Robin Hood - Men in Tights Review
This Mel Brooks comedy pokes fun at the legendary Robin Hood with an fabulous cast and filled with parodies. Cary Elwes stars as the only Robin Hood that speaks in a British accent. Richard Lewis, Amy Yasbeck, Dave Chappelle, and Mel Brooks as Rabbi Tuckman(a Jewish Friar Tuck)also stars in the 1993 comedy classic. The DVD special features includes a HBO special that shows the behind-the-scenes look of the film. If you are a Mel Brooks fan(and who isn't?), this movie is for you!
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Robin Hood - Men in Tights Overview
Cary Elwes stars as Robin Hood, the dashing defender of the down-trodden, who along with his merry men and Maid Marion, resides in Sherwood Forest. There they have become together to fight against the seriously neurotic Prince John, the not quite-evil Sheriff of Rottingham, and the mad scorceress Latrine.
Robin Hood - Men in Tights Specifications
It's not Blazing Saddles, but there are some chuckles to be found in Mel Brooks's 1993 spoof of the Robin Hood legend. Cary Elwes is Robin (with a lighthearted jab at Kevin Costner's bad English accent in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves), while Richard Lewis plays an angst-ridden King John, and Roger Rees a snotty Sheriff of Nottingham. Comic David Chappelle has some good moments as the only black member of Robins's noble thieves, and Brooks does his own spin on Friar Tuck: Rabbi Tuchman. The song-and-dance sequences featuring a chorus line of the Merry Men ("We're men / men in tights") is vintage Brooks, but otherwise the film can't get any traction. --Tom Keogh
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