Released when i was in the 5th grade, the film became a mainstay any time i was around a television, as i could find it playing on some channel every week, back when having less than one hundred. Its use of puns as a humorous resource makes this film both entertaining and linguistically rich for esl students. With dick gautier, dick van patten, bernie kopell, richard dimitri. Prince of thieves, and in places its a very accurate, spot on spoof of the film. Jul 24, 2008 you know how mel brooks plays that rabbi in the movie robin hood. Men in tights, the great directors spoof of all things merrymen, is a spritely and mostly winning comedy.
Robin hood cary elwes comes home after fighting in the crusades to learn. Men in tights may have been the perfect fit for me. Robin assembles a new band of merry men, including the rabbi tuckman mel brooks, to unseat the bad king, and finds he has a friend in the palace with the lovely maid marian amy yasbeth. Print and download choral sheet music for men in tights from robin hood. Something strange is afoot in sherwood forest when robin hood and his very merry men poke fun at all things green and scarlet in this parody. Mel brooks s count is a pratfalling evil prince of a guy who believes in long relationships. Prince of thieves and the adventures of robin hood. Before it came out, the kevin costner version of robin hood was insanely hyped by its studio warner brothers, i think and built up before its release such that audiences expected it would be a cultural eventthe greatest and most iconic robin hood film of all time. Men in tights first hit cinema screens, and jess has penned a love letter to her idol mel brooks to thank him for years of comedy. Apr 06, 2012 robin hood men in tights 1993 trailer english.
Many people still seem to believe that some things shouldnt be laughed with. David shapiro based on a story by chandler and shapiro, and stars cary elwes, richard lewis, and dave chappelle in his film debut. Download the tv guide app for iphone, ipad and android. Mel brooks has done an excellent job with robin hood. Prince of thieves was camp, then pitch a tent and settle back into an exaggerated world where the puns and visual jokes come flying at you faster than the 6 arrows that robin can fire simultaneously. To purchase, download, and watch the films you must have apples itunes. Men in tights is a 1993 american musical adventure comedy film and a parody of the robin hood story.
Of all the mel brooks films to connect to in the budding years of my film obsession, robin hood. Robin hood cary elwes comes home after fighting in the crusades to learn that the noble king richard patrick stewart is in exile and that the despotic king john. Jun 29, 2016 the problem with this film was that brooks spoofed the wrong target. Films include young frankenstein, spaceballs, and blazing saddles. An outlandish spoof of hitchcockian suspense thrillers by comedic genius mel brooks. In this spoof of the robin hood story, robin cary elwes returns after a long battle to discover that the good king patrick stewart has been exiled. Life stinks was a financial and critical failure, but is notable as being the only film that brooks directed that is neither a parody nor a film about other films or theater. Robin hood men in tights 1993 trailer english mel brooks. Thorndyke is the newly appointed director for the prestigious psychoneurotic institute for the very, very nervous. Men in tights 1993 starring cary elwes and dave chappelle on dvd and bluray. From writerdirector mel brooks comes the outrageous parody film robin hood.
Film profile for mel brooks, director and actor, born 28 june 1926. Robin of loxley taron egerton a warhardened crusader and his moorish commander jamie foxx mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt english crown in a thrilling actionadventure packed with gritty battlefield exploits, mindblowing fight choreography, and a timeless romance. Cheapcharts is the best price tracker for all digital media. So what im getting at is does anybody know what word mel brooks is saying andor how you. A comic reinvention of the bela lugosi classic about a transylvanian vampire who works his evil spell on a perplexed group of londoners. The film was produced and directed by mel brooks, cowritten by brooks, evan chandler, and j. Prince of thieves, there are some nods and allusions to other robin. Robin hood men in tights is a parody of robin hood films directed by mel brooks. Men in tights continues his tradition of lampooning genres or films, in this case the various robin hood films, particularly kevin reynoldss 1991 robin hood. Prince of thieves, wolfgang reithermans robin hood 1973, disney, and michael curtizs the adventures of robin hood 1938, starring errol flynn. The cancellation of when things were rotten allowed van patten and kopell to move on to more successful and longrunning series eight is enough and the love boat, respectively. Men in tights 1993 is the most recent of the three films but youd hardly know it by watchingin fact it demonstrates how little brooks comedic style has changed over the years. Cary elwes, amy yasbeck, richard lewis, dave chappelle, robin rees, tracy ullman, mel brooks certificate.
Amy yasbeck, cary elwes, isaac hayes, mel brooks, richard lewis, tracy ullman official content from twentieth century fox home. Eighteen years later, brooks produced another robin hood parody, the feature film robin hood. Men in tights was brooks second time exploring the life of robin hood, the first, as mentioned above, having been with his 1975 tv show, when things were rotten. Men in tights is a 1993 spoof of previous robin hood theatrical releases. With mel brooks, john candy, rick moranis, bill pullman. Robin hood cary elwes comes home after fighting in the crusades to learn that the noble king richard patrick stewart is in exile and. Robin hood and his band of merry men fight the sheriff of nottingham. And none wore tights mightier than robin hood, the 12th century hero of sherwood forest. In days of old, when men were men, men wore tights. Im the one who put the larger scanned image of the album cover art so i obviously love this cd and i purchased it just after the movie came out simply because im a huge mel brooks fan and thought this movie was particularly funny typical mel brooks, you either love him or hate him and in his usual cookie cutter style but still some great gags. Crusading nobleman robin of loxley cary elwes escapes from prison in jerusalem and returns home to find that the evil prince john richard lewis has confiscated his family estate and is abusing the citizenry.
Mel brooks directed twelve films in all, acting in all but one of them. Another reason why its good to be the king is a useful look back at brooks filmography is that it allows audiences to see how the filmmakers sense of humour has aged. I know, not many people find it amusing to see how a legendary story like robin hood is turned into a comedy. Mel brooks directed and co wrote this satiric comedy which lampoons a number of. This is not my favorite mel brooks movie, but it is a lot of fun. I have never seen another robin hood story that had all these great color effects, the castles in the mist with red filter, the atmosphere it created. From there, its off to the races as brooks rampages over every convention of the robin hood legend. Starring cary elwes as robin of loxley, and richard lewis as prince john, the film also marks the motion picture debut of.
As usual, word play has a major role in this movie the sheriff of nottingham becomes the stuttering sheriff of rottingham, and friar tuck becomes rabbi tuckman. Find the perfect robin hood men in tights stock photo. Jailbreaking allows you to download apps outside of the native app store for. Cary elwes stars as robin of loxley, the handsome medieval smoothie who comes home early from the crusades to defend england against a hostile takeover. Men in tights isnt exactly a fond way to remember mel brooks signature silliness. A standard, camp, unapologetic mel brooks parody, with digs at kevin costners prince of thieves and its multiracial merry men, and an. Mel brooks directed and cowrote this satiric comedy which lampoons a number of cinematic treatments of the legend of sherwood forest, including robin hood. A star pilot and his sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save the galaxy from a ruthless race of beings known as spaceballs. We discuss the 1993 adventurecomedymusical film robin hood. David shapiro based on a story by chandler and shapiro, and.
Yes folks, welcome once again to a wild and wacky and occasionally musical world from director mel brooks. Men in tights spoofs the robin hood legend in wake of the 1991 hit film robin hood. Robin hood returns from the crusades to fight the evil sheriff of rottingham. Comedy in the mel brooks style about robin hood and his band of merry men, along with maid marion. Men in tights 1993, directed by mel brooks, starring cary elwes, richard lewis, roger rees, patrick stewart, dom deluise. With a dash of adventure and a dose of music, the film bounces from parody beat to pratfall, skewering and celebrating filmdoms grand swashbucklers. Mel brooks directed and cowrote this satiric comedy which lampoons a number of cinematic treatments of the legend of sherwood forest. Robin of loxley taron egerton a warhardened crusader and his moorish commander jamie foxx mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt english crown in a gritty, stylized reimagining of the classic tale. Amazon offers up to 68% off the mel brooks collection on bluray or dvd with. Jul 07, 2019 we discuss the 1993 adventurecomedymusical film robin hood. Its a satire on the robin hood legend, mostly spoofing robin hood. Set in sherwood forest, they struggle against prince john and the sheriff of nottingham. What took the director so long to get around to robin hood. From poking fun at other movies to lampooning jewish stereotypes himself, mel brooks has pulled out all of his old tricks in robin hood.
The itunes store is stocked with new media deals this morning. Robin hood men in tights 1993, directed by mel brooks. Men in tights music from the original motion picture soundtrack 1993 00. Unfortunately her keeper, the haggard broomhilde megan cavanaugh, has installed a chastity belt on marian to insure her. Mel brooks full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Mel brooks brings his oneofakind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the old testament to the french revolution in a series of episodic comedy vignettes. Men in tights, are collected in a slipcase in mel brooks bx sm cb. Men in tights at the lowest price on itunes, amazon or vudu. Campy and ridiculous, this film seems interchangeable with its parody, mel brooks s robin hood. Men in tights 1993 robin hood comes home after fighting in the crusades to learn that the noble king richard is in exile and that the despotic king john now rules england, with the. Part musical and part adventure comedy, the film was produced and directed by mel brooks. Mel brooks brings you the movie event of the summerthe summer of 1125and the 12th century will never be the same. Van patten also appeared in the later film as an abbot. Brooks portrays vampire hunter van helsing, who wont give a bloodsucker an even break.
Unfortunately her keeper, the haggard broomhilde megan cavanaugh, has installed a chastity belt on marian to insure her virtue. But things start to go badly for him when his coworkers accuse him of murder. One of mel brooks last films, this has some very funny moments but not quite up there with mel brooks classic comedies. His love for cinema and poking fun at hackneyed genre. Though it is not the most sparkilng gem in the mel brooks canon, robin hood. Mel brooks says its his job to make terrible things. Men in tights on apple itunes, microsoft store as download or rent it on apple itunes, microsoft store online. Mel brooks says its his job to make terrible things entertaining brooks, 91, has made a career of poking fun at topics that normally wouldnt make you. Robin and his gang have to fight evil prince john while king richard is off on a crusade. Robin of sherwood was part of my whole teen years and in a way after all these years and seeing it again on dvd now, it has not lost anything in all these years. Mel brooks has made a movie thats completely free and spontaneous, which at the same time is not in any way lazy or sloppy. Robin hood and his merry men romp through sherwood forest, battling the evil prince john and the sheriff of rottingham while king richard is away fighting in the crusades.
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