No swashbuckler to be sure. This is a deliberately paced revisionist take on the Robin Hood legend. Robin returns from the Crusades to find Marian now a nun, Richard the Lionhearted ready to expire and the sheriff of Nottingham still power mad. Directed with surprising restraint by the great Richard Lester, this film is nothing at all like his MUSKETEER films. Sean Connery is an aging Robin and Audrey Hepburn is Marian...now an Abbess! They have great chemistry and Nicol Williamson is a big plus as "little" John. Robert Shaw is the Sheriff of Nottingham and it's fun to see him dueling with Connery (they last met in FROM Russia WITH LOVE!). Richard Harris is very good in a cameo as Richard the Lionhearted and Ian Holm is Prince/King John. The excellent cinematography is by David Watkin and there's a lovely score by John Barry.
Review of Robin and Marian
