Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
- Directed by
- Mel Brooks
- Genre
- comedy film, action film, parody film
- Country
- France, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 2,325 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Robin Hood returns to England from the Crusades to find the Sheriff of Nottingham oppressing the people. He assembles a band of misfit outlaws to fight back and win the heart of Maid Marian.
sillylightheartedfast-pacedgoofyparodiccampyenergeticwhimsical
What happens
Robin Hood: Men in Tights is a 1993 adventure comedy film and a parody of the Robin Hood story. The film was produced and directed by Mel Brooks, co-written by Evan Chandler, and J. David Shapiro based on a story by Chandler and Shapiro, and stars Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, and Dave Chappelle (in his film debut). It includes frequent comedic references to previous Robin Hood films, particularly Prince of Thieves (upon which the plot is loosely structured), and the 1938 Errol Flynn adaptation The Adventures of Robin Hood. Brooks himself had previously created the short-lived sitcom When Things Were Rotten in the mid-1970s, which also spoofed the Robin Hood legend. The film also features Brooks in a minor role – the first time he had appeared in one of his own films in which he does not receive top billing or play the lead role since Young Frankenstein. In addition to Brooks, it features Brooks regulars Dom DeLuise and Dick Van Patten (who had been a cast member on When Things Were Rotten) in minor roles, as well as Rudy De Luca in a cameo as a party guest. Reflecting its spoof nature, while some character names (such as Robin of Loxley and Maid Marian) remain unchanged from the source material, other names are altered: Nottingham becomes "Rottingham" and one of the Merry Men is given the name Will Scarlet O'Hara, referencing the character from Gone with the Wind. Brooks, being Jewish, changed his cameo character from Friar Tuck to "Rabbi Tuckman". Though the film received mixed reviews from critics, it was a box-office success, grossing $72 million on a $20 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Robin Hood (1912)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.