Treasure island, the jungle book, gullivers travels, white fang, the merry adventures of robin hood. Despite the jungle book coming out in 1967 and robin hood being released in 1973, historically and chronologically, robin hood would have actually happened in time before the jungle book just. The animated film, starring anthropomorphic animals, follows robin hood s adventures in his fight against prince john. Robin hood similarities posted 6 years ago by crazydude1989 2 replies jump to latest. Robin hood themed romance score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. In 17thcentury ballads such as robin hoods birth, breeding, and valour, the famous outlaw meets a shepherdess in the forest, named clarinda, whom he has a romance with, but it torn between her and marian. Like robin, he wears a dark green tunic and a feathered cap. The story of robin hood has been an obvious choice for film studios for years, so its no surprise disney put forth their own version of the crusadesera tale in the mid1970s. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. The library of congress blogs law library how robin hood defied king john and brought magna carta to sherwood forest. Disney copied scenes from jungle book, snow white, the sword in the stones, the.
Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. When this video was rereleased on the 1986 walt disney home. Was disneys the jungle book actually a sequel to robin hood. Original animation recycled animation the jungle book snow white and the seven dwarfs the aristocats alice in.
Thomas omalley in the aristocats and baloos brownfurred twin little john in robin hood. Sep 10, 2011 im sure that youve seen many versions of robin hood, whether it be the kevin costner version, the new russell crowe version, or the classic robin hood. So many plots have similarities, why cant scenes have them too. List of recycled animation in disney movies disney wiki fandom. Animated robin hood movie to get a liveaction remake for. The disney version actually has an alternate ending. For those unfamiliar, robin hood debuted in 1973 and has since. Jul 03, 2012 while recycling animation was not a new practice at the disney studios, robin hood contains perhaps the best examples of the most reused scenes from a wide variety of prior films. What were the names of the 2 siamese cars in the lady and the tramp. As a bonus, many of the animation sequences used in robin hood can also be viewed in the jungle book if you have kids, it might be fun to watch both and try to spot the scenes that use similar.
This could also be due, in part, to the similarities with the jungle book hypnotic snakes, phil harris voicing a bear, etc. The 19th animated feature in the disney animated canon, the film is noted for being along with the aristocats 1970 the last film project to be approved by walt. The jungle book has been voted the most nostalgic disney film of all time. Jan 27, 2020 10 baloo and little john jungle book and robin hood perhaps the most notable or infamous example of disney recycling their animation, characters, and voice actors all in one fell swoop. To help save money, they recycled several elements from the jungle book, including using the design of baloo for little john and the dance sequence between baloo and king louie which was rotoscoped and used again for little john and lady clucks dance. A similar trait is used for the closings, known as storybook closings. Robin hood each chapter centers around some adventure that robin hood goes on, which involves either him being foolish and getting himself in trouble, or him making an utter fool of someone. The story centres around robin hood, his loyal pal little john and their pursuits to right the wrongs of the tyrannical prince john. Disney liveaction robin hood release date and other.
In the adventures of robin hood, robin hood or his real name, robert fitzooth is a wellknown outlaw in sherwood forest. Robin the hoodie reimagines robin hood as a young troublemaker in modernday nottingham, complete with asbo 2009. The 1973 musical comedy classic will be getting a liveactioncgi remake, similar to what was done with the jungle book and dumbo, according to variety. But have you ever noticed that the jungle book and robin hood are strikingly similar. Movie poster of 1996 hamlet, directed by kenneth branagh bollywoods version of hamlet, haider. In comparative terms, robin hood was the cheapest film disney ever made. The storybook opening is a recurring theme in several of disneys films, almost always used as an opening sequence. Next, robin hood joins the ranks of disney animated classics getting the cgiliveaction remake treatment. The new version is being developed with the animals in a cgiliveaction hybrid format, similar to disney remakes of the jungle book and dumbo. Hes the worlds greatest hero taking from rich and give it to the poor. Robert louis stevensons treasure island follows young jim hawkins as he learns the ways of the buccaneer from a group of seafaring miscreants, including the nefarious peg leg, long john silver. Robin hood might not boast the musical quality of disney classics such as the lion king or the jungle book, but the few songs it does have are short, sweet and will have you humming them for hours.
Watch the full video of reused disney animation below. Jun 12, 20 nostalgia and charm definitely play a big part. Robin hood liveaction remake for disney plus in the. A possible ending included robin hood brian bedford being wounded after escaping from the castle. Treasure island the jungle book gullivers travels white fang the merry adventures of robin hood gullivers travels is jonathan swifts comic tale of an englishman who journeys to four fantastical and exotic lands filled with unforgettable characters, from the pintsize lilliputians to the giant brobdingnagians. The whole series of the aristocats, the jungle book and robin hood are one big happy memory in my head and the similarities in animation probably help that. The animal kingdom serves up a feast of bowmanship, swordplay, and daring deeds in disneys classic version of this timeless. How similardifferent is disneys the jungle book to. In dumbo, what were dandy fat glasses preacher and straw hat. Despite the jungle book coming out in 1967 and robin hood being released in 1973, historically and. Aug 05, 20 many people especially notice it during the songanddance number, the phony king of england. In lynn viehls darkyn book series robin hood is one of the darkyn which are vampires. Robin hood is such a cheap, lifeless affair that even the credit sequences appear frightfully generic.
He gets his own romance story in the final novel stay the night january 2009. Jonathan swift, jack london, rudyard kipling, howard pyle, robert louis stevenson, simon vance, michael page, buck schirner. Robin hood disney gold classic collection twilight. The jungle book transports readers into a wondrous world where danger lurks behind every drooping vine and the law of the jungle is the key to survival. Of course disneys robin hood is somewhat notorious for using recycled characters and animation. However, it will have certain elements of live actions with the help of computer graphics. Robin hood and the jungle book, sleeping beauty and beauty and the. Little john, the bear in robin hood, is nearly identical to that of baloo in the jungle book. Heres why baloo and little john were the same, switch. Sep 21, 2017 weve reached disneys second film of the 1970s, which was a troubled time for the studio in the wake of walts passing. The story follows the adventures of robin hood, little john, and the inhabitants of nottingham as they fight against the excessive taxation of prince john, and. Whereas the animation templates being reused from the jungle book is definitely lazy animating, i rather like it.
The jungle book did a better job of balancing those two extremes, and were hoping that robin hood will go for a similar style. After its second theatrical release on march 26, 1982, robin hood 1973 was the first title to be released under the walt disney classics lineup. Robin hood is a 1973 american animated romantic musical comedy film produced by walt disney productions and released by buena vista distribution. Robin hood was created as disney animation experienced a difficult. The new version is being developed with the animals in a cgiliveaction hybrid format, similar to. Prince of thieves is still the goat robin hood anyone who doesnt realize its disney or flynn are out of their minds. Robin hood 1973 in the early 70s, the disney studio was undergoing a costcutting exercise with their film robin hood. Disney working on remake of robin hood entertainment. Id want the robin hood world more than the jungle book one, jungle book was one of my favorite disney movies but i feel like it would be kinda like deep jungle, instead of tarzan you have moglie or however you spell his name, and instead of the gorillas and what not you have baloo and company, of course im open to having a jungle book world though.
New people help them along their journey to fight guy of gisborne and the sheriff nottingham. Reused animation in robin hoods the phony king of england. The 19th animated feature in the disney animated canon, the film is noted for being along with the aristocats 1970 the last film project to be approved by walt disney himself, as he died in late 1966, before the film was released. Most obvious is little john and baloo looking the same. The jungle book is a 1967 american animated film produced by walt disney productions and released to theaters on october 18, 1967. Little john, a brown bear, is robin hood s best friend and most loyal partner. Come to think of it, little john really reminds of baloo from the jungle book i mean yeah i know animat thought about it as well but the dance the story of robin hood is where he defeat the greedy king and the sheriff. Which 2 princesses were awakened from a spell by a kiss. When comparing the films, you can plainly see that, in the dance scene in robin hood, little john and lady kluck are doing the exact same dance as baloo and king louie from the jungle book. The videos pre book date was on november 15, 1984, with a shipping date of december 3. Disney via movie munchies little john from robin hood and baloo the jungle book not only shared a voice actor, phil harris, but also looked similar, with the same crazed eyes in the scenes. Disney has now started developing a liveaction remake of its 1973 animated classic robin hood. This is not the first time that disney had recreated its animated movies, the jungle book and dumbo are the best examples of it and we. Walt disney production s great success with animalcentric animation films such as the jungle book and lady and the tramp, as opposed to the soso or downright poor performance of features showing human characters, such as sleeping beauty and the sword in the stone, led it to go one step further.
A list featuring examples of recycled animation in disney movies. Treasure island, the jungle book, gullivers travels, white fang, the merry adventures of robin hood the heirloom collection 9781519868. Can you guess whether the feature belongs to robin hood or the jungle book. The project is being made for the studios streaming. They both have the same hypnotic power, the power to hypnotise mereley by looking into the eyes. Movie poster of haider, directed by vishal bhardwai the original source of inspiration for the lion king, kimba the whi. The lion king, the jungle book heck, even bambi is going for the photoreal animated treatment, as disney continues to milk childhoods for cold hard cash. Same with the critters from robin hood verses the scat cats from the artisocats. So, well, the human village at the end of the jungle book. The jungle book look for the bare necessities the simple bare necessities forget about your worries and your strife i mean the bare necessities thats why a bear can rest at ease with just the bare necessities of life the jungle book pop. For those who dont want to watch the video, its basically robin being injured when he jumps off. Harris went on to voice two more disney characters. First, the author had the advantage of centuries of other tales, ballads and other sources in which to glean from and indeed add to, to formulate his own take on the man and his men.
Its true that the phony king of england segment from robin hood recycles footage from. Topping the list of movies which make us fondly remember our childhood, the film was released in. Similar to both the sword and the stone and the jungle book, theres little thats actively bad about the aristocats. Hes the worlds greatest hero taking from rich and give. That would explain that we have both quadrupede elephants in the jungle book and bipede elephants in robin hood and bedknobs and broomsticks. Snow white is the most beautiful princess of the cartoon characters. Search all formats audio recordings books films, videos legislation manuscriptsmixed materials maps notated music newspapers periodicals personal narratives photos, prints, drawings software, eresources archived web. How disney reuses the same footage in different films. The revised edition of cartoon collection blushy babe.
Reused animation in robin hoods the phony king of england 1973. But theres a talking bear in both movies, voiced by phil harris. This quick mashup compares scenes from the phoney king of england sequence with scenes from snow white and the seven dwarfs, the jungle book and the aristocats. Kaa from the jungle book and sir hiss from robin hood are alike.
Premisepanther107s movie spoof of 1967 disney film the jungle book cast. Well, i dont remember much of the jungle book, so id have to go with robin hood, a film ive seen time and again. Test your knowledge on this movies quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. Im not entirely sure how, but the songs and characters are deeply engrained despite my initial lack of nostalgia. How robin hood defied king john and brought magna carta to. In the disney film, what type of animal was robin hood. The world of nottingham would fit quite nicely within the kingdom hearts universe, and robin hood would make a great party member to fight alongside sora and friends. However, the movie improved after that, and overall sharpness worked great, as the movie exhibited fine definition and delineatio.
And the bears in robin hood and the jungle book even share facial expressions. Produced and directed by wolfgang reitherman, it is the 21st disney animated feature film. Trivia although beauty and the beast didnt feature an actual storybook opening, it did feature a similar. Sep 20, 2019 but are there more similarities between the disney classics than we had realized. How disney reuses the same footage in different films the telegraph. At the start, we get a quick and tacky introduction to the participants. Disneys robin hood movie is a perfect example of the times that disney recycled animation. Jungle book voted most nostalgic disney film of all time.
He and his band called the merry men must fight to bring good to the old king and robins father king richard. Blindspotting director carlos lopez estrada is on board to helm the movie. Disney are currently producing a version of the jungle book, which bears two striking similarities to the robin hood project. But that ends the similarities between hood and the 1994 hit. And theres a shared dancing between snow white and maid marion. Theres a lot more examples but its the only ones i can remember. Does disney recycle animation drawings for multiple movies. In this edition, henry gilbert tells of the adventures of the merry men of sherwood forest robin himself, little john, friar tuck, will scarlet, and. But are there more similarities between the disney classics than we had realized. Disneys voiceacting veterans in robin hood rotoscopers. As fellow rogues, john and robin behave as honorable thieves, their goal being to rob the rich to feed the poor. Dec 19, 2012 walt disney production s great success with animalcentric animation films such as the jungle book and lady and the tramp, as opposed to the soso or downright poor performance of features showing human characters, such as sleeping beauty and the sword in the stone, led it to go one step further. Originally slated for a release on july 18, 2000, robin hood was rereleased two weeks ahead of schedule, on july 4, 2000. Sep 15, 2015 old animation set piece routines from snow white and the seven dwarves, the jungle book and their previous release the aristocats were copied and rehashed.
There are a lot of similarities between jungle book and robin hood. Consisting of a series of episodes in the story of the english outlaw robin hood and his band of merry men, the novel compiles traditional material into a coherent narrative in a colorful, invented old english idiom that preserves some flavor of the. A bandleader of the 1940s and a radio, film, and tv actor who always seemed to imply allegiance to the former confederate states of. Before i begin, i should assume you mean the 2016 jungle book, and not the 1967 animated film, since the latter had absolutely nothing to do with kiplings original books. In this ending, prince john sir peter ustinov, hooded and cloaked, is about to stab robin, but is interrupted by the arrival of king richard sir peter ustinov. See also list of recycled animation in disney media, list of recycled animation in disney shorts, list of recycled animation in disney shows. Dec 09, 2008 its true that the phony king of england segment from robin hood recycles footage from other disney films. Apr 14, 2015 this is a robin hood book to movie comparison. Its easy to see from the first few frames of animation that baloo and little john both have more than a few things in common. I wanna be like you from the jungle book all footage c disney all rights. Aug 21, 2015 most people think that robin hood only ever had one love interest, but this is not true.
List of recycled animation in disney movies disney wiki. Two of disneys jazziest bears baloo from the jungle book 1967 and little john from robin hood 1973 are strikingly similar. Swashbuckling adventure and unforgettable characters make the story of robin hood an alltime favorite. So why not the story of a fox that steals from the rich and gives to the poor. Like disneys the jungle book and dumbo reboots, the upcoming robin hood film will mix cgi with liveaction.
The story behind robin hood goes all the way back to the 1930s when walt came up with the idea of doing a film based on the twelfth century legend of reynard the fox, an amoral trickster. Mowgli robin hood baloo little john robin hood bagheera friar tuck robin hood shere khan prince john robin hood kaa sir hiss robin hood. This meant the opening credits looked iffy, as those elements seemed soft and lacked much clarity. Maybe you used to be addicted to cartoons in your childhood and if yes, you must have heard robin hood as well. Disney is developing a liveactioncgi robin hood remake. Robin hood book to movie comparison family travel escapades. The merry adventures of robin hood of great renown in nottinghamshire is an 1883 novel by the american illustrator and writer howard pyle. I recently came across some extreme similarities of scenes i had a little my entire life was a lie moment. The merry adventures of robin hood by howard pyle is a superb book. Looks like kaa the snake also headed to jolly old england and changed his name to sir hiss. They are both advisors to big cats shere khan and prince john. The jungle book 1967 in the early 70s, the disney studio was undergoing a costcutting exercise with their film robin hood.
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