The Last of Robin Hood

The Last of Robin Hood

Teaser poster

Teaser poster
Directed by Richard Glatzer
Wash West
Produced by Christine Vachon
Declan Baldwin
Pamela Koffler
Written by Richard Glatzer
Wash West
Starring Kevin Kline
Dakota Fanning
Susan Sarandon
Matthew Kane
Max Casella
Cinematography Michael Simmonds
Edited by Robin Katz
Production
company
Big Indie Pictures
Killer Films
Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films
Release date
  • September 6, 2013 (2013-09-06) (TIFF)
Running time
 88 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $288,545[1]

The Last of Robin Hood is a 2013 American independent biographical drama film about actor Errol Flynn which is directed and written by Richard Glatzer and Wash West.[2] The film stars Kevin Kline, Dakota Fanning, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Kane and Max Casella. It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

Cast

Production

Killer Films set Richard Glatzer and Wash West to write and direct the upcoming true story based biographical film about legendary actor Errol Flynn.[2] By April 9, 2014, Samuel Goldwyn Films had acquired the US distribution rights to the film.[7]

Casting

On October 10, 2012, it was in the news that Kevin Kline and Susan Sarandon had signed on to star in the true-story-based biographical film.[2] Kline would play the role of Errol Flynn, a legendary actor who was in a relationship with a 17-year-old girl, Beverly Aadland, and Sarandon would play Florence Aadland, Beverly Aadland's stage mother.[4] On January 23, 2013, Dakota Fanning was added to the cast to play the role of Beverly Aadland, Flynn‘s teenage girlfriend.[5] Patrick St. Esprit also joined the cast to play Herb Aadland, a down-to-earth engineer and Beverly Aadland's father.[6]

Filming

The filming of The Last of Robin Hood began in the end of January 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia.[8]

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, it has a score of 30% based on 64 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads "Kevin Kline's performance is spot on, but in every other respect, The Last of Robin Hood disappoints."[9] Dakota Fanning was called miscast by several critics. [10] [11]

Marketing

On June 24, 2014, the first trailer of the film was released.[12]

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.