Robin Hood at Hammer: Two Tales from Sherwood Forest (Blu-ray Limited Edition) (Powerhouse Films) [UK]

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Release date: August 22, 2022
Purchase links: Powerhouse Films - Amazon UK - Zavvi
Price: £24.99 (Powerhouse Films) - £30.00 (Amazon) - £29.99 (Zavvi)
Notes: Limited to 5000

 

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This 2-disc Limited Edition set contains a double-sided poster, an 80-page book, and extensive new and archival extra features, including the much-loved Children’s Film Foundation film Robin Hood Junior (1975), starring Keith Chegwin (Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, Cheggers Plays Pop) as the diminutive hero.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• High Definition remasters of Sword of Sherwood Forest and A Challenge for Robin Hood
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary on Sword of Sherwood Forest with author and critic Kim Newman (2022)
• Audio commentary on A Challenge for Robin Hood with film historians Kevin Lyons and Jonathan Rigby (2022)
• The BEHP Interview with Sidney Cole (1987): archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the Sword of Sherwood Forest producer in conversation with Alan Lawson, Arthur Graham and Rodney Giesler
• The BEHP Interview with C M Pennington-Richards (1990): archival audio recording, made as part of the British Entertainment History Project, featuring the director of A Challenge for Robin Hood in conversation with Alan Lawson and Colin Moffat
• Jonathan Rigby on ‘Sword of Sherwood Forest’ (2022): appreciation by the author and film historian
• Kim Newman on Robin Hood (2022): the author and critic surveys the many cinematic portrayals of the world-famous English outlaw
• Hammer’s Women: Vanda Godsell (2022): profile of the British stage and screen performer
• Hammer’s Women: Irene Lamb (2022): profile of the casting director whose career encompassed many Hammer productions, Star Wars, and the films of Sally Potter
• Appreciations of the Alun Hoddinott and Gary Hughes scores by David Huckvale, author of Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde
• Robin Hood Junior (1975): Children’s Film Foundation spin on the folk hero starring actor and television presenter Keith Chegwin as the young outlaw
• Original theatrical trailers
• Image galleries: on-set and promotional photography
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Frank Collins, archival interviews and articles, Jeff Billington on Robin Hood Junior, an overview of contemporary reviews, and film credits
• Limited edition exclusive poster
• UK and world premieres on Blu-ray
• Limited edition of 5,000 copies for the UK

Extras subject to change

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BBFC cert: PG
REGION B