The Adventures of Robin Hood (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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	Directors: Errol Flynn, Howard Hill, Cal Dalton, Cal Howard, Chuck Jones Actors: Mel Blanc, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Howard Hill, Knox Manning Studio: Warner Home Video Category: DVD Original Price: ~~$26.98~~ Buy New: $17.26 as of Mar 19th, 2010 01:08 CDT You Save: $10 (36% Off) 6 In Stock Qty New (39) Used (11) from $14.95 Seller: KAMEnt 5.0 out of 5 stars from 283 reviews Sales Rank: 2,014 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, Subtitled, NTSC Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed) Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Region: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number Of Discs: 2 Running Time: 102 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2 Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.6 x 0.7 MPN: WARD65131D ISBN: 0790745410 UPC: 012569513129 EAN: 9780790745411 Theatrical Release Date: May 14, 1938 Release Date: September 30, 2003 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews Product Description Lord Robin of Locksley protects the Saxon peasants from the Norman lords and wins the heart of Maid Marian. Item Type: DVD Movie Item Rating: NR Street Date: 04/05/05 Wide Screen: no Director Cut: no Special Edition: no Language: ENGLISH Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no Dubbed: no Full Frame: yes Re-Release: no Packaging: Sleeve HDTalking Shopping essential video That's Errol Flynn looking dashing in the trees of Sherwood Forest in this 1938 swashbuckler about the hero who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. As far as the movies are concerned, Flynn is the definitive Robin Hood, and this Warner Bros. film directed by Michael Curtiz (Casablanca) and William Keighley (Each Dawn I Die) is a pulse-quickener with a perfect actor for every role: Olivia de Havilland as a beautiful Maid Marian, Claude Rains as an evil prince, Basil Rathbone as a snotty Guy of Gisbourne. A colorful, rich film that brings all the familiar, key scenes to life. --Tom Keogh HDTalking Shopping Dashing Errol Flynn is the definitive Robin Hood in the most gloriously swashbuckling version of the legendary story. Warner Brothers reunited Michael Curtiz, their top-action director, with the winning team of Flynn and Olivia de Havilland (Maid Marian) and perennial villain Basil Rathbone as the aristocratic Sir Guy of Gisbourne, and pulled out all stops for the production. It became their costliest film to date, a grandly handsome, glowing Technicolor adventure set to a stirring, Oscar-winning score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The decadent Prince John (a smoothly conniving Claude Rains) takes advantage of King Richard's absence to tax the country into poverty but meets his match in the medieval guerrilla rebel Robin Hood and his Merry Men of Sherwood Forest, who rise up and, to quote a cliché coined by the film, "steal from the rich and give to the poor." Stocky Alan Hale Sr. plays Robin's loyal friend Little John (a part he played in Douglas Fairbanks's silent version), Eugene Palette the portly Friar Tuck, and Melville Cooper the bumbling Sheriff of Nottingham. Flynn's confidence and cocky charm makes for a perfect Robin Hood, and his easygoing manner is a marvelous counterpoint to Rathbone's regal bearing and courtly diction. The film climaxes in their rousing battle-to-the-finish sword fight, a magnificently choreographed scene highlighted by Curtiz's inventive use of shadows cast upon the castle walls. --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 283 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... 57 next » out of region dvd By Brian Mceachern (usa) \| March 8, 2010 \| 1 out of 3 found this review helpful because of my order of robin hood with moviemars i will not be shopping amazon.com again. i was sent an out of region dvd. one that does not play in the usa, i was sent this because they were out of stock. thats not right and i should have recieved a full refund, instead of being sent a dvd i can't use. Instantly Became One of my Favorites!! By Mjölnir (Salt Lake City, UT) \| February 11, 2010 I decided to purchase this movie based on the excitement with which people reviewed it. I read in one review approximately this: "Errol Flynn plays Robin the way Robin should be played: consider the scene where Robin walks into the castle where Prince John and his followers are dining, and throws a dead deer down on the table before them, knowing full well the penalty for poaching is death. His eyes shift to the guards by the doors -- not with fear or hesitation, but anticipation!" As soon as I finished reading that line, I hurried as fast as I could to click "purchase." It couldn't get here fast enough. The wife and I watched it the night it arrived and watched it again two days later, and may watch it again any day now (a couple weeks later) with a friend. We adore it, and find ourselves smiling when we think of it just because it's so awesome! This is the Robin Hood I remember from literature -- no boring, drawn-out modern plot changes to cast ambiguity on meaning or morality, but straightforward goodness and fun. Don't let the year of production discourage you: the technicolor looks amazing, and the action is ten times more exciting than all other movies I've seen since Return of the King! Buy it! Buy two copies and give one as a gift! Or keep the second just because it's that joyous! A Classic By Kevin Tillyer (Kent, UK) \| January 7, 2010 \| 1 out of 2 found this review helpful An excellent transfer to blu-ray. This disc is Region Free and does play on UK blu-ray players. Great, simply great By P. McPherson (Austin, TX) \| January 3, 2010 This is one of the greatest films of all time, folks. I don't know if I've ever seen such cast camaraderie in a film cast before (the only other occurrence that comes to mind is "Rio Bravo" with John Wayne, Dean Martin, Rick Nelson, Angie Dickenson, and Walter Brennen). It permeates through this film and it is one of the reasons that this film in particular has become a classic and probably one of the top ten best movies of all time. It is beautifully shot, perfectly acted, and the score is gorgeous. If you are a fan of cinema, this belongs in your collection, especially on blu-ray. I will admit that I do like the Costner version as a guilty pleasure, but THIS is the cornerstone, the truest representation of Robin Hood on film. Postscript Also recommended as a sequel to this film is "Robin & Marian" with Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn. Trust me. You haven't seen the classic Robin Hood until you have seen it in Blu-Ray! By D. Clatch \| December 28, 2009 \| 5 out of 6 found this review helpful I bought this as a gift for someone who loves the classic films. Together we must have seen this film before at least a dozen times. I wasn't expecting a lot of difference between the DVD version and the blu-ray version but I was wrong. The colors and details of the imagery just pop out at you! Blu-ray is the perfect showcase for this classic! Showing reviews 1-5 of 283 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... 57 next »