...all know the story of Robin Hood, woodland freedom fighter, man of the people, stealing from the rich, giving to the poor, etc, etc, etc. We also all know that its just a story and its one that's been told to death over the hundred years of film and TV making. Most films home in on the cliché of the tale and stick rigidly to the storybook portrayal of the plot, but in the early to mid eighties a ground breaking version was launched on British TV ... ...taking a story such as Robin Hood and setting it down in film is that they try to make the story too big. The ideas portrayed in renditions such as "Prince of Thieves" are just to far-fetched. Large bands of well equipped and well fed outlaws living in the woods of medieval England is just untenable and seems to exist only in the minds of Hollywood moguls. What was so appealing about Robin of Sherwood was that it was small scale and grubby but still ...
steerpyke 19.05.2005
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A 8 disc box set of all 26 episodes of the hit sword and sorcery drama. Episode titles: ... more
1. Robin Hood and the Sorcerer (Part 1) 2. Robin Hood and the Sorcerer (Part 2) 3. The Witch of Elsdon 4. Seven Poor Knights From Acre 5. Alan A Dale 6. The King's...
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Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Production Year: 1977 - Action/Adventure - Director: Clint Eastwood - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney
Action/Adventure - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Jack Ging, Marla Heasley, Lance Legault, Melinda Culea, Mr T, Dwight Schultz, Dirk Benedict, George Peppard, Carl Franklin
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