Robin Hood - King of Thieves
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| German title | Robin Hood - King of Thieves |
| Original title | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1991 |
| length | Theatrical version: 137 minutes Long version: 155 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Kevin Reynolds |
| script |
Pen Densham John Watson |
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Pen Densham Richard Barton Lewis John Watson |
| music | Michael Kamen |
| camera | Douglas Milsome |
| cut | Peter Boyle |
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Robin Hood is a 1991 American adventure film based on the stories about Robin Hood . The leading roles are played by Kevin Costner , Morgan Freeman , Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Alan Rickman ; Directed by Kevin Reynolds . The title track (Everything I Do) I Do It for You was sung by Bryan Adams and stayed at number one in the music charts for several months.
action
Jerusalem at the time of the Crusades . In 1194, the young English nobleman Robin von Locksley escaped from captivity - together with the Moorish Azeem, who was also sentenced to death. Azeem feels indebted to Robin and joins him as a bodyguard and advisor. Together they both manage to flee to Britain , where Robin's friend Peter is killed. Dying, he gives Robin his ring and makes him swear to take care of his sister Marian.
In their homeland, instead of peace, a nasty surprise awaits both: Robin's father Lord Locksley was killed, the family castle burned down and the land confiscated; only the blinded servant Duncan is still there. One man is responsible for everything - the Sheriff of Nottingham , who during the absence of King Richard leads a cruel regiment, enslaved the population and, with the help of his cousin and henchman, Guy von Gisborne, brutally collects high taxes. The two men clash with the same guy when Robin saves a boy from several of the sheriff's men, with some casualties. Robin swears revenge at his father's grave. With a cross amulet from his father, Robin, Azeem and Duncan set out to avenge Robin's father. First they deliver the ring to Marian, who is affected by the news of death, but not very pleased with Robin, as she has poor memories of him. This relationship worsens when the men again have to flee from Guy von Gisborne, who is advancing with reinforcements, and steal two of Marian's horses.
Robin, Duncan and Azeem flee from the sheriff's henchmen in the dreaded Sherwood Forest around Nottingham, where they meet a group of outlawed men while crossing a river . This is led by John Little, the father of the boy Wulf, whom Robin protected from the sheriff's captors. At first they only want to take his father's cross from him, but Robin succeeds in asserting himself in the fight for the piece of jewelry that is sacred to him; they will be recorded for the time being. Robin finds that most of the group treat him kindly and almost reverently when he introduces himself as Robin of Locksley, but the young group member Will Scarlet shows him clear dislike from the start.
To find out the current situation, Robin visits the church the next day in disguise. He learns from Marian that the sheriff has large quantities of weapons made. Shortly thereafter, he clashes with the sheriff, but is able to flee with his horse. In return, the sheriff has villages devastated and increases the bounty on Robin in the hope that the peasants who are now destitute will hand him over to get the money. After an argument, Will tries to kill Robin with a throwing knife, but he is warned and can shoot the knife out of his hand. Impressed by Robin's charisma and shooting skills, the homeless and outlaws join him. Robin forms a powerful troop out of them and begins to relieve the sheriff and his men and aristocratic loyalists with ingenious robberies for their possessions and fortunes, which are immediately returned to the battered people.
After an attack on a troop escorted by Guy von Gisborne, the group not only gains blood money with which the enemies of King Richard the Lionheart should be bribed, but also the friendship of the monk Brother Tuck, who remains with them from now on. Gisborne is stabbed to death by the sheriff as punishment for his failure. A little later, Marian also gets to know the camp in which the men have settled, and she realizes that the years of war have made Robin a different person. The two get closer and Robin tells her why he fell out with his father: When Robin's mother died, his father had a relationship with another woman, with which Robin saw his mother's memory stained. Although his father left his wife for his sake, he did not forgive him. When Azeem rescues Little John's wife Fanny and her child by caesarean section shortly afterwards , everyone finally accepts him.
When saying goodbye to Marian, Robin asks her to take Duncan with her and tell the king about the sheriff's plans, as he will believe her as his cousin. Under the pretext of wanting to protect her, the sheriff has Marian brought to Nottingham. Alarmed by the sounds of battle, Duncan manages to escape on a horse, but accidentally leads the enemy straight into Hood's camp. Supported by a group of Celtic mercenaries, the sheriff attacks a little later. The group suffers extreme losses, including deaths and numerous prisoners, including Wulf and Will Scarlet. Robin himself falls on a burning rope, losing his father's amulet, which the sheriff finds and delivers to Marian with the news that Robin Hood is dead. He announces that he wants to execute the captured leaders, but wants to pardon the others as a wedding present if Marian marries him. Knowing that she has no choice if she doesn't want to kill innocents, Marian has to agree to the wedding.
But Robin survived. When the sheriff hears about it, he has the fellow leaders tortured and interrogated. To the outrage of his fellow prisoners, Will agrees to betray Robin. When he arrives at the camp the next day, the last survivors are busy with funerals. Will's appearance arouses suspicion. Determined to get the truth out of him, the camp residents attempt to beat him, but let go of him when they see clear signs of torture, whereupon he tells of the imminent execution of their men and the sheriff's wedding to Marian.
Will finally explains why he hates Robin: They are half-brothers; it comes from Robin's father's relationship with the other woman, but their father gave preference to his first son. They reconcile, and together with Little John, Fanny, Azeem, Brother Tuck and Bull, they manage to smuggle themselves into town armed. The captured comrades are freed before their planned execution. When the sheriff realizes that the tide has turned and that Marian will never voluntarily marry him, now that Robin is still alive, he has the bishop forcibly marry her to him. Before he can father a child with her, however, Robin manages to break into the locked chapel. Brother Tuck kills the bishop and Robin manages to kill the sheriff. In the final scene, Richard the Lionheart returns and gives Robin and Marian his blessing when they get married.
useful information
- The fee for the cameo of Sean Connery (who played the title role in the 1976 film ), who had only two days of shooting, was $ 250,000. He donated the money to a charitable project.
- Another Robin Hood film was released at the same time. Robin Hood - A Life for Richard the Lionheart with Patrick Bergin , Uma Thurman , Jürgen Prochnow and Jeroen Krabbé could not prevail against the Reynolds work at the box office, although the film received good reviews. In the United States, it wasn't even shown in cinemas.
- The film grossed $ 390.5 million and was the top hit in 1991 after Terminator II .
- The intro of the film shows excerpts from the Bayeux Tapestry .
- The city of Carcassonne in southern France served as the backdrop for Nottingham, especially for the skyline .
- The video game Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, based on the film, was released in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy consoles . It was developed by Sculptured Software and Bits Studios and distributed by Virgin Interactive .
Reviews
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“The effort was enormous, the result solid. Magnificent backdrops and forests, great stunts and fight scenes, quite refreshing comedic dialogues, extremely present players. Adventure film craft. Hollywood routine. Sellable ready-made product. Anyone who expected to be able to satisfy the longing for magical poetry was a fantastic from the start. "
“The adventures of the English folk hero in the fight for the poor and disenfranchised in another film version, which adapts its characters to the screen idols and their action to the fantasy achievements of the 80s. Although the plot is no more original than many of its predecessors, the film entertains largely with speed and irony. "
“The title role is played by Kevin Costner, who is so casual and American that you get the feeling that he's chewing gum throughout the film. Prince of Thieves strives to deliver a modernized Robin Hood that combines the qualities of the action hero with a certain level of social responsibility. Costner's ostentatious relaxation, which in no way limits his fighting abilities, is in conscious contrast to the athletic-acrobatic interpretations of the role by Fairbanks and Flynn. (…) Although this film, too, initially seems to place itself in the now almost inescapable tradition of the dirty, authentic Middle Ages, it continually softens this aesthetic concept. On closer inspection, the interiors always turn out to be a little too opulent, too decorative or too cozy or a little too gruesome in the style of a dry ice-drenched ghost train. "
Award
The film was nominated for an Oscar in 1992 in the Best Movie Song category. In the same year he was also nominated for the best film song and the best film music for the Golden Globe .
The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating "valuable".
parody
In 1993 Mel Brooks directed a parody of the Robin Hood films. In Robin Hood - Heroes in Tights, Brooks mainly pulls the Kevin Costner flick through the cocoa, including the stick fight against Little John and parts of the final sword duel, in addition to a number of other well-known cinema works.
Video and DVD evaluation
In 1992 the film was first released on VHS video cassette in a shortened version. This version was then used for the first DVD release with simple stereo sound.
In 2004 the film came out again in a double-disc special edition on DVD . The scenes cut out of the original theatrical version for video exploitation (primarily those with Alan Rickman) were reinserted and the DVD was supplemented with additional trailers, biographies, interviews and a making-of. The reinserted scenes are mainly about the plot explaining or advancing film components that make the whole work more understandable. Among other things, the viewer learns why the sheriff prefers black magic , what his actual plan is, that he is the child of a witch and how he allies himself with the Celts.
In order to be able to better market the film with Dolby Surround sound, a new synchronization was also created, as was common practice at Warner Bros. at the time. Several other voice actors were used because the original cast speakers were either deceased or not available. Thus, under the leadership of Lutz Riedel - who took over the voice direction and also lent Alan Rickman the voice - a completely new version that is controversial. In various film forums on the Internet, for example, there is discussion about the fact that the sound quality is lower and that the synchronous dramaturgy with the seemingly artificial humor has lost its drama.
synchronization
Web links
- Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Robin Hood - King of Thieves at Metacritic (English)
- Robin Hood in the online movie database
- 1. Synchro (cinema) in the German dubbing index
- 2. Synchro (DVD long version 2003) in the German dubbing index
- Robin Hood at www.film.at
- Robin Hood: King of Thieves in Cinema and Science
- Comparison of the cut versions Theatrical Version - Extended Version , BBFC PG (Extended) - Uncut , Sat 1 afternoon - FSK 12 by Robin Hood - King of Thieves at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for Robin Hood - King of Thieves . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2003 (PDF; test number: 66 376-a DVD).
- ↑ Box office (Engl.)
- ↑ a b Robin Hood - King of Thieves at Rotten Tomatoes , accessed on January 25, 2015 (Engl.)
- ↑ Robin Hood - King of Thieves in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Robin Hood - King of Thieves. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Andrew James Johnston: Robin Hood. Story of a legend. Munich, C. H. Beck 2013, p. 113ff., ISBN 978-3-406-64541-9 .
- ↑ Robin Hood - King of Thieves on fbw-filmbeval.com
- ^ 1. Synchro (cinema) in the German dubbing index
- ↑ 2. Synchro (DVD long version 2003) in the German dubbing index