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List Price: $19.96 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 790
Released: October 1, 1997 |
| Our Price: $6.82 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Academy AwardO winner* Kevin Costner triumphs as the legendary Sherwood Forest outlaw leader in this epic adventure bringing a 12th-century medieval world to spectacular screen life. Enhancing the sheer fun of this audience rouser are 10 added minutes of footage not seen in theatres especially more of the juicy malevolence and sinister background of Robin Hood's archenemy the Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman). Morgan Freeman Christian Slater and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio also star in this lavish production lensed in Britain and France where historic structures majestic forests and vividly realistic recreations of Olde England combined to create a world at once ancient and ageless.Running Time: 144 min.System Requirements:Starring: Kevin Costner Morgan Freeman Christian Slater Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Director: Kevin Reynolds Interactive Menus Production Notes Theatrical Trailers Scene Access Languages: English & French Subtitles: English French & Spanish Dolby Surround Stereo Widescreen version presented in a "matted" widescreen format preserving the aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition Note: This disc must be "flipped over" to be viewed in its entirety. Additional Information Special Features: Interactive Menus Production Notes and Theatrical Trailer Video Format: Widescreen (no A.R. specified) Subtitles: English Spanish and French Track Info: English: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround French: Dolby Digital Surround Closed Captioning: Yes # Discs: 1 Produced by Pen Densham John Watson; written by Pen Densham John Watson; running time of 144minutes; Closed Captioned. Copyright: 1991 Warner Bros.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: PG-13 UPC: 085391400028
Description of Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves:
Kevin Costner's lousy English accent is a small obstacle in this often exciting version of the Robin Hood fable. That aside, it's refreshing to have a preface to the old story in which we meet the robber hero of Sherwood Forest as a soldier in King Richard's Crusades, coming home to find his people under siege from the cruelties of the Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman). After Robin and his community of outcasts and fighters take to the trees, director Kevin Reynolds (Fandango, 187) is on more familiar narrative ground, and he goes for the gusto with lots of original action (Robin shoots two arrows simultaneously from his bow in two directions). Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, as Marion, makes a convincing damsel in distress, and Morgan Freeman brings dignity to his role as Robin's Moor friend. Alan Rickman, however, gets the most attention for his scene-chewing role as the rotten sheriff, an almost campy performance that is highly entertaining but perhaps a little out of sorts with the rest of the film. --Tom Keogh
Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves Reviews:
Finally! One of my favorite movies of all time gets the treatment it deserves! 
2008-09-29 - Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is probably one of the finest epics of its time. Too bad the original DVD release did not do the film justice. Put simply the original DVD sucks! The big issue is that its a flipper and that you had to flip the disc to watch the second half of the movie which is retarded, but mind you that the DVD did come out in 1997 and that the film's time limit was near 2 1/2 hours. Thankfully Warner Bros. came back and remastered this film in a brand new edition. The great news is that the whole movie is on one disc and that YOU DON'T NEED TO FLIP IT! THANK GOD! You can sit and watch a 2 1/2 hour flick all the way through with no changing or flipping discs! YES! What's new is extra footage put into the film which is not all enlightening but who cares? The second disc does not offer a whole lot but at least there is behind the scenes look and the Bryan Adams music video and the entire film's music score by the late Michael Kamen. Overall the movie is worth the watch and is probably Kevin Costner's last great film before his downside in movies. It is a long movie (the extended version is about 155 minutes) but I enjoy long movies. Think about it. It's worth the price in theaters nowadays. You pay 9 bucks just to see a 90-minute picture? Give me a break!!! I would rather pay 9 bucks just to see a 2 1/2 to 3 hour picture so it will be worth it. Not including the snacks and drinks I probably would be forced to buy as well. But anyway Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is an amazing film and this 2-disc edition is a must-have for anyone who enjoys this movie as much as I did. I recommend this film in anyone's collection and it is at a very cheap price too. SWEET!
Costner's Robin Too Passive 
2008-09-28 - The final verdict on ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES is that Kevin Costner is no Errol Flynn. True, it is often unfair to compare a remake to a hugely successful original, especially since the goals of each are sometimes divergent. In this case, however much I tried to see Costner's thoughful and intellectual Robin Hood as the driving force, I still harkened back to the sheer exuberance that Flynn invested his part. Further, I could have lived with and even enjoyed on its own merits Costner's low key performance had it not been for the over the top campy performance of Alan Rickman as the wicked Sheriff of Nottingham. With each time Rickman mugged for the camera, he became the focus of that scene. Even when Costner and Rickman met several times, Costner's Robin Hood took a decided back seat to Rickman's Sheriff. As I compared Costner to Flynn, so did I compare Rickman to Claude Rains in THE BANDIT OF SHERWOOD FOREST. Rains's Sheriff was as equally oily as Rickman's, but Rains had the good sense to let Basil Rathbone do the sword play. In PRINCE OF THIEVES, Rickman tries to do too much and to the extent that he succeeds the film reduces Costner to little more than a talky bystander.
Still, PRINCE OF THIEVES is enjoyable as spectacle even if Rickman steals the show on too many occasions.
good fun
2008-09-24 - I still love this movie- had to replace the VHS. You know what you're getting with Kevin Costner, and the supporting actors are a good mix.
even better than the original!
2008-07-30 - This version had many scenes that were deleted from the original film. My son is a huge movie buff and he really enjoyed the bonus features disc.
Extended but not improved
2008-07-30 - This is one of my all time favorite movies, but I was disappointed by this extended version because the added scenes actually detract from the movie instead of adding to it. They also seem to be scenes that arbitrarily re-explain some of the plot points that have already been stated so that viewers not paying as much attention or who aren't the sharpest knife in the drawer can have their hand held in order to follow along.
Lastly, even though there is a whole disc of special features, neither disc has the Bryan Adams music video with him playing the piano in the woods like the VHS does! Major disappointment.
