Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Actors:
Kevin Costner (producer),
Gary Barber (producer),
Michael Wincott (actor),
Sean Connery (actor),
Marc Zuber (actor),
Christian Slater (actor),
Alan Rickman (actor),
Brian Blessed (actor),
Bryan Adams (actor),
Kevin Costner (actor),
Nick Brimble (actor),
Mark Thomason (actor),
Morgan Freeman (actor),
James G. Robinson (producer),
Pen Densham (producer),
Plot: After being captured by Turks during the Crusades, Robin of Locksley and a Moor, Azeem, escape back to England, where Azeem vows to remain until he repays Robin for saving his life. Meanwhile, Robin's father, a nobleman loyal to King Richard the Lionhearted, has been murdered by the brutal Sheriff of Nottingham, who helped install Richard's treacherous brother, Prince John, as king while Richard is overseas fighting the Crusades. When Robin returns home, he vows to avenge his father's death and restore Richard to the throne. Even though Maid Marian, his childhood friend, cannot help him, he escapes to the Forest of Sherwood where he joins a band of exiled villagers and becomes their leader. With their help he attempts to cleanse the land of the evil that the Sheriff has spread.
Keywords: 1100s, 1190s, 12th-century, action-hero, adventure-hero, against-the-odds, ambush, american-actor-playing-an-english-character, antler, archer
Genres:
Action,
Adventure,
Drama,
Romance,
Taglines: Sometimes the only way to uphold justice...is to break the law. For the good of all men, and the love of one woman, he fought to uphold justice by breaking the law
Quotes:
Sheriff of Nottingham: Wait a minute. Robin Hood steals money from my pocket, forcing me to hurt the public, and they love him for it? [Scribe nods] That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas.
Sheriff of Nottingham: [to a wench] You. My room. 10:30 tonight.::Sheriff of Nottingham: [to another wench] You. 10:45... And bring a friend.
[Robin has been knocked down once by John Little]::Robin Hood: Any suggestions?::Azeem: Get up. Move faster.::Robin Hood: Move faster. Great idea.
Robin Hood: And you. You travel ten thousand miles to save my life and leave me to be butchered.::Azeem: I fulfill my vows when I choose to.::Robin Hood: Which does not include prayer time, meal time, or any time I'm outnumbered six to one.::Azeem: You whine like a mule. You are still alive.
[talking about how many men that are about to be ambushed]::Robin Hood: How many?::Azeem: 20.::Robin Hood: 20?::Bull: [further away] How many?::Robin Hood: 5.::Robin Hood: [to Azeem] He can't count anyway.
Friar Tuck: Let us open a bottle and do our best to save each other's souls.::Azeem: Alas, I am not permitted.::Friar Tuck: Fine then, you talk, I'll drink.
[robbing a lady in a carriage]::Robin Hood: Milady, a woman of your beauty has no need for such... decorations.
Marian: Men speak conveniently of love when it serves their purpose.
[after causing Robin to fall in the river]::Will Scarlett: There was a rich man from Nottingham/ who tried to cross a river/ What a dope/ he tripped on a rope/ Now look at him shiver. Beg for mercy, rich man.::Robin Hood: I beg of no man, as you can see I have nothing, not even my sword.::Little John: Any man who travels with two servants and says he has no money, is either a fool or a liar.::Will Scarlett: Yeah, he's a liar.
Azeem: A wise man once said: "There are no perfect men in the world; only perfect intentions."