Rent Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
3.6 of 5 from 197 ratings
2h 29min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Robin of Locksley (Kevin Costner) returns from the Crusades to find his father dead and vows revenge. With his Moorish companion Azeem (Morgan Freeman), he joins a band of peasant rebels to do battle against the wicked Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman, Die Hard) and win the hand of the fair Maid Marian (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), cousin of the absent King of England.
- Actors:
- Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Christian Slater, Alan Rickman, Geraldine McEwan, Michael McShane, Brian Blessed, Michael Wincott, Nick Brimble, Soo Drouet, Daniel Newman, Daniel Peacock, Walter Sparrow, Harold Innocent, Jack Wild, Michael Goldie, Liam Halligan, Marc Zuber, Merelina Kendall
- Directors:
- Kevin Reynolds
- Producers:
- Pen Densham, Richard Barton Lewis, John Watson, Kevin Costner
- Writers:
- Pen Densham, John Watson
- Others:
- Michael Kamen, John Bloomfield, Robert John Lange
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama, Romance
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- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 25/05/2009
- Run Time:
- 155 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Brazilian, Castillian, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German Hard of Hearing, Italian, Italian Hard of Hearing, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Commentary by Kevin Costner and Director Kevin Reynolds
- Commentary by Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater and Producers/Screenwriters Pen Densham and John Watson
- Robin Hood: Man, Myth, Legend TV Special Vintage Interviews with the Films Stars
- Bryan Adams Live at Ireland's Slane Castle Performing (Everything I Do) I Do It for You
- Music-Only Audio Track
- Theatrical Trailer
- TV Spots
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 28/11/2022
- Run Time:
- 155 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- The theatrical and extended cuts
- Audio commentary with director Kevin Reynolds and actor Kevin Costner
- Audio commentary with actors Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater and writers/producers Pen Densham and John Watson
- Here We Are Kings: Making Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - a brand new, multi-part documentary featuring brand new interviews with Densham, Watson, director of photography Douglas Milsome, editor Peter Boyle, costume designer John Bloomfield and many more members of the creative team
- Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie-an archival 1991 documentary hosted by Pierce Brosnan
- One-on-One with the Cast- archival 1991 interviews with Costner, Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Slater and Alan Rickman
- Bryan Adams "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" performance at Slane Castle, Ireland
- Music soundtrack cues
- Theatrical trailer
- TV spots
- Image gallery
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Reviews (2) of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Kevin Costner plays Robin Wood - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves review by RP
I saw this at the cinema when it first came out over 20 years ago and I liked it, despite the dodgy accents. I must have missed all the times it's been shown on TV and now watching it again for the first time since that cinema viewing I have a somewhat more jaundiced opinion.
First the bad bits:
Robin Hood is a swashbuckling English legend. Why then tamper with the legend? Why the extra black character? Why cast Americans in lead roles? Why all the American accents - don't they have voice coaches? Why do the British actors seem to speak with a strange mix of Somerset / Cockney dialects? Why does it apparently only take one day on foot to travel from the white cliffs of Dover to Nottingham (apparently via Hadrian's Wall?). Why does Nottingham look like Carcassonne? Why are the Merry Men so glum? Why do they live like Ewoks up in the trees? Why is Marian so old? Why does Will Scarlet(t) not wear any red whatsoever? What happened to King John? Why is the film so dreadfully long? Etc etc etc...
The worst bit of all:
Kevin Costner. Wooden acting, boring voice, US accent - if he is the inspiring leader of a band of English outlaws then I'm a banana. Perhaps his character should have been called Robin Wood.
The good bits:
Brian Blessed in a brief cameo role.
Sean Connery in an even briefer cameo role.
The best bits:
The baddies. Michael Wincott as Guy of Gisborne makes an excellent evil henchman to the Sheriff of Nottingham.
And last but by no means least, Alan Rickman makes an excellent Sheriff, playing the role with so much ham that he might as well be in panto. He also has the best lines :)
Watch it with an uncritical eye and you might enjoy it. If however you don't like to see English legends casually trampled underfoot by an uncaring Hollywood production, see the excellent 1938 version with Errol Flynn. Now that's proper swashbuckling!
I'll give 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves' 2/5 stars - but only because I have seen even worse...
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Not Anamorphic! - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves review by KL
Everybody knows this film by now. A wooden American actor playing a slightly camp Robin hood with a stellar supporting cast.
Yes, it's kitch, but it's also great fun.
If I were only reviewing the film, it'd be 3 or 4 stars.
The problem is that the DVD offered by Cinema Paradiso is a truly awful low resolution non-anamorphic version that looks terrible.
I watch a lot of rentals on a laptop on the train and while it might have looked okay on a 14" screen, this one arrived on a Saturday and was watched at home - a painful experience.
Just checked on Amazon and there's no information about whether this is standard on the DVD release so if I decide to buy a copy, it looks like it'll have to be the Blu-Ray.
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