus dies several times as different characters. If you look carefully you can recognize him.
- Quotes
Sheriff of Nottingham: Just a minute. Robin Hood steals money from my pocket, forcing me to hurt the public, and they love him for it?
[Scribe nods]
Sheriff of Nottingham: That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas.
- Crazy creditsAll initial copies of the original 1991 UK 'PG' Video had the full promo video for Bryan Adams' "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)" played underneath the credits at the end of the film.
- Alternate versionsIn the extended DVD version, the scene with the witch admitting to being Nottingham's mother is edited back in, along with a subplot in which she spies on him around the castle (thus explaining her knowledge of events Nottingham has learned of but which she has not yet been told, something Nottingham took to mean she could see the future) and additional footage which makes it clear that Nottingham's true allegiances lies with the Devil, which explains the line "Look to the beasts which share our god."
- Soundtracks(Everything I Do) I Do It for You
Performed by Bryan Adams
Courtesy of A&M Records
Produced by Mutt Lange (as Mutt Lange)
Written by Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams (as B. Adams) and Mutt Lange (as R.J. Lange)
Featured review
Robin hood Prince of thieves looks like an expensive production shot in many different amazing locations with plenty of background actors and costumes and famous capable casting but despite all this it feels a bit rushed, not that it is a bad film but it could have been even better. That may be due to Kevin Costner being on very high demand in 1990 shooting back to back projects so there was probably not enough time to focus 100% on this one.
Still good and watchable, with an excellent Morgan Freeman, it is of course the classic story of Robin hood saving the damsel in distress Marian from the treacherous sherrif of Nottingham, and needless to say this classic folk tale would not have made it intact into a film of today. Hollywood nowadays is all about erasing and rewritting movie history for ideological reasons, case in point the small production of Robyn Hood (2023) that transformed Robin into Robyn, a black woman, so if one wants to see something that resembles the original story the only way to look is towards the past.
Still good and watchable, with an excellent Morgan Freeman, it is of course the classic story of Robin hood saving the damsel in distress Marian from the treacherous sherrif of Nottingham, and needless to say this classic folk tale would not have made it intact into a film of today. Hollywood nowadays is all about erasing and rewritting movie history for ideological reasons, case in point the small production of Robyn Hood (2023) that transformed Robin into Robyn, a black woman, so if one wants to see something that resembles the original story the only way to look is towards the past.
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Robin Hood: El príncipe de los ladrones
- Filming locations
- Hadrian's Wall, England, UK(Where Robin fights some sheriffs men before arriving at his father's castle)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $48,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $165,493,908
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $25,625,602
- Jun 16, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $390,493,908
- Runtime2 hours 23 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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