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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of Moorish fellow prisoner Azeem and travels back home to England. But upon arrival he discovers his dead father in the ruins of his family estate, killed by the vicious sheriff of Nottingham, Robin and Azeem join forces with outlaws Little John and Will Scarlett to save the kingdom from the sheriff's villainy.
1991 · Directed by Kevin Reynolds · 143 min · Action · Adventure · Drama · Screenplay in the scene database · 18 frames
Tagline
For the good of all men, and the love of one woman, he fought to uphold justice by breaking the law.
Plot
In 1194, English nobleman Robin of Locksley has spent years in an Ayyubid prison in Jerusalem, having followed King Richard the Lionheart on the Third Crusade. Robin and his comrade Peter Dubois escape, saving the life of a Moor named Azeem Al Bakir. Mortally wounded, Peter makes Robin swear to protect his sister Marian, and Azeem vows to accompany Robin until his life debt is repaid. In King Richard's absence, the cruel Sheriff of Nottingham plots to seize the throne for himself, and has Robin's father killed for remaining loyal to King Richard.
Arriving home four months later, Robin saves a young boy named Wulf from the Sheriff's ruthless cousin, Guy of Gisbourne. He finds his father Lord Locksley's corpse and his family's servant Duncan blinded by Gisbourne; Duncan explains that Lord Locksley was falsely accused of devil worship. The Sheriff consults the witch Mortianna, who foresees King Richard's return and that Robin and Azeem "will be our deaths".
Robin tells Marian of Peter's death, but she sees little need for his protection. Fleeing the Sheriff's forces into Sherwood Forest, Robin, Duncan and Azeem encounter a group of outlaws led by Wulf's father Little John, who challenges Robin to a duel. Robin wins and earns John's friendship but the bandit Will Scarlet refuses to trust him. Confronting the corrupt Bishop of Hereford for his role in Lord Locksley's death, Robin humiliates the Sheriff, who sends Gisbourne to terrorize the peasants in the search for "Robin of the Hood".
Plot summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
Crew
- Screenplay: John Watson, Pen Densham
- Cinematography: Douglas Milsome
- Edited by: Peter Boyle
- Music: Michael Kamen
- Production design: John Graysmark
- Produced by: Pen Densham, Richard Barton Lewis, John Watson, Kevin Costner
Cast
- Kevin Costner as Robin of Locksley / Robin Hood
- Morgan Freeman as Azeem
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Marian
- Christian Slater as Will Scarlett
- Alan Rickman as Sheriff of Nottingham
- Geraldine McEwan as Mortianna
- Michael McShane as Friar Tuck
- Brian Blessed as Lord Locksley
- Michael Wincott as Guy of Gisborne
- Nick Brimble as Little John
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: Arabic, English
- Studios: Morgan Creek Entertainment
- Budget: $48,000,000
- Box office: $390,493,908
- Themes: england, crusade, robin hood, folk hero, archer, sherwood forest, thief, nottingham, bow and arrow, friar
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