While robin hopes to rekindle his relationship with maid marian and live out the rest of his life peacefully his old. Or was the script reworked to try and capture the romance. Sean connery and audrey hepburn star as the thief and his ladylove in richard lesters 1976 interpretation, which reunites a middleaged robin. Robin and marian is a film that must stand or fall on the strength of its stars. Robin and marian 1976 i caught this movie as the late show on television recently and was immediately engrossed and enamored with it. Robin hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the crusades to woo and win maid marian one last time.
In the opening sequence, robin hood and little john nicol williamson are weary warriors. In robin s various screen manifestations, ranging from douglas fairbanks in 1922 and errol flynn in 1938 to the disney animated version of a few years ago, he was sort of an ageless adolescent, leading his merry band on raids that seemed like pranks. It is a quasicontemporary retelling of the robin hood legend, and follows his training by john to steal from the sheriff of nottingham. From this perspective, therefore, it is critically laudable yet commercially inexplicable that such a film as robin and marian, dealing with robin hoods later life, was released at all by columbia pictures in 1976. Its not so much that i never thought robin hood and maid marian would grow older. The film stars taron egerton, jamie foxx, ben mendelsohn, eve hewson, tim minchin, and jamie dornan. It was directed by richard lester with a score by bond composer john barry. Other articles where robin and marian is discussed. The film portrays its story as an elegy for outlaws and lovers as well as a slow meditation on aging and missed romantic opportunities. Originally published in movietone news 50, june 1976 a lot of things work against richard lesters new film robin and marian. Sony has bought the screenplay for a new maid marian movie, which will find robin hoods love interest taking over his fight after hes killed.
Robin and marian ist ein usamerikanischer abenteuerfilm des regisseurs richard lester aus dem jahr 1976 mit sean. Op oudere leeftijd keert robin hood terug naar sherwood forest na jaren van. In robins various screen manifestations, ranging from douglas fairbanks in 1922 and errol flynn in 1938 to the disney animated version of a few years ago, he was sort of an ageless adolescent, leading his merry band on raids that seemed like pranks. Learn more about robin and marian and releases of this film on dvd, bluray, vhs and more on filmogs. The 1973 robin hood produced and directed by wolfgang reitherman was centered on the classic story of robin hood, little john, friar tuck, maid marian and the sheriff of nottingham. Rogue male movie in full length, classic feature film full movies for. Margot robbie is robin hood in the marian movie film.
Royal flash 1975, the revisionist robin and marian 1976, the bittersweet historical romance cuba 1979, and the lavish comicbook derivations superman ii 1980 and superman iii 1983. Not surprisingly, the film was a boxoffice failure, as the new approach to a familiar theme failed to find an audience, but. It is also a silent film, so the actors tend to be a bit more dramatic in their performances. There is a real chemistry between connery and hepburn, and their time on screen together is most touching. But when the film was renamed robin and marian to be more marketable, did that affect the way the film was perceived. He rescues maid marian hepburn, his erstwhile love who has since. In the first place, as two of englands most treasured heroes, those urcommunists robin hood and little john, lester has cast horrors. Sean connery and audrey hepburn star as the legendary lovers robin hood and maid marion, who reunite twenty years after their first. In the second, he has allowed the film itself to take a back seat to the. Margot robbie is finalizing plans to play famous robin hood heroine maid marian on the big screen but not as part of lionsgates upcoming reboot, robin hood.
Here we have the ageing robin and marian returning to the greenwood in later life, after the crusades. Avontuur drama film geregisseerd door richard lester. Robin of locksley is an ancestor, so i have a nice collection of robin hood films as my homage. Suicide squad director joins margot robbie for female dc villains movie read more. Robins geliebte marian ist aus kummer ins kloster gegangen. The secret service and oscarwinner jamie foxx starring as a. The original trailer in proper resolution of robin and marian directed by richard lester and starring sean connery, audrey hepburn, robert. A gentle film, beautifully shot and starring a host of well known actors. Margot robbie to headline alternate robin hood universe. Robin and marian is a rich, poignant, thoughtprovoking and, at times, grotesquely farcical examination of heromaking and heroworship, of aging and the unending ravages of time, of wanderlust and folly, of love, love that weathers a. An undeserved failure in 1976, robin and marian has been given a dignified, if frillfree, revival on dvd. With sean connery, audrey hepburn, robert shaw, richard harris. The film stars sean connery as robin hood, audrey hepburn as lady marian, nicol williamson as little john, robert shaw as the sheriff of nottingham, and richard. The man who put the beatles through their feature film paces and made twin hits out of the musketeer tales was unfortunate in his timing here, since the tragicomic robin and marian arrived.
Robin and marian is a 1976 britishamerican romance and adventure film from columbia pictures, shot in panavision and technicolor, that was directed by richard lester and written by james goldman, based on the legend of robin hood. Robin and marian 1976 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. At the heart of the film is the reignited love between robin and marian, now the local abbess. Released by prometheus in 2008 pcr 522 containing music from robin and marian 1976. I tired many times to sit down and watch the film at that time while i was in my late teens, finding the film slow and rather boring. After spending twenty years fighting on behalf of richard the lionheart richard harris, robin refuses the kings order to slaughter women and children. Robin hood is an old man when he returns with his best friend little john to england after the crusades. Robin and marian soundtrack from 1976, composed by john barry. With an outbreak of new versions of the robin hood story and the release of ridley scotts film, adam thorpe looks back at the different incarnations of our favourite outlaw published.
Robin and marian is a rich, poignant, thoughtprovoking and, at times, grotesquely farcical examination of heromaking and heroworship, of aging and the unending ravages of time, of wanderlust and folly, of love, love that weathers. Robin and marian is a 1976 britishamerican romance and adventure film from columbia pictures, shot in panavision and technicolor, that was directed by. Robin and marian 1976 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Nicol williamson, richard harris, robert shaw, audrey hepburn, sean connery. Robin and marian is an adult corrective to the happily ever after versions of the robin hood tale. The script was by james goldman, who also wrote the lion in winter which is set in the same period and features richard the.
Robin and marian has a stellar cast, including headliners sean connery, as the notsospry robin hood, and audrey hepburn lured out of. Song the ride to sherwood the ride to nottingham from robin and marian film version artist the city of prague philharmonic orchestra. Margot robbie is set to play maid marian in a new film that takes a revisionist look at robin hood folklore. Sheriff of nottingham final duel robin and marian camdyn matthew. Maid marian has entered a nunnery, king richard is a raving lunatic, his brother john a moron, and the age of great adventure has seemed to have passed robin by.
As the film opens, harris has been driven mad, or perhaps. Robin hood aladdin part 20 robin hood almost spill the beansrobin hood and marian kiss. Richard lesters robin and marian is an emotionally rich revision of the robin hood myth. Robin and marian is a disappointing and embarrassing film. But the rivalry between robin and the sheriff is also renewed, and now they. Official tagline robin and marion is a film an aged robin hood and little john return to england from the crusades years after his youthful heroics against prince john and the sheriff of nottingham following king richards death. In this early film version of the tale, maid marian is lady marian fitzwalter played by enid bennett, and robin hood douglas fairbanks is the earl of huntingdon. Margot robbie to star in maid marian movie screen rant. Robin and marian played in a fairly constant rotation on showtime and prism a local movie and sports pay channel in the early 1980s when my parents finally decided to bring cable television into the home. An historical drama released in 1976 starring sean connery as robin hood, audrey hepburn as maid marian and robert shaw as the sheriff of nottingham, with cameos by richard harris and ian holm. After twenty years abroad, robin hood returns to england and attempts to renew. Robin and marian secret people wexner center for the arts. Robert shaw puts in an excellent performance as the sherriff, a.