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Charm and Wit in Conversation
Sir Guy
You're a very charming woman, Marian, but not exactly clever.
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A Choice Between Love and Adventure
Robin Hood
...Marian, will you come with me?
Lady Marian
To Sherwood?
Robin Hood
I've nothing to offer you but a life of hardship and danger. But we'd be together.
Lady Marian
But, Robin, dear.
Robin Hood
I know. It's asking a lot. But who knows how long it will be before Richard returns. Friar Tuck could marry us. Will you?
Lady Marian
Because I love you Robin, I'd come. Even the danger would mean nothing if you were with me.
Robin Hood
Then you will.
Lady Marian
No...I could help much more by watching for treachery here and leaving you free to protect Richard's people until he returns. Now do you see why you have to go back to your men alone?
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Confrontation in Nottingham: Robin Hood and Sir Guy
Robin Hood
Did I upset your plans?
Sir Guy
You've come to Nottingham once too often.
Robin Hood
When this is over, my friend, there'll be no need for me to come again.
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Call to Arms for Justice and Freedom
Robin Hood
I've called you here as freeborn Englishmen, loyal to our king. While he reigned over us, we lived in peace. But since Prince John has seized the regency, Guy of Gisbourne and the rest of his traitors have murdered and pillaged. You've all suffered from their cruelty - the ear-loppings, the beatings, the blindings with hot irons, the burning of our farms and homes, the mistreatment of our women. It's time to put an end to this! Now, this forest is wide. It can shelter and clothe and feed a band of good, determined men - good swordsmen, good archers, good fighters. Men, if you're willing to fight for our people, I want you! Are you with me?
Merry Men
Aye!
Robin Hood
Then kneel, and swear this oath: that you, the free men of this forest, swear to despoil the rich only to give to the poor; to shelter the old and the helpless; to protect all women, rich or poor, Norman or Saxon; and swear to fight for a free England; to protect her loyally until the return of our king and sovereign, Richard the Lion-Heart; and swear to fight to the death against our oppressors!
Merry Men
We do! We solemnly swear!
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A Call for Saxon Freedom and Justice
Robin Hood
What else do you call a man who takes advantage of the King's misfortune to seize his power? Now, with the help of this sweet band of cutthroats, you'll try to grind a ransom for him out of every helpless Saxon, a ransom that will be used, not to release Richard, but to buy your way to the throne.
Sir Guy
Let me ram those words down his throat, Your Highness!
Prince John
Oh, no. Later. Let him spout for the moment. And what do you propose to do?
[To Robin]
Robin Hood
I'll organize a revolt, exact a death for a death, and I'll never rest until every Saxon in this shire can stand up free men, and strike a blow for Richard and England.
Prince John
Have you finished?
Robin Hood
I'm only just beginning! From this night on, I'll use every means in my power to fight you!
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Taxation and Consequences in Prince John's Reign
Prince John
Any more objections to the new tax from our Saxon friends?
Noble
Objections, Your Highness? With a Saxon dangling from every gallows tree between here and Charnwood?
Prince John
Well said, Sir Knight - but not too many, mind, else we'll have nobody left to till our land or pay the tax.
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Norman Hospitality and Lady Marian's Reluctance
Prince John
Well, this is what we Normans like - good food, good company, and a beautiful woman to flatter me. Eh, Lady Marian? Was it worth while, coming up from London with me to see what stout fellows our Nottingham friends are? Take Sir Guy of Gisbourne now, one of our most renowned defenders of the realm.
Lady Marian
Must I take him, Your Highness?
Prince John
Why, you like him, don't you?
Lady Marian
Well, he's a Norman, of course.
Prince John
Is that the only reason for liking him?
Lady Marian
Isn't that reason enough for a royal ward, who must obey her guardian?
Prince John
Nay, I'd not force you, my lady. But he's our most powerful friend in these shires...and he's already in love with you. If I could promise him marriage to a royal ward, it might help my plans.
Lady Marian
Perhaps when I know him better.
Prince John
Of course. You're a very wise young woman.
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The Brilliance of the Rainbow
Taglines
Only the rainbow can duplicate its brilliance!
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Loyalty to King Richard Expressed
Little John
What? Are you friendly to our good King Richard?
[''to the King, who is disguised as an abbot'']
King Richard
I love no man better.
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A King's Pledge to Justice and Unity
King Richard
And I further banish from my realm all injustices and oppressions which have burdened my people. And I pray that under my rule, Normans and Saxons alike will share the rights of Englishmen. What about you Robin?
Robin Hood
My sword is yours, sire, now and always.
King Richard
Is there nothing England's king can grant the outlaw who showed him his duty to his country?
Robin Hood
Yes, your majesty: a pardon for the men of Sherwood.
King Richard
Granted with all my heart!
King Richard
But, uh, is there nothing for yourself?
Robin Hood
There's but one thing else, sire.
[looking at Marian]
King Richard
And, uh, do you too wish...?
[to Marian]
Lady Marian
More than anything in the world, sire.
King Richard
Kneel, Robin Hood. Arise, Baron of Locksley, Earl of Sherwood and Nottingham, and lord of all the lands and manors appertaining thereto. My first command to you, my Lord Earl, is to take in marriage the hand of the Lady Marian. What say you to that, Baron of Locksley?
[''Robin kneels, King Richard taps him on each shoulder with his sword'']
Robin Hood
May I obey all your commands with equal pleasure, Sire!
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The Complexities of Love and Longing
Lady Marian
He is different from anyone I've ever known. He's, well he's brave and he's reckless, and yet he's...gentle and kind. He's not brutal like...tell me, when you are in love, is it, well, is it hard to think of anybody but, but one person?
Bess
Yes, indeed my lady, and sometimes it's a bit of trouble sleeping.
Lady Marian
I know, but it's a nice kind of not sleeping.
Bess
And it affects your appetite too. Not that I've noticed it's done that to you, except when he was in the dungeon waiting to be hanged.
Lady Marian
And does it make you want to be with him all the time?
Bess
Yes, and when he's with you, your legs are as weak as water. Tell me, my lady. When he looks at you, do you feel a kind of prickly feeling like goosey pimples running all up and down your spine?...Then there's not a doubt of it.
Lady Marian
Doubt of what?
Robin Hood
That you're in love. I couldn't help overhearing about that prickly feeling. I'm very glad I did come.
[entering]
Lady Marian
That, that was a game. Now you've got to go at once.
Robin Hood
Game, eh? Well, couldn't I join in? Of course, I probably wouldn't be as good at it as, uh, this pretty young girl, but I could do my best.
[he playfully pinches Bess' chin]
Lady Marian
Bess, will you leave us? Please.
Robin Hood
Now let's see, where does this game begin? Oh, I know. It's simple. We'll start where you are in love with me. You are, aren't you? Because I am with you. Terribly. That's why I came. I had to see you.
Lady Marian
You must go at once and I don't love you.
Robin Hood
Oh! You sure?
Lady Marian
Yes.
Robin Hood
Very well then, I'll go. This is rather unfriendly of you, exposing me to my enemies like this....Goodbye, my lady.
[Robin retreats to the window to descend the ivy.]
Lady Marian
Robin!
Robin Hood
Yes?
Lady Marian
Please.
Robin Hood
Then you do love me, don't you? Don't you?
Lady Marian
You know I do.
Robin Hood
Well, that's different.
[Robin re-enters the window and they share an embrace and kiss.]
Lady Marian
You know you're very impudent.
Robin Hood
Me?
Lady Marian
You are. And when my real guardian King Richard finds out about your being in love with me...
Robin Hood
I know, he'll make me court jester.
Lady Marian
He won't. He'll stick your funny head on London Gate.
Robin Hood
And a very fine decoration it will be, my bold Norman beauty.
Lady Marian
I'm not bold.
Robin Hood
But you're a Norman...And you are a beauty. You are the most beautiful...
Lady Marian
And you're leaving here at once. Please darling! Every minute you're here, you're in danger.
Robin Hood
I'll go...
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A Witty Exchange Among Three Characters
Robin Hood
I hope my lady had a pleasant journey from London?
Lady Marian
What you hope can hardly be important.
Robin Hood
Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. What a pity her manners don't match her looks, Your Highness!
Prince John
Do you hear that, gentlemen? Here's poor Gisbourne so in love with Marian that he daren't say "Boo!" to her, and this saucy fellow gives her better than she sends!
[''laughing'']
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Humorous Exchange Between Little John and Friar Tuck
Little John
He's well named "Friar Tuck". It would take half the deer in Sherwood Forest to fill that cavern.
Friar Tuck
And twice that to fill your empty head!
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A Tense Exchange in the Forest
Sir Guy
Now that you've robbed us and had your fill of insulting us, we wish to leave. Come, Lady Marian.
Robin Hood
My own men will escort my Lady. But before you take leave of her, it might be as well if you thanked her for saving your life.
Sir Guy
My life?
Robin Hood
Do you think you would've left this forest alive if it hadn't been for her presence here? Peter! Errol! Take six men guide our loyal host and his nervous friend to the Nottingham road.
Sheriff of Nottingham
But our... our horses? Our... our clothes?
Robin Hood
You'll return to Nottingham as you are, on foot. This, Sir Guy, will at least be a lesson to you in humility if not in mercy. The rest of your people will be returned tomorrow.
Sir Guy
But the Lady Marian?
Robin Hood
You'd best be started, before I've a change of mind.
Sheriff of Nottingham
I think we'd better go!
[''to Sir Guy'']
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Debate Over Taxation and Impudence
Prince John
Bring Sir Robin food! At once, do you hear? Such impudence must support a mighty appetite.
Robin Hood
True enough, your Highness. We Saxons have little to fatten on by the time your tax gatherers are through.
Sheriff of Nottingham
So, you think you're overtaxed, do you?
Robin Hood
Overtaxed, overworked, and paid off with a knife, a club, or a rope.
Lady Marian
Why, you speak treason!
Robin Hood
Fluently.
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Humor in Friendship Among Outlaws
Robin Hood
It's all right; he's one of us.
[''to Will Scarlet, referring to Friar Tuck'']
Will Scarlet
One of us? He looks like three of us!
[''about Friar Tuck'']
Friar Tuck
Ay - and equal to a full dozen!
[''Drawing his sword truculently'']
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Name-Calling Among Rivals
Sir Guy
What's your name, you Saxon dog?
Much
A better one than yours!
Much
Sir Guy or the Devil! There's little to choose between them.
Sir Guy
What's your name?
Much
Much the Miller's Son.
Sir Guy
Don't you know it's death to kill the King's deer?
Much
Yes, and death from hunger if I don't, thanks to you and the rest of you Norman cutthroats at Nottingham Castle.
Much
I won't be quiet! You can kill me if you like, but not till I've had my say. You can beat and starve us poor Saxons now, but when King Richard escapes, he'll take you by the scruff of the neck and fling you into the sea!
Sir Guy
What the devil?
Robin Hood
Come now, Sir Guy. You'd not kill a man for telling the truth, would you?
Sir Guy
If it amused me, yes!
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Prince John's Unexpected Admiration for Robin
Prince John
By my faith, but you're a bold rascal. Robin... I like you.
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Understanding Justice and Compassion in Conflict
Lady Marian
But you've taken Norman lives.
Robin Hood
Yes, those that deserved it, cruel and unjust.
Lady Marian
You're a strange man.
Robin Hood
Strange? Because I can feel for beaten, helpless people?
Lady Marian
No. You're strange because you want to do something about it. You're willing to defy Sir Guy, even Prince John himself, to risk your own life. And one of those men was a Norman!
Robin Hood
Norman or Saxon, what's that matter? It's injustice I hate, not the Normans.
Lady Marian
But it's lost you your rank, your lands. It's made you a hunted outlaw when you might have lived in comfort and security. What's your reward for all this?
Robin Hood
Reward? You just don't understand, do you?
Lady Marian
I'm sorry. I do begin to see... a little... now.
Robin Hood
You do? Then that's reward enough.
[''he kisses her hand'']
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Betrayal and Defiance in Normans and Saxons
Sir Guy
Not only has she consorted with this Saxon rebel, found guilty of outlawry, theft, murder, abduction, and high treason, but she has betrayed her own Norman people. Are you not ashamed, my Lady Marian?
Lady Marian
Yes, I am, bitterly, but it's the shame that I'm a Norman, after seeing the things my fellow countrymen have done to England. At first, I wouldn't believe. Because I was a Norman, I wouldn't let myself believe that the horrors you inflicted on the Saxons were just and right. I know now why you tried so hard to kill this outlaw whom you despise. It's because he was the one man in England who protected the helpless against a lot of beasts who were drunk on human blood. And now you intend to murder your own brother.
Prince John
You'll be sorry you interfered.
Lady Marian
Sorry? I'd do it again if you killed me for it.
Prince John
A prophetic speech, my lady, for that is exactly what is going to happen to you.
Lady Marian
You wouldn't dare. I am a royal ward of King Richard, and no one but the King himself has the right to condemn me to death.
Prince John
You are quite right, my dear... and it shall be a king, who will order your execution for high treason, exactly forty-eight hours from now. Take her away.
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Classic Adventure Awaits in Robin Hood
Taglines
Excitement...Danger...Suspense...as this classic adventure story sweeps across the screen!
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Confronting Truth and Fear in Relationships
Robin Hood
Are you really interested in learning why I turned outlaw? Or are you afraid of the truth, or of me perhaps?
Lady Marian
I am afraid of nothing, least of all you.
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