![]() It told the story of Robin of Locksley, returning to England after a twenty year absence, to find his beloved Maid Marian now a nun, and his old enemies waiting for him. The resulting script, penned by James Goldman, was originally titled The Death of Robin Hood but the studio brass declared the working title too grim and changed it to Robin and Marian. Lester, riding on the heels of the enormously successful The Three Musketeers (1973), was immediately intrigued by one idea in particular which was simply stated as "Robin Hood as an old man meets Maid Marian." The one line concept quickly took on a life of its own. Reputedly, Lester was approached by Columbia production chief Peter Guber with several film ideas printed on 3x5 index cards. ![]() Directed by Richard Lester, the genesis of the film has an interesting story. ![]() It heralded the return of Audrey Hepburn to film after a nine-year hiatus and also starred Sean Connery, who was still trying to break away from his James Bond screen persona. In 1976 Columbia Pictures released Robin and Marian, a historic romance that picked up the legend of Robin Hood twenty years after the happy fade-out in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). ![]()
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