Prince of thieves is a 1991 american actionadventure film based on the english folk tale of robin hood that originated in the 12th century. Dashing from one daring deed to the next, robin wont rest until he wins the hand of maid marian and restores king richard to the throne. Prince of thieves is a 1991 american actionadventure film. Prince of thieves 1991, vhs this film is truly one of the finest in the history of cinema. A rich boy from nottingham, robin hood kevin costner, travels with azeem morgan. It provides in equal amounts nailbiting fight scenes, tearinducing romance, heartpounding tense drama, and not a little comic relief that so far from being out of place in the drama serve to enhance it. Prince of thieves 1991 cast and crew nobleman crusader robin of locksley kevin costner breaks out of a jerusalem prison with the help of moorish fellow prisoner azeem morgan. Prince of thieves 1991 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. The only points of the film that diminsh its quality are kevin costner trying to fake. Medieval graphic violence dominates this film, and that there are some particularly gory moments. Hadrians wall, northumberland, england, uk where robin fights some sheriffs men before arriving at his fathers castle 22 of 22 found this interesting interesting. Its time for another installment of vhs tapes that my family owned.
Robin hoodprince of thieves vhs the corners of the box is worn but overall in good condition the video will be sent in a bubble wrap cushioned mailer a tracking number to view the location of the item is included in the shipping price. Prince of thieves stars kevin costner in the title role. Prince of thieves 1991 starring kevin costner and morgan freeman on dvd and bluray. Prince of thieves 1991 and a glum russell crowe sucked the life out of in his 2010 downer. Prince of thieves 1991 film vhs movie soundtrack cdkevin costner. Join dumpster raccoon cinema for a legendary screening of 1991 classic robin hood. Still, this new robin, played by taron egerton, is so bad he doesnt. Filming locations 16 filming dates 1 filming locations. Although originally intended for a theatrical release in the united states and south america, the film was premiered on the fox network in those. Prince of thieves 1991 film vhs movie soundtrack cdkevin costner 4. Film buffs may remember the tangled tale of competing robin hood projects in 1991.
As geordies the now famous sycamore gap on hadrians wall is a must see in the movie, its one of the worlds most photographed trees thanks to the movie. Join robin hood, his trusted companion little john and his hilarious band of merry men as they outfox greedy prince john to save the good people of nottingham. Ever watch a mediocre movie, see a performance that doesnt align with anything else onscreen, and think, i want to see whatever film that person is in instead. Tells the inside story of the 1991 movie, including interviews with its stars kevin costner, morgan freeman, christian slater, alan rickman, mary elizabeth mastrantonio, and geraldine mcewan and the director, kevin reynolds, as well as historical information about the legendary robin hood. While some have argued that costner was too humorless and brooding for the part, this is a cinematic myth.
Although originally intended for a theatrical release in the united states and south america, the film was premiered on the fox network in those territories a month before the release of robin hood. Find great deals on ebay for robin hood vhs and robin hood vhs masterpiece. This film is a 90s version of the classic robin hood story, with kevin costner starring as the goodguy thief. Robin hood 19911999 vhs twilight sparkles retro media. After a fouryear moratorium, robin hood returned to stores on vhs on july 11, 1991, joining alice in wonderland, dumbo and the sword in the stone. Great film, probably the best robin hood film, good interpretation of a 700 year.
After robin barely survives a watery skirmish with little john, the two. When robin and his moorish companion come to england and the tyranny of the sheriff of nottingham, he decides to fight back as an outlaw. But it is the best robin hood out there good played good. Will offer combined shipping on any vhs or dvd movie purchase. There are quite a few places in the film where he can be seen smiling and having a good time, like when he makes it back to england after the crusades. Unfollow robin hood vhs to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
Prince of thieves, of course, directed by his friend kevin. Its the umpteenth version of the heroic outlaw story, once more taking on the merry man that kevin costner played like a surfer dude in robin hood. With kevin costner, morgan freeman, mary elizabeth mastrantonio, christian slater. Actie avontuur film geregisseerd door kevin reynolds. As geordies the now famous sycamore gap on hadrians wall is a must see in the movie, its one. I stumbled upon it a few years ago on netflix and think its far superior to robin hood. The original theatrical cut of the film was released on vhs in the us on may, 1992. Costner is joined in his efforts against the murdering sheriff of nottingham alan rickman by morgan freeman who plays a philosophizing moor, and by nick brimble, who plays little john anything but little. The videos were later repackaged as part of the walt disney masterpiece collection starting in 1994 on july, 1999, robin hood s 1999 reissue on video was one of the last. Plus the movie is full of action with superb acting.
Ive been waiting for it to come back to netflix for years to no avail. Where robin fights some sheriffs men before arriving at his fathers castle. Prince of thieves vhs warner 1991 adventure kevin costner. Prince of thieves vhs from 1991, featuring the fbi warning screen, the 1986 warner home video logo time warner byline, the 1984 warner bros. Vhs trailer for the 1991 historical adventure robin hood. Prince of thieves, of course, directed by his friend kevin reynolds, while the other production the one described here, attached to veteran british director john irvin the dogs of war, ended up on cable television with another yank, patrick bergin, in the lead. His son, jason connery, played this same character in robin of sherwood, the tv series, in the eighties. It was directed by kevin reynolds and stars kevin costner as robin hood, morgan freeman as azeem, christian slater as will scarlett, mary elizabeth mastrantonio as marian, and alan rickman as the sheriff of nottingham.
Get the best deal for robin hood 1991 film vhs tapes from the largest online selection at. Prince of thieves must have been the work of my older sister. That was the overriding feeling in this weeks saturday night live, during which host rupaul was having the absolute time of his life while the. Kevin costner, riding high from his oscar wins for dances with wolves, had his pick of projects at the time, and he juggled his interest in parallel hood films that were under development at different studios. For the most part, they werent even movies we had seen in theaters, just. Robin hood is a 1991 british adventure film directed by john irvin, executive produced by john mctiernan and starring patrick bergin, uma thurman, jurgen prochnow, jeroen krabbe and edward fox. Ive let a few friends borrow it since ive gotten it and theyve all enjoyed it. This film is truly one of the finest in the history of cinema.
Comparisons were inevitable, even though the two films. Robin hood prince of thieves vhs 144 minutes 1991 ebay. Connery played robin hood in the movie robin and marian in 1976. After being captured by turks during the crusades, robin of locksley and a moor, azeem, escape back to. Robin hood vhs walt disney black diamond edition 1991, walt disney classics, classic movies, vhs, disney, collectible, kids movie, animated veryuniqueandantique 5 out of 5.
80 1170 1665 714 741 248 406 957 629 241 819 859 566 716 1206 1604 372 793 443 488 1262 652 434 335 1122 1203 540 166 604 435 1154 699 1576 147 1646 24 721 708 1657 828 883 1184 722 563 271 1364 922 1094 981