- Actors: Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Esmond Knight, Bill Maynard, Veronica Quilligan
- Directors: Richard Lester
- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Release Date: July 16 2002
- Run Time: 106 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005JL6M
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#4,795 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #5 in DVD > Action & Adventure > Swashbucklers
- #5 in DVD > Classics > Classic Stars > Audrey Hepburn
- #7 in DVD > Action & Adventure > Romantic Adventure
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This underrated Richard Lester film is really a classic--and one of the most romantic movies ever made. Working from James Goldman's script, Lester casts Sean Connery as an aged Robin Hood, returned after years away at the Crusades with an increasingly mad King Richard (Richard Harris). Robin and Little John (a very funny Nicol Williamson) return to find that the sheriff of Nottingham (Robert Shaw) is up to his old nasty tricks--and that Maid Marian (Audrey Hepburn) is now a nun. Lester brings the same touch to this period film that he did to The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers, blending authenticity with a knowing wink at the conventions of period films. But the heart of this film is the very palpable emotion between Hepburn and Connery (and between Connery and Williamson). The ending is guaranteed three hankies, minimum. --Marshall Fine
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Fabulous!
Jan 25 2009
Format:DVD
I only wish I had bought it sooner!
Seeing as I didn't know much about Robin Hood, regrettably, I was a little afraid that this movie would confuse me. I was really impressed that it didn't, the directing style was amazing, and the acting was just superb for everyone involved, especially Audrey Hepburn and Sean Connery.
This movie was just great! It was interesting, and the love scenes with Audrey and Sean were so sweet. Not to mention the musical score!
This movie just goes to show that even if you aren't familiar with Robin Hood, you can still enjoy this movie!
Seeing as I didn't know much about Robin Hood, regrettably, I was a little afraid that this movie would confuse me. I was really impressed that it didn't, the directing style was amazing, and the acting was just superb for everyone involved, especially Audrey Hepburn and Sean Connery.
This movie was just great! It was interesting, and the love scenes with Audrey and Sean were so sweet. Not to mention the musical score!
This movie just goes to show that even if you aren't familiar with Robin Hood, you can still enjoy this movie!
A wonderful, wonderful movie
May 31 2004
Format:DVD
This movie is an undiscovered gem. It is not only a beautiful love story, but it is also attempts to present a realistic picture of the age of the Crusades.
The acting is wonderful. The scenery is gorgeous. The audience is treated with respect. The writing is wonderful. You can stop reading now, as this should be enough to make you buy the movie.
Two additional points: the movie contains the best once sentence describtion of the middle age mind set: "he was my king" and watch this movie and you will get Eddie Izzard's joke in his HBO stand up routine.
A great sequel...but to what?
Jan 18 2004
Format:DVD
This movie isn't so much a sequel to The Adventures of Robin Hood as it is to The Lion in Winter. James Goldman wrote the scripts for both and he seems to have a fetish for the Plantagenets. This movie opens with Robin and Little John in the service of a very mad Richard the Lionhearted (wonderfully played by the late Richard Harris). They make their way back to Sherwood to find that Maid Marian has become a nun. (A little tip: if, in a British legend, your girlfriend becomes a nun, you just know it is going to end badly.) The only person who seems truly happy to see Robin again after twenty years is the Sheriff of Nottingham (Robert Shaw). Watching him fight Sean Connery again, I felt as if this might also be a sequel to From Russia With Love!
The movie is a very good bittersweet romance between famous lovers in their later years. It is not on the same level as The Lion in Winter, but then, how few things are. Watching it, I was reminded how wonderful it is to see Connery act in a real role - instead of mouthing the inanities they give him now ("Welcome to the Rock!").
It is a very good period piece, made the way the used to make them. For any Sean Connery fan, it is a must.
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A CHARACTER STUDY, NOT AN ACTION FILM
In this version of the Robin Hood myth, an aged Robin and Little John played wonderfully by Nicol Williamson return to Sherwood and Nottingham after the death of Richard Lion Heart... Read more
Published on Nov 1 2003 by somebody nobody
The movie that made "Men In Tights" look good...
Pompous. Boring. Contrived.
This movie is not at all what it promised. If you want to see an over-the-hill rebel fight "city hall" and try to romance a... Read more
Published on Oct 1 2003 by J. Bailey
Gritty
Very raw. Not your typical Hollywood production. These two are no longer spring chickens either. More of the reality of an old love than the frills. Read more
Published on Aug 28 2003 by Emily J. Jensen
On Golden Pond in Sherwood Forest?
Strange plot and theme for a medieval hero such as Robin Hood. Heroic effort at coming up with such as story but it just falls flat. Read more
Published on Aug 20 2003
Great cast but slow and disappointing
Audrey looks beautiful and does a great job; Connery, Shaw, Williamson and the rest are terrific; but the plot is very slow and, as my husband said, "has holes that you could... Read more
Published on Aug 2 2003 by jeffsdate
A Legend Comes to Life
This gorgeous film features an outstanding score, perfect casting, an unbeatable story, and as a bonus it has the most authentic "feel. Read more
Published on Jun 12 2003
Not The Best I've Ever Seen.....
I am a big Audrey Hepburn fan, but this movie was no her best. I felt that the action was not very realisctic; you could tell that the swords were ruber. Read more
Published on Jun 6 2003 by A*Ray
Hearts in full bloom
When we surf over to the hundreds of reviews for the Matrix and Lord of the Rings, here lurks a more beautiful and heroic story. Read more
Published on May 22 2003
Brings Out My Sentimental Side
I liked this movie when it was first released, which answers my sons' challenge that I like Robin Hood as a middle-aged guy because I AM a middle-aged guy. Read more
Published on Aug 28 2002 by John G. Gleeson Sr.
A good movie is still the best DVD feature.
Okay, first a bit of DVD speak. The special features advertised on the box include sound in English (and only English). Read more
Published on July 18 2002 by Allen W. Wright
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