Robin and Marian (1976)

Directed by

Richard Lester

Genre

drama film, action film, swashbuckler film, adventure film, romance film, sword-and-sandal film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 272 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An aging Robin Hood returns from the Crusades to find his old friends and his lost love Marian. He struggles to adapt to a quieter life but is pulled back into conflict with the Sheriff of Nottingham.

bittersweetmelancholicslow-burnromanticwistfulearthytenderquietly dramatic

What happens

Robin and Marian is a 1976 romantic adventure film from Columbia Pictures, shot in Panavision and Technicolor, that was directed by Richard Lester and written by James Goldman after the legend of Robin Hood. The film stars Sean Connery as Robin Hood, Audrey Hepburn as Lady Marian, Nicol Williamson as Little John, Robert Shaw as the Sheriff of Nottingham, Richard Harris as Richard the Lionheart, and Denholm Elliott as Will Scarlet. It also features comedian Ronnie Barker in a rare film role as Friar Tuck. Robin and Marian was filmed in Zamora, as well as Artajona, Urbasa, Quinto Real and Orgi, all small medieval villages in Navarre, Spain. It marked Hepburn's return to the screen after an eight-year absence. Lester made Robin and Marian amid a series of period pieces, including The Three Musketeers (1973). The original music score was composed by John Barry. The film originally was titled The Death of Robin Hood but was changed by Columbia Pictures to be more marketable, and perhaps give equal billing to Hepburn. The film is based on the Robin Hood legend as it is told in A Gest of Robyn Hode, depicting his murder at the hands of a prioress he was related to, but changes the story by making his former love, Marian, the prioress, and making his murder an act of love, not betrayal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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