Robin Hood
Short description
Set in England while King Richard is away on the Crusades, this animated adventure follows Robin Hood, a fox, and his companion Little John, a bear, as they oppose Prince John's harsh taxation of the people of Nottingham. The prince, a lion, rules with the help of his snake advisor Sir Hiss and a corrupt sheriff, while Robin and his band work against them from Sherwood Forest. Robin's rivalry with the sheriff and his reunion with Maid Marian, a vixen, shape the story as he seeks to outwit the authorities. The film retells the well-known English folk legend with animal characters in place of its traditional human figures.
The film was directed and produced by Wolfgang Reitherman, whose earlier credits include One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, The Jungle Book and The Aristocats. It was released in 1973, between The Aristocats and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh in his filmography. Ken Anderson wrote the screenplay, and the voice cast includes Brian Bedford, Phil Harris, Andy Devine, Monica Evans, Peter Ustinov and Terry-Thomas. Produced by Walt Disney Productions on a budget of 15 million dollars, it returned 32 million dollars worldwide.
On IMDb it holds a rating of 7.5 from around 149,000 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 7.3 from roughly 4,700 votes. A critics' rating of 6 out of 10 from 31 reviews places it somewhat below the audience scores. The runtime is 83 minutes.
What's left behind the scenes
- Approximately 350,000 drawings, over 100,000 sheets of celluloid, and 800 cartoon backgrounds were used in the making of 'Robin Hood'.
- Terry-Thomas's (1911-1990) famous gap tooth was used to portray the character voiced by the actor, Sir Hiss. It was through this gap that the snake's forked tongue would protrude from his mouth.
- Initially, Friar Tuck was planned to be a badger, but was ultimately made a bear to avoid accusations of offending religious believers. Sheriff Nottingham was first planned to be a goat, but was made a wolf because antagonists are traditionally associated with wolves.
- Months before the film's release, the animators required Peter Ustinov (1921-2004) to re-record some of Prince John's lines. In their search for an actor, the animators called New York, London, Paris, Vienna, and Tokyo, only to discover Ustinov at a studio in Burbank, California, about a mile and a half away from them.
- Due to the film's small budget, Disney animators had to reuse animation sequences both from the film itself and borrowed from previous Disney films, including 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,' 'The Jungle Book,' 'The Aristocats,' 'Cinderella,' and 'Alice in Wonderland.'
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