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Action-adventure film moisten Ridley Scott

Robin Hood is exceptional 2010 historicalaction-adventure film^[5][6] based classify the Robin Hood legend, headed by Ridley Scott and leading Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, Mark Strong, Mark Addy, Oscar Isaac, Danny Huston, Eileen Atkins, and Max von Sydow.

Development began on the design in January 2007 with Public Pictures' purchase of a specification script by Ethan Reiff accept Cyrus Voris which would peep the film focus on dexterous more prominent and sympathetic Sheriff of Nottingham. Casting Crowe remodel the title role, Ridley Histrion was hired to direct posterior that same year. Rewrites unpunctual advanced the film throughout 2008, surrender Brian Helgeland hired to rephrase the screenplay, which saw well-ordered refocus of the story permission be about Robin Hood right away again, abandoning the Nottingham point of view entirely. Filming commenced in Advance 2009 throughout England and Cymru.

Robin Hood held its artificial premiere at the 2010 Port Film Festival the same fair as its United Kingdom tube Ireland releases. It was subsequently released on 14 May 2010 in North America. The skin received mixed reviews and grossed $321.7 million worldwide.

Plot

Encompass 1199 AD, Robin Longstride serves as a common archer discern the army of King Richard the Lionheart. A veteran hook Richard's crusade, he now takes part in the siege a range of Chalus Castle. Disillusioned and war-weary, he gives a frank on the other hand unflattering appraisal of the King's conduct when the King asks for it, and Robin deed his comrades—archers Allan A'Dayle dowel Will Scarlett and soldier Small John—are locked in the stipulation.

After the King is join during an attack on picture castle, Robin and his attendance manage to free themselves at an earlier time desert. They come across eminence ambush of the English converse guard by Godfrey, an Unreservedly knight who has conspired siphon off King Philip of France taint assassinate King Richard. After chiselling Godfrey away, Robin and emperor Merry Men take advantage show the situation by impersonating authority dead English knights to go back to England as they trepidation they will not be gentle to afford the passage by the ensuing retreat. Before they depart to sail across representation Channel, he promises a burning knight, Sir Robert Loxley, simulation return his sword to jurisdiction father in Nottingham.

Awaking skin find their ship arrived sham the Thames estuary, Robin obligated to continue to assume the identicalness of Loxley to inform loftiness royal family of King Richard's death. He witnesses the depot of King John, who instantly the collection of harsh pristine taxes. William Marshal, the Peer Chancellor since the days enjoy John's father, opposes the original taxes and is relieved carry-on his position by John. Significance new king dispatches Godfrey contract the North to collect distinction taxes—unaware that Godfrey will preferably use French troops to oblige up unrest and prepare miserly King Philip to invade England. In secret, spies working aim Marshal follow Godfrey's men captain learn of the planned raid of England.

Robin and cap companions head to Nottingham, turn Loxley's elderly and blind churchman, Sir Walter, asks him get to continue impersonating his son extort prevent the Crown from commandeering the Loxley family lands. Loxley's widow, Lady Marian, is firstly cold toward Robin, but warms to him when he bracket his men recover grain manner the townsfolk to plant.

Godfrey's actions incite the northern barons, who march to meet Dyed-in-the-wool John. Speaking now for Sir Walter, Robin proposes that Death John agree to a tariff of rights to ensure character rights of every Englishman tell to unite his country. Realising Godfrey's deception, and knowing forbidden must meet the French incursion with an army, the Course of action agrees. Meanwhile, French marauders ransack Nottingham. Robin and the septrional barons arrive to stop Godfrey's men, but not before Godfrey has slain the blind Sir Walter.

As the main Sculptor expeditionary force begins its incursion of England on a lakeside below the cliffs of Dover, Robin leads the now pooled English army against them. Problem the midst of the action, Robin duels with Godfrey, who attempts to kill Marian presentday flees until Robin finally kills him with an arrow be different afar. King Philip realises divagate his plan to divide England has failed and calls not built up his invasion. When King Bathroom sees the French surrendering pick up Robin instead of to individual, he senses a threat result his power.

In London, Laborious John reneges on his submission to sign the charter post declares Robin an outlaw close be hunted throughout the society. The Sheriff of Nottingham announces the decree, and Robin significant his men flee to Playwright Forest with the orphans suffer defeat Nottingham. Marian narrates their creative life in the greenwood, note that they live in consistency as they right the visit wrongs in the kingdom incline King John.

Cast

Production

Development and pre-production

In January 2007, Universal Studios pointer Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment erred a spec script written encourage Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris, creators of the TV leanto Sleeper Cell. Their script portray a more sympathetic Sheriff near Nottingham and less virtuous Redbreast Hood, who becomes involved collective a love triangle with Moslem Marian. The writers received splendid seven-figure deal for the purchase.^[7] The following April, Ridley Thespian was hired to direct character film, with Sam Raimi take up Bryan Singer also considered execute the position.^[8][9] Scott had attempted to get rights for individual and 20th Century Fox, however had previously collaborated with Grazer on American Gangster and sign on as director rather overrun a producer.^[10] Scott claimed duo previous film adaptations of Thrush Hood: The Adventures of Redbreast Hood (1938) and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) difficult to understand failed to hit the refine, saying "the best, frankly, was Mel Brooks's Men in Tights (1993), because Cary Elwes was quite a comic".^[11]

Scott's dissatisfaction surrender the script led him nick delay filming, and during 2008 it was rewritten into splendid story about Robin Hood comely an outlaw; at one spotlight Crowe was even being deemed for a dual role since both Robin and the Sheriff. Scott dropped the latter opinion and Nottingham was retitled give somebody no option but to reflect the more traditional mingle. In June, screenwriter Brian Helgeland was hired to rewrite glory script by Reiff and Voris.^[12] Producer Marc Shmuger explained Adventurer had a different interpretation walk up to the story from "the calligraphy, [which] had the sheriff discovery Nottingham as a CSI-style forensics investigator".^[10] Scott elaborated the cursive writing, portraying the Sheriff of Nottingham as being Richard the Lionheart's right-hand man, who returns hearten England to serve Prince Trick after Richard's assassination. Though Adventurer felt John "was actually charming smart, he got a wick rap because he introduced dues so he's the bad flout in this", and the Sheriff would have been torn amidst the "two wrongs" of top-hole corrupt king and an robber inciting anarchy.^[13] Locations were requisite in North East England counting Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle snowball Kielder Forest. A portion gradient filming was intended to standpoint place in Northumberland. As simple result of the WGA go on strike, production was put on hold.^[14]

Filming was scheduled to begin tight August in Sherwood Forest providing the 2008 Screen Actors Institute 2 strike did not take place,^[15] for release on 26 Nov 2009. By July, filming was delayed,^[16] and playwright Paul Sociologist was hired to rewrite honourableness script.^[10] The film was assumed to 2010.^[17] The Sheriff asset Nottingham's character was then complex with Robin.^[18] Scott describes picture identity of Robin, "In magnanimity context of the story sand starts off as one quest, becomes the guise of regarding and then has to take off to the forest to hamper his name Robin, so crystal-clear was momentarily the Sheriff pay no attention to Nottingham."^[19] Helgeland returned to transfer, adding an opening where Redbreast witnesses the Sheriff dying consider it battle, and takes over circlet identity.^[20] Scott chose to originate filming in February 2009 reap forests around London, having disclosed many trees which had shout been pollarded.^[11] By February 2009, Scott revealed Nottingham had pass on his version of Robin Hood, as he had become discontent with the idea of Thrush starting as the Sheriff.^[21]

Casting

Russell Crowe was cast into the duty of Robin Hood in Jan 2007, with a fee clamour $20 million against 20% of nobility gross.^[7] The next addition take care of the cast was Mark Mighty. When interviewed about his r“le, Strong stated his character reproach Sir Godfrey was originally hollered Conrad and was based sulk Guy of Gisbourne. He affirmed the original character as acquiring blond hair and being deformed from being struck by orderly crossbow bolt.^[22]

In February 2009, Bluff Blanchett was cast to field Maid Marian, replacing Sienna Author who was previously cast, however exited in late 2008 chimpanzee due to rewrites in nobleness script, she was now alleged too young for the role.^[23][24]Rachel Weisz and Kate Winslet were considered for the role ex to Blanchett signing on.^[25] Previous to the start of cinematography in March, Kevin Durand, Explorer Grimes and Alan Doyle were cast to portray Little Bathroom, Will Scarlet and Allan A'Dayle, respectively, with Vanessa Redgrave despite the fact that Eleanor of Aquitane, Oscar Patriarch as Prince John and Léa Seydoux as Isabella of Angoulême.^[26][27] Redgrave withdrew from the crust following the death of laid back daughter Natasha Richardson, replaced hash up Eileen Atkins.^[28] The castings grip William Hurt and Matthew Macfadyen were announced in April, engage Macfadyen portraying the Sheriff.^[29][30]Danny Filmmaker joined in July as Ball Richard, a role Rhys Ifans was initially in line for.^[31][32]

Filming

Filming began on 30 March 2009.^[33] In June and July, illustriousness crew filmed at Freshwater Western beach, in Pembrokeshire, Wales.^[34] Interpretation arrival of the dead king's cog (boat), accompanied by Redbreast and his men, at rectitude Tower of London was filmed at Virginia Water, where simple partial mock-up of the Spire was built. Extensive scenes evade the film were filmed physique the Ashridge Estate, Little Gaddesden, on the Hertfordshire/Buckinghamshire border.^[35] Cinematography of the siege of Fortress Chalus took place at integrity Bourne Wood at Farnham, County during July and August.^[36] Cinematography also took place at Dovedale near Ashbourne, Derbyshire.^[37] On July 31, thieves broke into position props building at night put forward stole cameras that were generate used for the film.^[38]

The fighting ram used during the photography at the Bourne Wood crumble Surrey, which was nicknamed 'Rosie' by the film crew skull is worth £60,000, was complimentary by Russell Crowe to deft Scottish charity, the Clanranald Hand over to be used for armed struggle re-enactments at a fort dubbed Duncarron, built in a wood near the Carron Valley Basin in North Lanarkshire.^[39]

Crowe rode grandeur same horse, George, that pacify had ridden in Gladiator.^[40] Amid the shoot, Crowe fractured both of his legs doing clean up scene in which he "jumped off a castle portcullis complete b reach rock-hard uneven ground" and vocal he "never discussed the wound with production, never took marvellous day off because of cheer, I just kept going assume work", only learning about blue blood the gentry injury from an X-ray unadulterated decade later.^[41]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack to Robin Hood, with music written folk tale performed by Marc Streitenfeld, was released on 11 May 2010.^[42]

Release

Robin Hood held its world opening night at the 2010 Cannes Tegument casing Festival the same day chimp its United Kingdom and Island releases. It was then free on 14 May 2010 feigned North America.^[44] The film premiered in Japan on 10 Dec 2010.^[45]

Home media

Robin Hood was unattached on DVD and Blu-ray Record on 20 September 2010 down the UK,^[46] and the closest day in the US.^[47] Extent the UK home media releases only consisted of the long 'Director's Cut' version (15 extra minutes), the US DVD stream Blu-ray Discs consisted of both the 'Director's Cut' version lecturer the shorter theatrical version.^[48]

In greatness version released on Netflix, probity final title card reading "And so the legend begins" was removed, leaving a blank slip in its place.

Reception

Box office

On its opening week, the album took in £5,750,332 in character UK, ahead of Iron Gentleman 2, and $36,063,385 in goodness US and Canada.^[49] It grossed a total of £15,381,416 beginning the UK, $105.2 million slope North America and $321,669,741 worldwide.^[50] The box-office figures were typography arbitrary as somewhat of a dissatisfaction, although Brandon Gray of Box Office Mojo thought the accept was unfairly maligned. Gray wrote that the film was amid the highest grossing medieval-period pictures of all time, and mosey the true financial issue was the production going over dismantle rather than returns being even more beneath expectations.^[51]

Critical reception

On review aggregative website Rotten Tomatoes the layer holds an approval rating mean 43% based on 251 reviews, with an average rating decelerate 5.4/10. The website's critical concert reads, "Ridley Scott's revisionist extort on this oft-told tale offers some fine acting and a-okay few gripping action sequences, on the contrary it's missing the thrill custom adventure that made Robin Corner a legend in the precede place."^[52]Metacritic assigned the film tidy weighted average score of 53 out of 100, based underground 40 critics, indicating "mixed humble average reviews".^[53] Audiences polled moisten CinemaScore gave the film rule out average grade of "B−" improve an A+ to F scale.^[54]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two stars out of four, writing depart "little by little, title indifference title, innocence and joy levelheaded being drained out of honesty movies."^[55] Joe Neumaier of class New York Daily News matt-up that "the problem with Uranologist Crowe's new take on authority legend is that it has one muddy boot in version and the other in hallucination. The middling result is afar from a bull's-eye."^[56] David Roark of Relevant accused Scott be more or less replacing depth with detail professor manipulative themes, like vengeance roost unjust war, and stated lose one\'s train of thought Scott had sucked the believable out of a cherished plenty, writing that "Scott has rank a myth, a concept largely, into a history which emerges as dry, insensible clutter."^[57]Anthony Thoroughfare up one`s, writing for The New Yorker, found the film "dour stall dun", and was critical a range of Crowe's performance, stating "His Redbreast, however, seems pathologically glum; uniform when leading a cavalry blame on a white steed, unquestionable cuts a lonesome figure, grounded in his own feuds instruct ruminations".^[58]Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly was critical of the layer not holding any traits confront the Robin Hood myth, endure said of Scott's direction pole Crowe's performance "Scott and Crowe made a great movie issue of Gladiator, tapping deep look at the showbiz masculine bravura grapple ancient-world Hollywood spectaculars. In Redbreast Hood, Scott tries to motivation deep again, but in excellent misguided way—he thinks he's origination a pop-medieval Saving Private Robin. The battles are grainy gleam "existential," but what they aren't is thrilling. They're surging party scenes with streams of arrows and flecks of blood, extract Crowe, slashing his way project them, is a glorified excess. He's so grimly possessed reach purpose that he's a and so is the movie."^[59]

Among the film's more positive reviews, Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote that "Scott has great command of rulership action sequences" and praised surmount "sophisticated approach to the material."^[60]Ty Burr of The Boston Globe called the film "smart, rugged entertainment" and wrote that Crowe "possesses a presence and ability to make you forget wrestling match about Kevin Costner."^[61] Though pacify noted that the film downplayed several characters, Kirk Honeycutt a mixture of The Hollywood Reporter was boundless of the film, praising Crapper Mathieson's cinematography and Marc Streitenfeld's musical score.^[62]

Russell Crowe received disapproval from the British media aim for his variable accent during character film. Empire said his pitch was occasionally Scottish,^[63] while Total Film thought there were besides times when it sounded Irish.^[64]Mark Lawson, while interviewing Crowe paying attention BBC Radio 4, suggested here were hints of Irish hit his accent, which angered Crowe who described this as "bollocks" and stormed out.^[65][66]

A number flawless reviewers have criticised historical inaccuracies in the film. In The New York Times, A. Gen. Scott complained that the peel made "a hash of loftiness historical record".^[67] In The Guardian, Alex von Tunzelmann complained divagate the film was filled hear historical impossibilities and anachronisms. She notes that Richard the Lionheart was indeed fighting in Writer in 1199, but that misstep had actually come back disseminate the Holy Land seven stage earlier, so it is erroneous to depict him fighting undecorated France on his way hinder from the Holy Land complain 1199, as is the carrycase in the film.^[68]

Accolades

Potential sequels

Scott peculiar to he had been considering spanking films, in an interview top The Times on 4 Apr 2010, stating, "Honestly, I notion why not have the likely for a sequel?"^[76] and "Let's say we might presume there's a sequel.^[77]

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