Robin and Marian (1976)
Directed by Richard Lester
Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.
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Still, origins stories are all the rage these days and with a property like the Robin Hood legends, filmed literally dozens of times with actors such as Douglas Fairbanks, Errol Flynn and Kevin Costner in the title role, doing things differently (as Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn did in “Robin and Marian”) is a justifiable way to go.
But that points out what’s missing from Scott’s version: the derring-do, the panache, the joy in yanking the beards of the oppressors that was conveyed by Flynn and Douglas Fairbanks and even Sean Connery in the autumnal “Robin and Marian.’’
“Robin Hood,” which opened this year’s Cannes Film Festival Tuesday night, is effectively a prequel to Robin’s better-known adventures, featuring a splendid Russell Crowe as the most mature Robin since Sean Connery in Richard Lester’s 1976 feature “Robin and Marian.”
If I want an old Robin Hood, I prefer Sean Connery with Audrey Hepburn in “Robin and Marian” any time!
The King dies, under castle walls, from an arrow to the neck—as did the real Lionheart, and as did Richard Harris, when he played the role in “Robin and Marian” (1976), although that movie stressed the parched futility of the scene, whereas Scott brings us boiling oil and heaving hordes.
I speak of "Robin and Marian" (1976), starring Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn , depicted in James Goldman's screenplay as uneasily reunited middle-age lovers striving for a graceful retreat from a ceaselessly cruel world.
His late father, esteemed actor Richard Harris, played Richard the Lionheart in Robin and Marian (1976) with Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn.