Who gets your vote for best Robin Hood? How about worst?
- Douglas Fairbanks (1922)
- Errol Flynn (1938)
- Frank Sinatra (1964)
- Brian Bedford (1973)
- Patrick Bergin (1991)
- Kevin Costener (1991)
- Cary Elwes (1993)
Click on a name if you're not sure what version of Robin Hood I'm referring to. I had never heard of the made-for-TV movie featuring Patrick Bergin, which also features Uma Thurman as Maid Marian. I think I'll add it to my Netflix list!
Bonus:
Can you tell me who this rather handsome gentleman is? He's connected to the Robin Hood story somehow.
I think I've only seen the Kevin Costner version. (Frank doesn't count - that wasn't REALLY Robin Hood.)
Posted by: Just Me | July 16, 2006 at 04:47 PM
If Valerie knows who this dude is then I'm going to call it some kind of nepotismic conspiracy!!!
:)
I think I've seen Errol Flynn as Robin Hood... but LOONNNGGG ago. Otherwise, it's all Disney... didn't see the red fox listed!
Posted by: Lauraconk | July 16, 2006 at 07:43 PM
Brian Bedford played Robin Hood in the 1973 Disney version.
Posted by: Bill | July 16, 2006 at 08:21 PM
Oh, in that case, the Brian Bedford version is my favorite - by far!
Posted by: Just Me | July 16, 2006 at 08:28 PM
That's why I said that people should click on the names. What's the matter? Is it too much work for you people? ;-)
Posted by: Bill | July 16, 2006 at 08:50 PM
Personally, I spent too much time perusing bizarre Robin Hood websites tryin to search out the answer to your quiz... I do have a life, ya know! :)
Posted by: Lauraconk | July 17, 2006 at 12:13 PM
That was kind of a hard one! The picture is of Alfred Lord Tennyson, who wrote a play based on the Robin Hood legend. Arthur Sullivan (of Gilbert & Sullivan) wrote incidental music, songs, and choruses for the play. Click here for more info.
Posted by: Bill | July 17, 2006 at 12:32 PM
First of all there are NO satisfactory american versions of the Robin Hood legend. It's as ridiculous as the Brits doing Billy the Kid. Errol Flynn was fun, but he was being Flynn, not Robin. Costner was appalling.
Best Robin Hood film: "Robin and Marian" with Sean Connery as the aging hero.
Best TV version "Robin of Sherwood" with Michael Praed in the lead.
But Richard Greene remains the iconic imahe of Robin Hood.
Posted by: robin hood | July 17, 2006 at 06:56 PM
Thank you, thank you for the props, good Robin Hood. Did you happen to see my work as King Arthur in the film First Knight? I would be most obliged if you would respond to this fellow's blog in that category as well! Right now I appear to be 1:1.
Posted by: Sean Connery | July 17, 2006 at 07:03 PM
robin hood,
I agree that there haven't been any good Amwerican renditions of the Robin Hood story. I do kind of enjoy the Disney version, though. I'll add Robin and Marian to my list, but I can't promise I'll get to it any day soon as I already have 70 films in my queue!
I'm glad that someone who has a whole blog devoted to Robin Hood as stopped by! Thanks for commenting.
Posted by: Bill | July 17, 2006 at 07:42 PM
Cary Ewels...Definitely.
"...we're butch."
Posted by: ken | July 17, 2006 at 09:30 PM
I would like to see that one again. I'm not too sure if I've seen it all the way through. It's one of those movies that would have to pop up on TV or something, though.
Posted by: Bill | July 17, 2006 at 10:02 PM