Guide Note

Robin Hood: Men in Tights is a comical parody of of the film Robin Hood: Price of Thieves and of the Robin Hood legend in general.

Fast Facts

1. Director: Mel Brooks
2. Producer: Mel Brooks
3. Writer: Mel Brooks, J.D. Shapiro
4. Released: July 28, 1993
5. Starring: Cary Elwes, Roger Rees, Amy Yasbeck, and Dave Chappelle
6. Music: Hummie Mann
7. Distributor: 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures
8. Running time: 104 min.
9. Mel Brooks and Dick Van Patten, previously played together in a Robin Hood television parody titled "When Things Were Rotten".

• Robin Hood:
  • "Prepare for the fight scene!"
  • "Because, unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent."
• Prince John:
  • "Tell everyone that when the day is out we shall have a wedding. Or a hanging. Either way, we're gonna have a lot of fun, huh?"
• Little John:
  • "Oh, they call me Little John. But don't let my name fool you. In real life, I'm very big."
  • "Uh, no. Sorry, but a toll is a toll, and a roll is a roll, and if we don't get no tolls, then we don't eat no rolls. I made that up."
• Sheriff of Rottingham:
  • "So it's come to this, has it? A fight to the death, mano a mano, man to man, just you and me and my *guards*!"