Robin Hood

"Meet Robin Hood and his MERRY MENagerie!"

1973 1h 23m EN

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7.3

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7.5

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★7.3TMDB · 4,760🥫56%Rotten Tomatoes●57Metacritic★7.5IMDB · 148,075

AnimationFamilyAdventure

Synopsis

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With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about taxing Nottingham's citizens with support from the corrupt sheriff - and staunch opposition by the wily Robin Hood and his band of merry men.

“Meet Robin Hood and his MERRY MENagerie!”

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Cast

Brian Bedford
Robin Hood - A Fox (voice)
Phil Harris
Little John - A Bear (voice)
Andy Devine
Friar Tuck - A Badger (voice)
Monica Evans
Maid Marian - A Vixen (voice)
Peter Ustinov
Prince John - A Lion / King Richard (voice)
Terry-Thomas
Sir Hiss - A Snake (voice)
Pat Buttram
The Sheriff Of Nottingham - A Wolf (voice)
Carole Shelley
Lady Kluck - A Chicken (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Writers: Ken Anderson, Larry Clemmons
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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83 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 6.6× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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53 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by George Bruns. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Tom Acosta shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Brian Bedford and Phil Harris and Andy Devine carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Meet Robin Hood and his MERRY MENagerie!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0070608 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Wolfgang Reitherman directs. George Bruns scores. Tom Acosta cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

183 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Made its money back 6.6× over at the box office.
353 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Original score by George Bruns. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Tom Acosta shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Brian Bedford and Phil Harris and Andy Devine carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Meet Robin Hood and his MERRY MENagerie!".
8IMDB entry: tt0070608 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9The top-rated still from this film on TMDB has multiple community votes — a signal the frame composition stuck with viewers.
10Classified under 16 themes, including "hero", "right and justice", "fox", "cartoon".
11Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Original score: George Bruns
Editing: Tom Acosta
Runtime: 83 min · 1h 23m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $5,000,000
Box office: $33,000,000
Return: 660% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: Robin Hood (1973)
Rotten Tomatoes: 56% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 57/100
IMDB rating: 7.5/10 · 148,075 votes
MPAA: G

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 3 nominations total

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John Chard2014-05-04
★ 8/10
Merry Menagerie! Disney take on the Robin Hood legend in animation form with family friendly rewards aplenty. Directed and produced by Wolfgang Reitherman (Sleeping Beauty/The Jungle Book), the voice work comes from Brian Bedford (Robin Hood), Phil Harris (Little John), Monica Evans (Maid Marian), Peter Ustinov (Prince John), Terry-Thomas (Sir Hiss), Andy Devine (Friar Tuck), Roger Miller (Allan-A-Dale), Pat Buttram (Sheriff of Nottingham) and Carole Shelley (Lady Cluck). All the characters are drawn as animals, with Robin suitably given a fox make-over, plot revolves around the dastardly machinations of Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham. Who find themselves hindered considerably by Robin and his band of merry men. Meanwhile Robin and Marian are rekindling their romance on the sideline. It lacks the class of other Disney animation movies, with no songs of note to tap the feet to, but the action is strong (love the archery), Prince John and Sir Hiss are great comedy value, and ultimately it’s a delightful retelling of an often told wonderful legend. 8/10
CinemaSerf2023-05-27
★ 7/10
This probably stands out as the first time I really noticed Disney turn to cast an ensemble of more established "stars" as their voice talents - a wonderfully paired duo of Peter Ustinov and Terry-Thomas as Prince John and "Sir Hiss" as well as Phil Harris as "Little John" and "King of the Road" crooner Roger Miller narrating the whole tale as "Alan-a-Dale" really do animate this story splendidly. Everyone knows the story of Robin Hood - the gent of 12th century English folklore. When the King heads off to fight the Saracens in the crusades, his evil brother remains to extort all he can from the poor population whilst Robin Hood leads the rebellion against this tyrannical regime. The personifications of animals in this film is a masterstroke - and the choice of animals: a snake, fox, bear, lion, badger and even a tortoise all add hugely to the symbolism and fun of this thoroughly enjoyable rendering of the ultimate good v evil tale. I always seem to have a problem with the intrusive scores in Disney's animations - it never seems to let up long enough to let the voices take centre stage, and as such is quite distracting much of the times. That said, I am nit-picking - aside from a rather protracted musical interlude - the action animations are first class and this is a cracking film.