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Release Date
• USA: Jul 28, 1993
DVD Release Date
• R2: 7 Aug 2000
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for off-color humor.
Running Time
1 hour, 44 minutes
Country USA, France
Studio 20th Century Fox, Brooks Films, Gaumont
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Other Titles
• Robin Hood: Men in Tights
• Men in Tights
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Genre: Comedy, Spoof, Thieves, Outlaws, Period Piece, Revenge, Satire, Slapstick, Witches, Wizards & Magic, Cult Classic, Marriage
Tagline: The legend had it coming... Find out where Robin Hood put his Little John, what made Will Scarlet, and what did Friar Tuck into his tights that Maid Marion all of a quiver?
Plot: A parody of the much-done medieval English tale of Robin Hood and his Merry Men, ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS also directly lampoons the politically correct ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES, which starred the hearthrob of the time, the very un-British Kevin Costner. English hearthrob Cary Elwes gets a turn in the role of the hero of Sherwood Forest who robs from the rich to give to the poor when he returns from the Crusades to find his beloved King Richard (Patrick Stewart in an amazing Sean Connery imitation) usurped by the evil Prince John (Richard Lewis) and his henchman, the Sheriff of Rottingham (Roger Rees). In typical Brooks fashion there is much satire, some gross jokes, a dash of screwball farce, and a Jewish spin put on gentile characters: Hence, Friar Tuck is transformed into Rabbi Tuckman (Mel Brooks), who is eager to perform circumcisions on the dim-witted Robin Hood and his Merry Men. Tracey Ullmann further livens up the ensemble as the witchlike cook Latrine. Those familiar with other Brooks films will also note moments parodying some of the director's own past spoofs, including HIGH ANXIETY and BLAZING SADDLES.
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| Directed by |
Mel Brooks
Young Frankenstein, The Producers, Spaceballs |
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 | Amy Yasbeck
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 | Isaac Hayes
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Hummie Mann
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