1. Robin Hood

2. The Myth
The story of Robin Hood comes from oral tales about a late 13th or early 14th century man.
The stories were not written down until at least 1492, when the Gest of Robyn Hoode was written down.

3. The Gest of Robyn Hoode
LYTHE and listin, gentilmen, That be of frebore blode; I shall you tel of a gode yeman, His name was Robyn Hode.
Robyn was a prude outlaw, [Whyles he walked on grounde; So curteyse an outlawe] as he was one Was never non founde.

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He probably is based on a person from Yorkshire, in a region called Nottinghamshire, where he lived in Sherwood Forest with a band of robbers and peasants.

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6. Robin Hood
In the popular versions of the myth, Robin is said to have lived in England and had his adventures while King Richard the lionhearted was away on the Third Crusade.
In his absence, Prince John, Richard’s younger brother schemed against the control that their mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine and the regent, William Longchamp had over England and their other lands.

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While Richard was on Crusade, he spent a lot of the treasury on his efforts to regain the Holy Land, and raised taxes and took huge loans.
He sold offices, and once said he would sell even England if he could get enough money to pay for the Crusades that way.
He still earned a reputation as a strong man and brave soldier, getting the nickname Lionhearted.

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9. Robin Hood
The Crusades were a series of religious wars where Europeans tried to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim control.
The first was in 1096 and lasted until 1099 when the European Christians were successful in taking most of Israel, Lebanon, Syrian and Jordan.
The rest of the Crusades were unsuccessful, and by the 1290s almost all of the land gained was lost.

10. Film Versions We are comparing these three versions of the story -

11. The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938-director Michael Curtiz
This version goes into a lot of back story about the fight between the Saxons and Normans in England.
The Saxons invaded England in the 400s and the Normans invaded in 1066.
Their fight for power over England is the central issue.
Errol Flynn
Robin Hood
Olivia de Havilland
Maid Marian
Basil Rathbone
Sir Guy of Gisbourne
Claude Rains
Prince John
Patric Knowles
Will Scarlett
Eugene Pallette
Friar Tuck
Alan Hale
Little John
Melville Cooper
High Sheriff of Nottingham
Ian Hunter
King Richard the Lion-Heart
Una O'Connor
Bess
Herbert Mundin
Much

12. Robin Hood 1973 director Wolfgang Reitherman
This version focuses on the fight between the ruling family in England in the 1100s and early 1200s.
The Plantagenet dynasty was famous for violent family conflicts.
Roger Miller
Allan-a-Dale - The Rooster (voice)
Peter Ustinov
Prince John - A Lion / King Richard (voice)
Terry-Thomas
Sir Hiss - A Snake (voice)
Brian Bedford
Robin Hood - A Fox (voice)
Monica Evans
Maid Marian - A Vixen (voice)
Phil Harris
Little John - A Bear (voice)
Andy Devine
Friar Tuck - A Badger (voice)
Carole Shelley
Lady Kluck - A Chicken (voice)
Pat Buttram
Sheriff of Nottingham - A Wolf (voice)
George Lindsey
Trigger - A Vulture (voice)
Ken Curtis
Nutsy - A Vulture (voice)

13. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves- 1991 director Kevin Reynolds
Kevin Costner
Robin Hood
Morgan Freeman
Azeem
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Marian Dubois
Christian Slater
Will Scarlett
Alan Rickman
Sheriff George of Nottingham
Geraldine McEwan
Mortianna
Michael McShane
Friar Tuck (as Micheal McShane)
Brian Blessed
Lord Locksley
Michael Wincott
Guy of Gisborne
Nick Brimble
Little John
This version focuses more on the Crusades and the destruction of the peasant class by evil nobles.

14. Film Versions
By looking at excerpts of these three films we can examine the different films for
Accuracy
“Present mindedness”- how does the time the film was made influence the final product?
Inaccuracy
Differences between the two films and guess why these happen. Why did the film makers CHOOSE to alter their telling of the story?