The Adventures of Robin Hood
August 28th, 2008
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All Genres: Action, Adventure, Romance Release Year: 1938 Country: USA Runtime: 102 Rating: 2.6 (0) Languages: English Director: Michael CurtizWilliam Keighley Sound: Mono Taglines: Writing by: Norman Reilly Raine - (screenplay) and Seton I. Miller - (screenplay) Rowland Leigh - screenplay construction contributor (uncredited) Produced by: Henry Blanke - associate producer (uncredited) Hal B. Wallis - producer (uncredited) Cast: 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 OConnor - Bess Herbert Mundin - Much Music: Erich Wolfgang Korngold Official Website: Visit Website Plot Outline: When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richards absence, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a rebel guerrilla army. Plot: Sir Robin of Locksley, defender of downtrodden Saxons, runs afoul of Norman authority and is forced to turn outlaw. With his band of Merry Men, he robs from the rich, gives to the poor and still has time to woo the lovely Maid Marian, and foil the cruel Sir Guy of Gisbourne, and keep the nefarious Prince John off the throne. Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads: There is a credit in Rising Sun thanking "The MIT Leg Lab" and "Marc Raibert and his Running Team." This refers to a short scene where the two detectives go out to a fancy-looking research lab (really a water treatment plant; also used as the set for Starfleet Academy on the TV series "Star Trek - The Next Generation). In the background of some of the shots there are two legged robots: one hopping in a circle in a tea-house; the other bouncing up a garden path. These robots are actually academic research projects from the MIT AI Labs Legged Locomotion Lab. They really do hop about and maintain their balance. Power comes from off-board hydraulic pumps (hence the guy in the background (me!) pulling hoses for the robot), and body attitude is sensed with gyroscopes. A human with a joystick tells the robot what direction to go, and the control algorithms (which are the real subject of Leg Lab research) maintain speed, direction, and balance. However, the robots arent designed for special effects. Theyre always being modified, and they tend to break down frequently. This made shooting in the hot july sun of the San Fernando Valley a real nightmare, with transputers crashing in the heat, stuck gyros, and hydraulic leaks. Three grad students and a professor worked steadily for about a month before Hollywood, and then five days on the set and on location to get the robots in about 15 seconds of film. The credits are: Marc Raibert (our prof), and Charles Francois, Rob Playter and Lee Campbell (me) who are students. We three students appear in the film in white lab coats acting like Robot Scientists!! Goofs: We know about 26 goofs. Here comes one of them: Anachronisms: A car can be seen in the background when Will Scarlett gets off his horse to go to the aid of Much (who has just fought with Dickon Malbete). Trivia: There are 45 entries in the trivia list - like these:
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