Stars: Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, Olivia De Havilland, Claude Rains, Alan Hale

Director: Michael Curtiz

Summary: The outlaw Robin Hood comes to the rescue of the throne of England by outwitting Guy Gisbourne and the Sheriff Of Nottingham. Newly remastered using the new 'Ultra-Resolution' technique allowing parts of the images to be seen which were not visible before.

In Michael Curtiz's swashbuckling spectacle about the infamous outlaw and his band of merry men who "robbed from the rich and gave to the poor," Robin Hood (Errol Flynn) fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne (Basil Rathbone) while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian (Olivia de Havilland).
Flynn joyously embraces the role widely considered the best of his bountiful array of swashbuckling legends. Delivering his lines and performing dashing acrobatics (he did most of his own stunts) with breezy elan, he darts across the intricate sets of THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD as if there are rocket boosters secreted in his tights. It was one of the earliest films to use three-colour Technicolor and, at the time, the most expensive film Warner Bros. had produced. Erich Wolfgang Korngold's outstanding score won an Oscar, as did the art direction and the editing.

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Reviewed by: davybozal24-7
Posted on September 16, 2006 11:11 AM

This 1938 all - new 65th - anniversary newly restored 2 - disc special - edition surely must be the best swashbuckler of all - time and the best movie that the legendary Errol Flynn had ever made ! Fiery Tasmanian actor Flynn made this role his own , and even outacted the ever reliable Olympic fencer turned actor Basil Rathbone who is terrific if not corny as the dark and sinister Guy of Gisbourne. Great cast including Claude Rains , Alan Hale , Eugene Pallette and the lovely Olivia De Havilland make this a movie not to be missed. Plenty of extras including some vintage cartoons.

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Dashing Errol Flynn is the definitive Robin in 1938's The Adventures of Robin Hood, the most gloriously swashbuckling version of the legendary story. Warner Brothers reunited Michael Curtiz, their top-action director, with the winning team of Flynn and Olivia de Havilland (Maid Marian) and perennial villain Basil Rathbone as the aristocratic Sir Guy of Gisbourne, and pulled out all stops for the production. It became their costliest film to date, a grandly handsome, glowing technicolour adventure set to a stirring, Oscar-winning score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold--music that became a template for countless later movies, notably John Williams' Star Warsand Indiana Jonesscores.

The decadent Prince John (a smoothly conniving Claude Rains) takes advantage of King Richard's absence to tax the country into poverty but meets his match in the medieval guerrilla rebel Robin Hood and his Merry Men of Sherwood Forest, who rise up and, to quote a cliché coined by the film, "steal from the rich and give to the poor". Stocky Alan Hale Sr plays Robin's loyal friend Little John (a part he played in Douglas Fairbanks' silent version), Eugene Palette plays the portly Friar Tuck and Melville Cooper is the bumbling Sheriff of Nottingham. Flynn's confidence and cocky charm makes for a perfect Robin and his easygoing manner is a marvellous counterpoint to Rathbone's regal bearing and courtly diction. The film climaxes in their rousing battle-to-the-finish sword fight, a magnificently choreographed scene highlighted by Curtiz's inventive use of shadows cast upon the castle walls. --Sean Axmaker

Aspect Ratio:	1.33 Full Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Feature Length Commentary By Rudy Behlmer, Music Only Audio Track, Night At The Movies 1938, Glorious Technicolor Documentary, 65th Anniversary Documentary, Two Looney Tunes Classic Cartoons, Vintage Warner Shorts, Robin Hood Through The Ages, Home Movies, Behind
Subtitles:	English
Year:	1938
Release Date:	January 26, 2004
Runtime:	97 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	D 065131
Keywords:	Special, Action, Adventures, Robin, Hood, Two, General, Edition, Adventure, Discs
Genre:	Action/Adventure