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Excitement... Danger... Suspense... as this classic adventure story sweeps across the screen!
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938 Directed by Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
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Errol Flynn Olivia de Havilland Basil Rathbone Claude Rains Patric Knowles Eugene Pallette Alan Hale Melville Cooper Ian Hunter Una O'Connor Herbert Mundin Montagu Love Leonard Willey Robert Noble Kenneth Hunter Robert Warwick Colin Kenny Lester Matthews Harry Cording Howard Hill Ivan F. Simpson Carole Landis
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Robin Hood - König der Vagabunden, 罗宾汉历险记, Les aventures de Robin des Bois, O Roben ton dason, La leggenda di Robin Hood, 로빈 훗의 모험, As Aventuras de Robin dos Bosques, Vatan Kurtaran Aslan
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Makes me miss pre-COVID, when me and my merry band of outlaws and thieves rode deep into the forest and danced around tables of heavy mutton, spilling goblets of splendid ale all over our leather greaves!
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It's kind of embarrassing how much better this is than every other Robin Hood movie from the past 80 years.
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One night, after a long day at work, I made my way home through the cold, wintery streets of Toronto. Tired and hungry, I wanted nothing more than to be safe inside my own house, eating a hot bowl of soup.
My walk brought me through a particularly rough neighbourhood. I usually made it a habit to stick to the safety of the main road, but my fatigue and rumbling stomach reminded me of a short cut a friend once pointed out, and the temptation was just too great.
It was a dark alleyway; appearing empty, but full of ominous doorways, explicit graffiti, and the miscellaneous debris of urban decay. Eerie whispers escaped from the shadows, and the disturbing meow…
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The productive employment of Technicolor used in The Adventures of Robin Hood still manages to mesmerise, and it unquestionably remains an unforgettable swashbuckler. It is directed by Michael Curtiz who visually contrasts extreme high and low angles while the lushly composed score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold helped to set a new high standard for film music.
Its runtime involves some bold strokes which are strikingly rendered by superb art direction by Carl Jules Weyl along with dramatic cinematography by Sol Polito and Tony Gaudio. The across-the-board splendour also encompasses some outstanding stunt work, and there’s genuine enjoyment in the sword and archery battles. It’s all rapidly paced and its themes of political intrigue, class struggle, male bonding and romance, which unsurprisingly climaxes with good triumphing over evil, help to make this the authoritative version of the mythology of Robin of Loxley.
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(Criterion Laser Disc Collection)
With all the bright colors, clashing swords, and hardy laughter ... they say the story of Robin Hood doesn't get more classic than this.
"Well, sir rascal, tell me, who are you? ... I'm called Robin Hood ... It seems I've heard of you ... Nothing good, I hope."
I can appreciate the popular opinion that The Adventures of Robin Hood shot in vivid Technicolor is the definitive version of this story. Heck, its influence can clearly be seen in every version that I have seen. But for me just now seeing it for the first time, I thought it was just a really good classic adventure story, and it did not really amaze me.
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She's gone.
At the grand old age of 104, Olivia de Havilland has passed away, which, to me, symbolizes the end of an era: the truly final connection who could tell us what an age was really like, knew all of its major players, and someone who experienced more than her fair share of its trials and tribulations.
With all due respect to those actors and actresses still living from the era, none of them were as emblematic of the Golden Age of Hollywood - or as big a star during it - as Olivia de Havilland was.
It's fitting then that I should decide to watch The Adventures of Robin Hood to commemorate Olivia's passing. The film is a…
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Drinking game: take a shot whenever a character in this film throws their head back and laughs.
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This was way better than I was expecting. For my film class, I have to write a 5-8 page paper comparing and contrasting this film, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, and Robin Hood (2010). It's due in exactly one week -___-. So in other words, it will be 5 pages lol.
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Film #21 of Project 30
”Do you know any prayers, my friend?”
This must have been the blockbuster of the year back in 1938, an amusing adventure filled with action, humor, romance and color. The eternally sharp and shining colors of The Adventures of Robin Hood give it a fascinating look, in fact even now and in the age of color cinema watching Michael Curtiz’s depiction of the Robin Hood’s adventures is a quite spellbinding experience, Technicolor gives the film a somewhat unusually bright and sparkling look as if everything is happening in a color-enhanced dream, the film’s ability of creating such a joyful and splendid atmosphere of color and light is really admirable.
But this is not just about…
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This is certainly the best Robin Hood film ever made, even by today’s standards. Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland are absolutely incredible!
The film is a funny and entertaining adventure with some great action scenes. It is never dull or boring, quite the contrary, it is always enjoyable. Flynn’s Robin is noble but also hilarious. The way he treats all his enemies with sarcasm and disrespect is amazing.
Such a great film! Must watch for anyone! One of my all-time favorites now!
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Is there where we got the first, true, signature Hollywood movie? Wholesome, glitzy, beautiful, predictable, over the top, lushly scored and a hell of a lot of fun, it definitely fits somewhere between 60s Western and 90s superhero movie - and I’m all for it!
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Robin Hood freaking rocks! The costumes and rich colors were wonderful! I would like to have Maid Marian’s outfits and also I would like to know what da heck da horses must’ve been thinking.
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Makes me miss pre-COVID, when me and my merry band of outlaws and thieves rode deep into the forest and danced around tables of heavy mutton, spilling goblets of splendid ale all over our leather greaves!
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When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a rebel guerrilla army(IMDb)
One of the most fun Robin Hood movies. Flynn is at his most daring, Rathbone at his most dastardly and de Haviland at her most fetching.
As an early Technicolor movie, it is very colorful and bright - much more than makes sense. But what the hell, this is so much fun - who cares.
Directors: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Writers: Norman Reilly Raine (original screenplay: based upon ancient Robin Hood legends), Seton I. Miller (original screenplay: based upon ancient Robin Hood legends)
Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone -
Such an exciting, colorful, silly romp. What I wouldn’t give for the confidence of Errol Flynn parading around in his bright green, sequined tunic, laughing like there’s no tomorrow. A Rascal Robin will always be the best interpretation of Robin Hood.
This could very well be the most influential movie ever made.If Robin Hood was around in 2020 they would just drone strike him, wouldn’t they.
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A fantastic adventure film. The story and performances always entertain and the sets and stunts always dazzle me.
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I'm a huge fan of the Disney version, it's my favorite adaptation of Robin Hood, but this one for sure comes in second. Super fun and beautifully shot in Technicolor
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bitches just want errol flynn in tights and a bomb ass score. we are all bitches, please stop kidding yourself
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