After the enormous leftfield success of 1990s dances with wolves, kevin costner seemed poised for a coronation as our biggest box office hero with the following summers robin hood. Robin hood, a silent film starring robert frazer as robin hood. Robin hood outlawed, a british silent film starring a. Robin hoodthemed films and television series liveaction features early 1900s to 1950.
Prince of thieves 1991 ah, the early 90s, when an actors star persona could be pasted onto any role, and everyone involved would say, yeah, thats fine. They discover that robins father brian blessed has been killed by the sheriff of nottingham alan rickman, who is also now apparently a devil worshipper. Costner is joined in his efforts against the murdering sheriff of nottingham alan. If you know how hollywood films work, you will see a great deal of in jokes and references to other movies its a common practice meant to pay homage, and to poke a little fun, depending on. American actor, director, and producer kevin costner has won two academy awards, among other awards. The story is familiar, robin, a crusader, escapes turkey alongside a muslim morgan freeman, and they return to england. Prince of thieves 1991 kevin costner, morgan freeman, mary elizabeth mastrantonio, christian slater, alan rickman pearl harbor 2001 see movie movie list film movie top movies great movies film pearl harbor film 2016 film mythique xavier dolan. Prince of thieves 1991 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Kevin costner can sport a truly hideous mullet and put on an atrociouslyawful english accent and his robin hood could still get it any day of the week. In some versions of the legend, he is depicted as being of noble birth, and in modern retellings he is sometimes depicted as having fought in the crusades before returning to england to find his lands. Robin hood is a 2018 american actionadventure film directed by otto bathurst and written by ben chandler and david james kelly, from a story by chandler. Robin hood is a 2010 epic historical drama film based on the robin hood legend, directed by.
Kevin michael costner born january 18, 1955 is an american actor, filmmaker, and musician. Ranking the robin hood movies, from embarrassingly awful. When sir sean connery made his cameo as king richard, he spoke in a scottish accent. North yorkshire, buckinghamshire, northumberland, london and france. Sherwood forest has a courageous new hero gwyn, the daughter of robin hood. A warhardened crusader and his moorish commander mount an. This was probably a reference to the robin hood movie made with kevin costner as robin hood where they didnt even bother to teach him an english accent.
Richard was killed in france prior to his return from. Kevin costner as an american accented robin hood wasnt the only one to not speak in an english accent. The movie in 4k is amazing and really illustrates how well the movie was shot and edited. Robin hood has a starstudded cast but overall the movie is pretty cheesy, and not in the good kind of way. Kevin costner, morgan freeman, mary elizabeth mastrantonio, christian slater. The film robin hood with kevin costner produceda great impression on the connoisseurs of the actors talent. Possessing the cunning skills of her legendary father and the beauty and intelligence of her mother maid marian, gwyn is anxious to follow in her fathers footsteps.
From the high points of errol flynn and sean connery to the low point of kevin costner robin hood as surfer dude i think weve had quite enough already. With taron egerton, jamie foxx, ben mendelsohn, eve hewson. While the plot skews older, the action, right up to the roaring, climactic doverbeach clash, is notably bloodless that old rating compromise. Robin hoodprince of thieves 1991 kevin costner ebay. Filming locations for robin hood, prince of thieves 1991, with. Prince of thieves was a liberal gulf war buddy movie, its most striking moment a reprise of richards return to sherwood from the 1938 film, but this time. Im that one weird guy whose first adaptation of the robin hood tale aside from the disney movie, of course wasnt the errol flynn movie nor the more popular kevin costner movie.
Prince of thieves frame for frame, replacing kevin costner. Directed by kevin reynolds and starring kevin costner as robin hood. A video interview for the bodyguard kevin costner talks to a french tv. His accolades include two academy awards, two golden globe awards, six golden raspberry awards, one primetime emmy award, and two screen actors guild awards costner began his acting career with sizzle beach, u.
Alan rickman and mary elizabeth mastrantonio in robin hood. Film locations for robin hood, prince of thieves 1991, with kevin costner, in east. Kevin michael costner was born on january 18, 1955 in lynwood, california, the third child of bill. When king john sees the french surrendering to robin instead of to himself, he senses a threat to his power. Prince of thieves 1991 kevin costner by phi nguyen on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. With kevin costner, morgan freeman, mary elizabeth mastrantonio, christian slater. I bought the 4k bluray version as soon as i knew that it existed and i watched it pretty soon after i got it. Robin hood prince of theives soundtrack 01 overture.
Robin hood 2010 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Mary elizabeth mastrantonio, kevin costner and sean connery in robin hood prince of thieves bridget wedding hair vintage hollywood hollywood glamour hollywood stars classic hollywood hollywood photo divas timeless beauty classic beauty sophia loren images. Robin hood the film robin hood with kevin costner produceda great impression on the connoisseurs of the actors talent. However, i found it interesting that the wyatt earp movie was a 2 disc movie, but the robin hood movie was a 2sided disc. A 1991 movie starring kevin costner in the title role. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. This film is a 90s version of the classic robin hood story, with kevin costner starring as the goodguy thief. Premiering ridley scotts robin hood at the cannes film festival is a bit. Academy awardo winner kevin costner triumphs as the legendary sherwood forest outlaw. Were going to ignore the laws of movie criticism for kevin costner with this one because, by most accounts, prince of thieves is not the best robin hood flick. Emilion, france cobblestone street and old architecture. It is a quasicontemporary retelling of the robin hood legend, and follows his training by john to steal from the sheriff of nottingham. The postman the postman 1997 dances with wolves lieutenant dunbar 1990 robin hood. Prince of thieves robin of locksley 1991 the bodyguard frank farmer 1992.
Robin hood is back with his gang of outlaws to do battle with the dark forces of the sheriff of nottingham, who has recently murdered robin hoods father and stolen his family land in lieu of. Kevin costner list of movies and tv shows tv guide. Film locations for robin hood, prince of thieves 1991, with kevin costner, in east sussex. It was released in 12 countries on 12 may 2010, including the united kingdom and ireland and was also the opening film at the 2010 cannes film.
It was directed by kevin reynolds and stars kevin costner as robin hood, morgan freeman as azeem, christian slater as will scarlett, mary elizabeth mastrantonio as marian, and alan rickman as the sheriff of nottingham. The film stars taron egerton, jamie foxx, ben mendelsohn, eve hewson, tim minchin, and jamie dornan. Prince of thieves is a 1991 american actionadventure film based on the english folk tale of robin hood that originated in the 12th century. Prince of thieves 1991, kevin costner, morgan freeman. A young thief antonio banderas, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, is trained by the once great. Prince of thieves action on his return from the crusades, robin of locksley learns that his father has been murdered by the tyrannical sheriff of nottingham and emb. Robin hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in english folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. Great film which is why five stars which i have had of for a long time, i had to sent this one back as i wanted robin hood prince of thieves the kevin costner film, i ordered this one the russell crowe film by mistake, theres a first time for everything, oops again. However, costner had more screentime than connery, and so took more heat for not sounding english, and the real richard i spoke only langue doc a french. Music composed by michael kamen, who got nominated. An elaborate, bigbudget, starstudded retelling of the old legend, thieves enjoyed a great deal of hype and it seemed like the main. It was directed by kevin reynolds and stars kevin costner as robin hood. Following a few minor supporting parts, he rose to prominence with his.
Robin hood and his merry men, a silent film directed by percy stow, and the first appearance of robin hood on the screen. When robin and his moorish companion come to england and the tyranny of the sheriff of nottingham, he decides to fight back as an outlaw. Featurelength commentary with kevin costner and director kevin reynolds featurelength commentary with morgan freeman, christian slater, and producers pen densham and john watson interactive animated menus scene access subtitles. Ambient mix of the action adventure movie robin hood. English, french, and spanish makingof documentary robin hood. Prince of thieves french warner home video canadian. Kevin costner on the movie set of black and white presents.
Wedding attire from robin hood prince of thieves robin. I liked kevin costner in many of his other movies but he was a horrible casting choice for robin hood, and not just because of his outofplace voice. Screen sensation and academy awardwinner kevin costner the bodyguard, dances with wolves is the legendary swashbuckling hero of englands sherwood forest who. List of films and television series featuring robin hood. One of hollywoods most prominent strong, silent types, kevin costner was for several years the celluloid personification of the baseball industry, given his indelible mark with baseballthemed hits like featurev7502bull durhambulldurham. Robin hood prince of thieves 1991 the ambient score.
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