Robin Hood and old age

Robin and Marian (1976)

Sean Connery, Robert Shaw and Audrey Hepburn star in this film from director Richard Lester about the well known title characters. Robin returns home after years away fighting for King Richard when the king dies and he does not know what else to do with himself.

There are a ton of Robin Hood films and stories out there so it is refreshing to see a different angle on these characters rather than an attempt to do something new with the basic story of Robin Hood. What the film is about is growing old and specifically what happens to our heroes in old age, Robin finds himself to be a legend and seeks to regain his youth while the Sheriff maybe a little wiser in his methods and patient in his execution but he is still obsessed with defeating Robin. What the film has going for it is a great cast as well as supporting cast (including Richard Harris and Ronnie Barker) as well as a really good melancholy look back at what might have happened to Robin and Marian. The film was shot in Spain and while the locations are mostly good the French based ones do see fairly off.

4/5 well worth watching.