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Long Live Robin Hood
Also known as The Scalawag Bunch - This bunch is none other than the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest and their feisty leader, Robin Hood. This is a '70s Italian-Spanish-French version of the often-played Robin Hood story, sometimes known as Archer of Fire.
Release : | 1971 |
Rating : | 6.2 |
Studio : | Talía Films, Les Films Corona, Oceania Film, |
Crew : | Production Design, Camera Operator, |
Cast : | Giuliano Gemma Mark Damon Luis Dávila Silvia Dionisio Mario Adorf |
Genre : | Adventure |
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best movie i've ever seen.
It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.
This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
ARCHER OF FIRE is a film with many names. It's also variously called THE SCALAWAG GANG and LONG LIVE ROBIN HOOD, and as you might have guessed it's a cheerful Italian spin on the Robin Hood legend, starring popular western star Giuliano Gemma as the titular hero, battling against the typically evil oppressors and doing some neat archery tricks along the way.The costume adventure boom experienced a brief resurgence in popularity in the early 1970s in Italy, helped no doubt thanks to the popularity of the likes of Terence Spencer and Bud Hill. ARCHER OF FIRE is a sturdy entry in that sub-genre, getting by thanks to good charm, plenty of energy, and some low brow humour.The plot is barely worth writing down and the characters are thinner than thin, suffice to say this is based on the usual action-adventure template in which the sneering villains get their just desserts and the rowdy heroes end up winning out against their foes. Supporting cast members include Mario Adorf (as Brother Tuck, no less!) and Mark Damon. Expect bad dubbing, cheesy acrobatics, and an anything-goes mentality.
i just found out Guiliano Gemma passed awayi read a couple of articles about him online they all mention he did a lot of spaghetti westerns he worked with burt lancaster in 'The Leopard' and woody allen in 'To Rome With Love'Gemma did all kinds of films,, heist thriller 'The Master Touch' with kirk douglas dark drama 'The Cats' with rita hayworth and wacky comedy 'Africa Express' with jack palancebut i think his best is 'SCALAWAG BUNCH' he is charismatic as hell shows astonishing energy and he holds the screen which is more than i can say for the so called stars todayR.I.P
This is an estimable version of the famous story ,with interesting variants.Giuliano Gemma is an all-smile Robin and he has plenty of go and dynamism;he has often played in costume adventures ,notably in the famous "Angélique " saga in which he played the heroine's childhood's friend ,Nicolas.The screenplay is rather well constructed for a "spaghetti " Robin;the hero meets his celebrated mates after half an hour and Marian herself shortly afterward .Marian is not like the other ones,she refuses to be the damsel in distress,she dresses like a man and she takes part in the macho archers competition! Marian and Robin were engaged when they were 8 or 9 ,the hero knows it but she does not recognize him ("he's a yokel,crude and uneducated and I 'm a noble") :it gives some fine lines between them .Tuck,warning in Latin his mates danger is around the corner while pretending he is praying is also a good moment of humor .
Giuliano Gemma portrays Robin Hood obviously inspired by the swashbuckling tradition of Douglas Fairbanks, young Burt Lancaster and Errol Flynn, with a never disappearing broad grin against all odds. All characters in this movie either have an ugly beard or a ridiculous Prince Valiant haircut. That was 1970 for ya. "L'Arciere del fuoco", as it was retitled, is a jolly good B-movie with sense of humour, just the kind of thing you will be looking for when you get bored by stylish 100 million bucks productions.