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Robin and Marian

Year:
Duration:
106 min
Genres:
Adventure | Drama | Romance
IMDB rate:
6.6
Director:
Richard Lester
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1976-03-12
Filming Locations: Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
Cast
Actor
Character
Sean Connery
Robin Hood
Audrey Hepburn
Maid Marian
Robert Shaw
Sheriff of Nottingham
Richard Harris
Richard the Lionheart
Nicol Williamson
Little John
Denholm Elliott
Will Scarlett
Kenneth Haigh
Sir Ranulf
Ronnie Barker
Friar Tuck
Ian Holm
King John
Bill Maynard
Mercadier
Esmond Knight
Old Defender
Peter Butterworth
Surgeon
John Barrett
Jack
Kenneth Cranham
Jack's Apprentice
Victoria Abril
Queen Isabella (as Victoria Merida Roja)
Montserrat Julió
1st Sister (as Montserrat Julio)
Victoria Hernández Sanguino
2nd Sister (as Victoria Hernandez Sanguino)
Margarida Minguillón
3rd Sister (as Margarita Minguillon)
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Trivia
Despite mixed critical and popular reviews of the film's ending, in which Robin and Marian die, Sean Connery claimed that he was quite pleased with how the film concluded. After years of playing the same character in the James Bond franchise, Connery said he was happy to play a character in which there was no chance of having a sequel.
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Sean Connery's son Jason Connery would later Robin Hood in Robin Hood (1984).
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According to Lindsay Anderson's diaries he was asked to direct this project.
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Goofs
When the coast and ocean are visible, there are modern boats off shore.
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When Robin and John are fighting the Sheriff's soldiers atop the wall while escaping the castle in Nottingham, John hits a pike-man over the head with his broadsword as Robin grapples with him, and the broadsword flexes more than enough to show that it is not metal.
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Golden Delicious apples (in windows during last scene) did not exist in 13th century England.
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Quotes
Robin Hood: [Robin and Will are about to be executed] How can you eat?
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Robin Hood: I've followed you for twenty years. I fought for you in the Crusades. I fought for you here in France. Show me a soldier and I'll fight him now. But I won't slaughter children for a piece of gold that never was!
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Sheriff of Nottingham: Robin! Still not dead?
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Faq
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A Note Regarding Spoilers
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The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.
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Is 'Robin and Marian' based on a book?
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No. Robin and Marian is based on a screenplay written by American screenwriter James Goldman. However, Goldman also novelized the story as Robin and Marian (1976). The novel is an unusual hybrid such that the dialogue is presented in script format, while the descriptive material is presented in paragraphs.
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How does the movie end?
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Robin suggests a duel between champions him against the sheriff. If the sheriff wins, Robin promises that his band of followers will disarm and return to their homes. If Robin wins, the sheriff's army must leave the field. At the start of the fight, Robin appears to be the stronger, but he quickly tires and the sheriff overtakes him, wounding Robin severely. When the sheriff deals Robin a particularly hard blow that knocks him to the ground, Robin rallies by runing his sword through the sheriff with the last of his strength. Ignoring the terms of the duel, Sir Ranulf (Kenneth Haigh) leads an attack on Robin's men, most of whom scatter into the forest. Many are wounded or killed. Little John kills Ranulf and then helps Marian carry Robin to her abbey where her medicines are stored. While John keeps watch outside the door, Marian prepares a potion to ease Robin's pain. She first takes a drink of it before giving it to him. Robin's pain subsides, but his legs start to go numb. Realizing that Marian has poisoned him, Robin screams for Little John. As she sits against the wall, herself dying, Marian explains why she took this route: 'I love you,' she says. 'more than all you know. I love you more than children. More than fields I've planted with my hands. I love you more than morning prayers or peace or food to eat. I love you more than sunlight, more than flesh or joy or one more day. I love you...more than God' Robin agrees that it is better this way, as he would continue to go on fighting, a battle he must eventually lose because of his advancing age. As Robin and Marian stretch their fingertips towards each other, Little John breaks down the door, but it is too late. Robin asks for his bow, and Little John hands it to him. In the final scene, Robin shoots an arrow through the open window and tells Little John to bury them as close as possible to where it lands. As the credits begin to roll, the arrow disappears into the glare of the sky and the camera pans to the windowsill to show the three rotting apples that were shown at the beginning of the movie.
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