Directed by: Ridley Scott
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe, Max von Sydow, Mark Strong, Matthew Macfadyen
Continuity mistake: Marion is guiding a plow horse when a man comes to collect more tax. As she turns to tell him that her father-in-law is too poor to pay him, her long braid, which has been in front of her right shoulder, is now hanging behind her.
Factual error: On the cliff top before the battle on the beach, you are treated to a lovely if fleeting glimpse of wind farm turbines, not really fitting for the 12th Century.
Robin Longstride: If you thought it was hard getting wages from him when he was alive, try getting wages from a dead king.
Trivia: William Hurt as William Marshal repeats a line that he first spoke in "The Big Chill" with exactly the same inflection. In "The Big Chill" he was referring to his departed friend Alex, and in "Robin Hood" he was referring to King Richard. The line is: "Look what happened to him."
Question: An interesting wind-up lute-type musical instrument is played at one point. Would such an instrument have existed at that time?
Answer: By "Wind-up lute", I assume you mean the hurdy-gurdy. Certainly, instruments fitting the description of the hurdy-gurdy were around in the time when Robin Hood was set.
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