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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with today’s Behind the Scenes pic!
Welcome to Sherwood Forest, Constant Reader! And I’m talking about the real Sherwood Forest where the men wore tights and didn’t mumble about lions and lambs and other convoluted nonsense.
I’m not 100% sure, but judging by the hairline of the photographer I’d guess that director Michael Curtiz. It’s very meta, I know… a photo of someone taking a photo. The handsome men on the hill in the tights are, of course, Errol Flynn as Robin and Patric Knowles as Will Scarlett.
Here we are some 72 years after this film first saw release and it still stands as one of the most entertaining movies of all time. Flynn’s charm hasn’t been matched… in a funny kind of way the closest I can think of is Carey Elwes in Mel Brooks’ spoof Robin Hood: Men In Tights. Maybe the fox in the Disney movie…
Also unmatched are Basil Rathbone’s Sir Guy of Gisbourne and Olivia de Havilland’s Technicolor beauty as Maid Marian. That sword fight between Rathbone and Flynn still gets my blood running.
Anyway, hope you enjoy this candid moment from the set. It’s a surprisingly sharp picture for such an old still.
Check it out (and click to make bigger):
If you have a pic you think should be included email me. I’m looking for the iconic, the rare or the just plain cool behind the scenes shots to feature here.
I’m playing it safe with tomorrow’s Behind the Scenes pic! See ya’ then!
-Quint
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Previous Behind the Scenes pics:
- Alien
- Big Trouble In Little China
- Clash of the Titans
- Dr. Strangelove
- Sesame Street
- The Birds
- The Dark Knight
- Batman (1989)
- Batman: The TV Series
- Stephen King’s IT
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Superman
- The French Connection
- Tron
- The Road Warrior
- Ghostbusters
- King Kong (’33)
- The Empire Strikes Back (Luke with Slate)
- Rebel Without A Cause
- Taxi Driver
- Metropolis
- The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
- Tommy Chong Meets The Blues Brothers
- The Empire Strikes Back (Filming the Crawl)
- John Carpenter’s The Thing
- Jaws
- Die Hard
- Aliens
- Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man
- The Howling
- Revenge of the Creature
- The Empire Strikes Back (Vader & Luke Duel)
- The Godfather
- Rambo III
- Vertigo
- Planet of the Apes
- Pan’s Labyrinth
- Labyrinth
- RoboCop
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Always great to see candid pics from vintage films.
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Love this feature
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no matter what the critics think
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http://tinyurl.com/23hjd7t
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"And where is Robin Hood? He's at home washing his tights!"
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Loved it as a kid! The new ones are too serious and boring as shit. Utter crap. This is the best ever. Even if he is an OUTLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!!!
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I still do.
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I believe that was taken in Bidwell Park in Chico, CA.
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A total abortion. Horrible in every way save for Alan Rickman who played that part like he didn't realize he was in one of the worst movies ever fucking made.
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'nuff said.
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Costner's Kevin from California version and angry, fat Crowe's version should never have been made. They are what Tiny Tim Burton's Apes is to the original - it's like you're waking down the street, accidentaly step in dog poop, and have trouble getting it off your shoe. Then the arrogant dog's owner telling you that you are lucky to have stepped in their beatiful little angel's poo.
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is it worth a look. i mean, i've heard great things about the show, but is the xfer good on the blu?
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huh?
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This is a pretty gay picture.
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Aug. 17, 2010, 10:06 a.m. CST
I declare this thread to be...
by OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWW
...an OOOOOOOUUTTLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWW!!!!
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Ah yes, the big initiation by the riverside. I doth remember it well, verily!
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They had green, shaved legs back then
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What, you're gay for sitting on the grass now?
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"...for such an old still..." Really? Surely you've seen enough photography from throughout the history of the medium to know what nonsense that is. You can see perfectly clear photography from earlier times than this one. Ever seen a Man Ray, or an Ansel Adams?
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It's more about how most studios don't really give a shit about their library, even their A-list titles. Of course the actual photograph is going to be fine, I'm talking about finding a still from a 72 year old movie that isn't a dupe of a dupe of a dupe.
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Sitting on the grass dressed like an elf is gay.
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russell crowe take notes.
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Fair enough. My mistake.
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Oh wait...you and Ridley Scott decided to completely dismiss the character of Robin Hood and decided to just remake GLADIATOR with more arrows. Huh...how'd that work out again?
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I've always thought that not only would he have been a fantastic Robin Hood in a straight telling, but that he is an actor after his time. If he had been around in the 30's and 40's, he would have been a legendary star. Every time I watch Princess Bride I shake my head and wonder what could have been with his career. Teenagers today probably know him best as that guy who cut his own foot off in Saw.
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"Wait a minute. Robin Hood steals money from my pocket, forcing me to hurt the public, and they love him for it?" <p> "That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas!"
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Aug. 17, 2010, 11:09 a.m. CST
I can't get excited by tights and "merry" talk. I'm sorry.
by Royston Lodge
See now, I LIKE the "idea" of a "what-if-robin-hood-was-a-real-guy" movie. It's just that the track record is so poor for them, and I write that as a guy who doesn't hate Prince of Thieves.<p> The same goes for "realistic Camelot" movies and other "realistic mythology" movies, like The 13th Warrior for example. <p> The idea of a story that HONESTLY speculates about, "where the heck did these myths and legends come from," really appeals to me. <p> The best example I can think of is the Gerald Butler/Sarah Polley version of Beowulf & Grendel, where they never QUITE explain just WHAT Beowulf is. Maybe he's simply a mentally-challenged wildman? Maybe he's the last of the Neanderthals? Or maybe he just looks like he does because the film had such a low budget? But the movie doesn't really answer the question so the audience is free to speculate. <p> I wouldn't want to see someone try to do the Robin Hood thing again too soon, because it feels like that particular legend has been done enough recently. Same goes for the Camelot thing, what with First Knight, and King Arthur, and The Last Legion. Not to mention all the "realistic vampires" we've had over the past couple of decades. <p> Still, I don't think the "realistic mythology" idea should be cast-away as a guaranteed failure. In my mind's eye I can still envision a movie that "gets it right" so to speak.
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Of course, I meant "they never quite explain just what Grendel is."<p> www.tinyurl.com/editbttn
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they all look to be having a very gay time... oh the 30's, such a wonderful gay time, where men were men and women were in the kitchen. No coloureds in the white house and kids respected their elders. I miss those gay times
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But Flynn's was one of those few flicks that I call a "perfect" movie. Actually, Quint, you've had a lot of pics from that short-list of mine. God job.
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I'm athiest. And, though you seem like a nice enough guy, I don't think I would choose you for my god, Quint.
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and Men in Tights, but was absolutely dreadful in Saw. He looked like an amateur in that film.
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was when my local theater ordered a copy, and I saw it on the big screen.
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If we got a robin hood today with green tights, people would automatically assume it was satire or something. What im saying look at how things have changed in cinema where our expectance of realism in film has completely taken over.
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I haven't seen it yet, but in the trailer it pissed me off that Marian went all Joan Of Arc, what was the storyline reason for that? Or did it just come down to revisionist Riot Grrrl bullshit?
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I dunno, Keith Allen on that ROBIN HOOD 2006 BBC series is pretty damn great.
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I like this 'behind the scenes photo' idea of yours, but you should provide some more details about the movie itself (i.e. name, director, stars etc).
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There was no story reason. Marion says goodbye to Robin as he leaves for battle, then randomly shows up in full armour that was never even mentioned previously.
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Thanks, I guess it was somewhere in the middle then.
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Aug. 17, 2010, 12:13 p.m. CST
I'm Harry and I'm so gay for this picture I'm just giddy!
by UltraTron
Oh how I love, love, looooooooooooove this movie!!!!! Teehee!!! I hope those mean ol nasty MS3K guys never get their greasy jokes all over this one.
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The butter has just been spread too thin. If you want to do a period piece there are a lot of great history to tap. I don't think anyone's done a movie about Queen Boudicea yet. And that would be epic (no really, not a pun). And there is all kinds of material on the Crusades out there that hasn't been touched. The Roman conquest of Carthage would kick ass.
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That I truly care about, I mean. Unfortunately, I've still never seen this version.
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running through bidwell park, it's hard not to try and recognize something from the movie, ya it's a 72 yr old pic, but not much changes inside there. pretty awesome
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Fucking hilarious but random as hell man. My friend and I used to say that all the time in college. We even managed to work it into a line in one of our short films in student television. <p> Scientist- "Do they aliens deserve to die?" <p>Angry Cop- "Yes they deserved to die and I hope they burn in hell!"
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Amirite!
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The're very different, so direct comparisons aren't much good - but for what they each are, there's simply no exceeding them.<p>The derring-do of Flynn and the profound earthiness and magic of the 80s ITV 'Robin of Sherwood' show a kind of commitment to and understanding of the potential of the material that nothing else comes close to approaching. Each represents the kind of magic that's possible in storytelling, and I don't think it's possible to exceed either.
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I also think that Elwes as Robin Hood was brilliant casting, and that he should have been a huge star. He just happened to run into the wall of lowbrow, ironic, unambitious entertainment which took over and dominated during his peak period. Princess Bride - an amazing, delightful anomaly - will give him a certain immortality. But it's too bad that he wasn't given the chance to play the dashing hero in more films. 'Men in Tights' simultaneously shows the potential while helping to kill it.
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Seriously, Errol Flynn's Robin is kind of a dick to everybody. Bullying Friar Tuck doesn't really work for me. At least in the Costner version Tuck starts out as a dick, himself, so he deserves it. This is my least favorite version of the story. I'll take the Costner or Ridley Scott versions over it any time. <p>I keep the bees, and the bees keep me...
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Let me guess- you had to shit so bad you shit for the first hour+. Then you saw the remainder if the film and were non-plussed and missed the very end because you almost pissed yourself holding it so long.
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she was partial to douglas fairbanks jr.<P>the ONLY robin hood in her humble opinion..rest her soul.
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there?
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OOOOOUUUUUUTTTTTTLLLLLLLAAAAAAWWWWW
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That is one of the gayest photos I have ever seen!
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Thanks Quint! BTW, best idea ever for a column!
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Agree about ITV Robin of Sherwood being the best so far, minus the mullets. The Patrick Bergen version was fun; prefer it over the Costner, as they were sorta competing releases. Oh, also John Cleese in Time Bandits.
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constantly leaping from great heights in that movie and landing on his feet with seemingly no pain.
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It's a deleted scene, the studio thought it slowed the film down so it was cut and lost forver. EDgar wright and Micheal Cera have said they will re-enact the scene for free
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Robin Hood would be labeled an insurgent and a terrorist.
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I might not go so far as to say he was a terrorist, but the character was certainly an insurgent.
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An ooouutttttllllaaaaaawwwwww!
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Terrorist target civilian populations with violence to make a political point.
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In the mid 80's, before the advent of DVD's and Blockbuster I was trying to find The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn at my local video stores. I would be told over and over, "We don't have that. But we have Walt Disney's Robin Hood". The best response though was from some airhead who asked, "Who, Arnold Flint?"
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That's where it's at.
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It's $10 - best price I've seen...
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Does that make you gay psychics?
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Flynn is my fav Robin also
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... homosexual jazz ensemble.<p> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uLyjTiBlqI
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Aug. 17, 2010, 4:25 p.m. CST
You can get the Flynn Robin Hood for $10 EVERYWHERE now
by Nasty In The Pasty
Amazon, Best Buy, Wal-Mart...EVERYWHERE.
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"4 foot 2, sir"<p>"4 foot 2? Good lord, that is a long time."
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And what an incredible artist he was, too.
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Sorry for the correction... just.. had to, you know? That scene cracks me up
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It's true.
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Funny how some here run out to call out the gay factor of the pic considering Flynn's legendary virility with the ladies ...
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...to see how many AICN-ers have embraced the "ouuutttlllaaaaaaw."
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What does everyone think was the better decade for movies or favorite? It's tough to pick since both are so similar
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Aug. 17, 2010, 7:54 p.m. CST
Does anyone kmow about the 1946 Sword of Sherwood?
by TakingScorpiosCalls
A color movie released
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John Cleese in Time bandits
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...by Harry's perception of Mystery Science Theater 3000. He has always seemed so put off by the show, as if the show's purpose is simply unacceptable to him. It is clear in his writing that Harry will never warm up to the show, so I won't bother arguing points or considering such a change in attitude as a possibility. I just want to say that I like in AICN's interview with the boys that they implied they don't approach every movie they view as being "bad." They seem to have a genuine respect and knowledge for genre movies and oldies. They can enjoy a movie despite its budget, cast, and other production limitations if it's geeky at heart. At the same time, however, their love for these kinds of movies doesn't prevent them from recognizing elements of a movie that fail. Harry seems to have a more black and white view of movies: you can't like a movie AND laugh at particular elements of it. Seriously, I'm genuinely fascinated, and I look forward to even more talkbackers' comments concerning Harry's attitude toward the show.
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Aug. 17, 2010, 10:16 p.m. CST
yeah and the technology to weave tights like that existed when??
by corplhicks
really, enough already with Robin Hood. It just isn't so interesting. You want interesting? Talk about the deleted SW scenes we will be getting in 2011 and hopefully a new Trilogy or how about a 3 hour epic level feature length movie showing events in between ep 3 and 4. !!!! Now that would rock. Robin Hood can so lick his monk sidekick's ass
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The government will still brand you a "Terrorist" because "Insurgent" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
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"Yoinks.. and away!!" *SMASH into tree* "Yoinks.. and away!!" *SMASH into tree* Repeat several times... Everybody knows Daffy Duck did the best Robin Hood lol!
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Hello... I'm Hood!
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is it safe.....
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It was amazing.
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Get out of the closet and relax, dudes.
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You obviously didn't read or pay attention to any posts before yours.
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Aug. 18, 2010, 10:56 a.m. CST
Not as gay as that Star Wars convention video
by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World
With a thousand fat virgins crying out in excitement of clip of a guy using a screwdriver on a laser sword. Fuck the world.
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Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, Claude Rains, Basil Rathbone, and half the British colony in Hollywood. Huge sets, lush forest, brilliant music, good fun. Need I say more? I live in an age of computer generated mediocrity. No one larger than life anymore. As for gay, don't know about Patrick Knowles but Errol probably had 10x more women than every poster on this TB combined. And he liked to drink and brawl. Don't think that made him some kind of bull queer. You may fire when ready.
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LOVE this movie. Did get to see it on the big screen in '79 at the Cabot Street Cinema in Beverly MA. So great to see it on a huge screen. For those who want to get the dvd, the two disc special edition has lots of great extras including Bugs Bunny in Rabbit Hood and Daffy and Porky's Robin Hood Daffy. There's a blooper reel and outtakes, a short about Howard Hill who did the archery, A Robin Hood Radio show, a look at earlier Robin Hood screen adaptations.
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...women loved him!
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Sorry, I've seen this before and found the original post. It has more great shots. http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/the-adventures-of-robin-hood-academy-screening/
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"And I wouldn't exactly call you 'Little John.' Oooooooooooooooh!"
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and alan rickman killed as the sheriff of nottingham loved that frakking movie when i went to see it
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will he ever have a hit again?
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in the film was too gay it was just distracting from the rest of the film i mean the fight scenes were gret dont get me wrong but god what were the cotume people thinking?
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just how cool prince of thieves was it was so frakking awesome
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I think nana's memory was hazy. Doug Fairbanks Sr. was Robin Hood. Flynn's version was more or less based on Fairbanks'<P> Robin Of Sherwood fans may be pleased to know that the first 2 seasons are coming out on BD in October (from Network DVD).
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Oh, and yes they did wear tights (hose)back then. I expect they'd be woven on a loom. Wool for the poor and silk for the rich. <p> http://www.larsdatter.com/hose.htm
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Aug. 19, 2010, 4:09 p.m. CST
Wearing tights is like Batman wearing fabric suit
by TakingScorpiosCalls
Whereas wearing some leather pants is akin to the rubber Batman suits.
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With the Ron Jeremy as Friar Fuck?
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