10 Things You Didn't Know About Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

If you like Robin Hood THIS version is the one to buy.

Just seen it - MUCH better than Costner version

Based on the  classical character with certain revisionism but with loads of action and amusement

Peckforton Castle, Peckforton, Cheshire, England, UK

Andrew McCarthy in Year of the Gun (1991)

Kevin Costner in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

Robert Mitchum, Robert Wagner, May Britt, Richard Egan, and Lee Philips in The Hunters (1958)

Brigitte Bardot and Sean Connery in Shalako (1968)

Ben Freeman in Robin Hood: The Rebellion (2018)

Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, and Basil Rathbone in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Uma Thurman, Patrick Bergin, Jürgen Prochnow, Edward Fox, and Jeroen Krabbé in Robin Hood (1991)

So what are you going to do to me? Tie me up?

That depends. Have you ever been lashed before?

I've never had someone make me beg them to stop.

Patrick Bergin and Owen Teale in Robin Hood (1991)

Uma Thurman and Patrick Bergin in Robin Hood (1991)

Danny Webb

Conrad Asquith

Barry Stanton

Sam Resnick

John McGrath

The Swashbuckling legend of Robin Hood unfolds in the 12th century when the mighty Normans ruled England with an iron fist.

John Irvin

Robin Hood

This Thief is no Prince

Inspired by my re-watch of Kevin Costner&apos;s take on the tale, I decided to seek out a selection of other RH movies. First up is this little remembered RH flick from the same year. Debuting on Fox TV here in the U.S. a full month before &apos;Prince of Thieves&apos;, it tried to capitalize on the latter&apos;s growing hype. But featuring neither Kevin Costner nor a hit pop ballad, it has since fallen into obscurity, occasionally championed by a small minority of people who claim that it&apos;s superior to the far more popular film.

There are recognizable faces here. Patrick Bergin (&apos;Sleeping with the Enemy&apos;, &apos;Patriot Games&apos;) stars as the titular character, but he lacks the chops both physically and charismatically to pull it off. There is no Sheriff of Nottingham in this version, no Guy of Gisbourne, and Prince John makes only a brief appearance. With the focus here on Norman/Saxon tensions, two other antagonists are introduced, one played by Jürgen Prochnow, who is no Alan Rickman, but then again who is? But the biggest name here is Uma Thurman as Marion. Barely 20 years old at the time, she&apos;s downright ethereal here.

This is the TV cut of the film (I&apos;ve read a German cut runs twenty or so minutes longer) and clocks in at about an hour and forty five minutes. It certainly moves along more briskly than the bloated &apos;Prince of Thieves&apos;, but it feels chopped up, with Robin falling in with his Merry Men and becoming their leader and renowned outlaw in all of about ten minutes. The action-- such as it is--is painfully dull, the film is bleakly shot and many of the performances fall flat. Though it has a few moments here and there, this version of the classic tale is one best left forgotten.

Trailer for this action film about the noble renegade

Robin Hood (1991)

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Inspired by my re-watch of Kevin Costner's take on the tale, I decided to seek out a selection of other RH movies. First up is this little remembered RH flick from the same year. Debuting on Fox TV here in the U.S. a full month before 'Prince of Thieves', it tried to capitalize on the latter's growing hype. But featuring neither Kevin Costner nor a hit pop ballad, it has since fallen into obscurity, occasionally championed by a small minority of people who claim that it's superior to the far more popular film.

There are recognizable faces here. Patrick Bergin ('Sleeping with the Enemy', 'Patriot Games') stars as the titular character, but he lacks the chops both physically and charismatically to pull it off. There is no Sheriff of Nottingham in this version, no Guy of Gisbourne, and Prince John makes only a brief appearance. With the focus here on Norman/Saxon tensions, two other antagonists are introduced, one played by Jürgen Prochnow, who is no Alan Rickman, but then again who is? But the biggest name here is Uma Thurman as Marion. Barely 20 years old at the time, she's downright ethereal here.

This is the TV cut of the film (I've read a German cut runs twenty or so minutes longer) and clocks in at about an hour and forty five minutes. It certainly moves along more briskly than the bloated 'Prince of Thieves', but it feels chopped up, with Robin falling in with his Merry Men and becoming their leader and renowned outlaw in all of about ten minutes. The action-- such as it is--is painfully dull, the film is bleakly shot and many of the performances fall flat. Though it has a few moments here and there, this version of the classic tale is one best left forgotten.

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