Robin+Hood

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Disney Version
(In the Disney version Robinhood was a fox)

**Summary of Disney Version**
The narrator starts off explaining that Robin Hood lives in the Sherwood Forest and robes from the rich and gives the money to the poor townsfolk. The Sheriff tries to catch him but fails. Robin gives his archery kit to Skippy for his birthday and when he uses it he fires an arrow on the grounds of Maid Marian's castle. They sneak in and meet her and she says that she was childhood sweethearts with Robinhood. Then Robin finds out about an archery tournament and agrees to enter and wins but he exposes himself and is arrested for execution. Then little John threatens Prince John once enraged by the insult Prince John triples the taxes and plans to hang Friar Tuck in order to lure Robinhood in and kill him. But Robinhood manages to free all the prisoners. Then King Richard returens to England and lets Robin and Maid Marian be married and leave Nottingham with little John.

This Disney movie is not really memorable compared to Cinderella, Snow White, Beauty and the Beast etc but it is a Disney movie none the less. This movie like basically all Disney movies is intended for a younger audience unlike The Men in Tights or the Modern Interpretation that are listed below.

Links
http://cbl.orcein.net/minor03/robinhood.htm

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Disney/RobinHood

Modern Interpretation
In the Hollywood action packed filled Robin Hood with Russell Crow is very close to the original version. In this version Robin Hood is fighting a war in France. When he returns home he is taken prisoner and betrayed by the king. He then frees himself and starts an army to over throw the king. In the end he succeeds and he goes back to living the common life of a commoner on a small farm.

Links
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0955308/

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Summary of Fragmented Parody Version
Mel Brooks made a comical parody of the story, Robin Hood. Similar to his other movies, this is full of satire and although it follows a similar plot to the original, it is full of twists and turns that will make you die of laughter. He does not focus on the action or the morals but instead completely focus on making it funny.The characters pretty similarly match those of the other versions such as Disney. The whole movie is a comedy and really pokes fun at both Robin Hood and other fairytales in general. It also pokes fun at the time period, characters, and society all in this one movie. If you like Mel Brooks, Spaceballs, and or Robin Hood, this is the movie for you.

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Original Version (Historical)
Some of the first tellings of Robin Hood were told in poems. In one version Robyn shoots the fattest deer in the forest and then is shot by an assasin. After the assasin misses Gandelyn with an arrow he fires back with an arrow right threw his heart. This was an anonymous peom that was found and was thought to be the start of the later tails. Tails were then written later that were ijn reference to "Robin Hood"

During the fifteenth and sixteenth century in English folklore their were stories of a heroic outlaw. Robin Hood began as a Saxon noble living near Nottingham, however he turned to a life of banditry after being framed for an attempt to kill. The sheriff used an arrow that only Robin used to try to get him out of his inheritance of his land. Another version says his Mother was a Saxon and his father of a different nobility and thus he was excluded from both groups. This made him an outlaw. This outlaw was a highly skilled archer and a skilled swordsman. In these stories he was known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor". He was not alone, he was assisted by a group of outlaws that called themselves the "Merry Men". Robin Hood constantly fights with the Sheriff of Nottingham while stealing from the wealthy.

Original Stories found at http://www.robinhoodlegend.com/historical-books/ Robin Hood an historical enquiry, John Bellamy, 1985, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana. Rymes of Robyn Hood, R.B. Dobson & J. Taylor, 1976, William Heinemann Ltd, London. Robin Hood, J.C. Holt, 1982, Thames and Hudson Ltd, London. The Outlaws of Medieval Legend, Maurice Keen, 1961, Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, London.