Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1830 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-12-10
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 99 minutes

Synopsis
A parody of the much-done medieval English tale of Robin Hood and his Merry Men, ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS also directly lampoons the politically correct ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES, which starred the hearthrob of the time, the very un-British Kevin Costner. English hearthrob Cary Elwes gets a turn in the role of the hero of Sherwood Forest who robs from the rich to give to the poor when he returns from the Crusades to find his beloved King Richard (Patrick Stewart in an amazing Sean Connery imitation) usurped by the evil Prince John (Richard Lewis) and his henchman, the Sheriff of Rottingham (Roger Rees). In typical Brooks fashion there is much satire, some gross jokes, a dash of screwball farce, and a Jewish spin put on gentile characters: Hence, Friar Tuck is transformed into Rabbi Tuckman (Mel Brooks), who is eager to perform circumcisions on the dim-witted Robin Hood and his Merry Men. Tracey Ullmann further livens up the ensemble as the witchlike cook Latrine. Those familiar with other Brooks films will also note moments parodying some of the director's own past spoofs, including HIGH ANXIETY and BLAZING SADDLES.

Customer Reviews

unmissable!
I've seen so many versions of Robin Hood...Patrick Bergin, Kevin Costner, Errol Flynn, Richard Todd, Michael Praed, Jason Connery...not to mention the recent tv series; but Cary Elwes really takes the mickey out of all those films in a brilliantly funny way. No matter how many times I watch this one, it has me in stitches from the opening credits, all the way through to the very end. Robin Hood - Men in Tights is not supposed to be a serious film. It takes the mickey out of the entire Robin Hood genre, and even out of itself. It is hilarious, irreverent and very, very refreshing to watch. Don't miss this film!

Blinkin fix your boobs man, you look like a bleedin' Picasso!
I have just ordered this DVD because I have had the film on VHS for about 10 years now and I want a more future-proof version of the film to keep as it is a classic!

As a 10 year old, myself and my younger brother absolutely loved this film! We used to play it over and over again and to this day know almost every line!
What I have started to learn over the very recent years is all the adult humour that goes on throughout the film which as a child I did not understand, but as I say I still loved this film from a children's point of view and the adult humour is subtle that kids won't notice it.
I would recommend this film for people of all ages! It caters for everyone!
If you like acting daft and having a laugh then you will enjoy this DVD.
It is great fun to watch!
BUY IT! :)

"Unlike other Robin Hoods, I have a proper English accent."
Remember all these lines from classic Mel Brooks films - "A black sheriff?" "It's good to be king!" etc.? Well now you don't have to. Just watch Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Brooks' second visit to Sherwood Forest, Ca. after his short-lived - and, if memory serves, much funnier - seventies sitcom When Things Were Rotten.

The feeling of being in a malfunctioning timewarp carries through to the casting. You expect Cary Elwes to imitate Errol Flynn, but what you don't expect is the rest of the cast to imitate members of the Mel Brooks stock company - Amy Yasbeck imitates a young Madeline Kahn, Mark Blankfield imitates Marty Feldman, Roger Rees almost avoids imitating Harvey Korman, Dave Chappelle imitates Cleavon Little, Tracey Ullman imitates Cloris Leachman, Richard Lewis does Gene Wilder as Prince John and Brooks imitates Dom De Luise, which is especially odd as Dom De Luise turns up imitating Marlon Brando with a sidekick who's imitating Clint Eastwood (Lord only knows who the Scottish-accented Patrick Stewart is supposed to be imitating as Richard the Lionheart). Weren't any of those people still talking to him?

When the hangman from Blazing Saddles turns up, camper than ever, it's less of an in-joke than a sign of desperation. Brooks is too funny for it to be entirely redundant and it's certainly better than Dracula, Dead and Loving It, but the good moments are few and far between and amount to no more than a movie trailer's worth. The film could certainly have done with being a good 15 minutes shorter and a straighter face would have helped. With Brooks' audio commentary recorded for the laserdisc conspicuous by its absence, this is for completists only.