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Robin Hood Special on History Channel

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Loki:
After Gladiator and Kingdom of Heaven I wasnt expecting any historical accuracy with this movie and I was right! But wait until you hear Crowes accent  ;D .


--- Quote ---let's not get too picky with the archery gear and drawing technique.....after all....they are actors......I am strong as a bull.....and I don't even TRY to pull a proper warbow!
--- End quote ---

You can tiller a 35lb Bow to 32", I'm sure the actors could manage that if they wanted to portray the technique correctly.Ralphs was the archery consultant like he was for Kingdom of heaven and Gladiator!  ;D.

dmassphoto:
They were shooting in England for months.  I wonder if anyone went to the set and offered their services on how to properly shoot a warbow, knowing they would do it wrong.  This was also 12th-13th century, do we in fact know that bows were pulled back to the ear during this time, even amongst yeomen hunting or robbing in the forrest? 

I saw Orlando Bloom firing a bow in one of his movies, I think it was Troy, and he was drawing it back pretty far, but it *looked* really ugly.  The producer/directors probably thought the same. Who knows

aero86:
they have all sorts of longbow guys over there, you would think they would ask someone for some pointers.

if its half as good as prince of thieves we are in for a treat

Loki:

They asked Steve Ralphs

http://www.steveralphs.com/

dmassphoto:
Ahh, says he did the bow that was in Prince of Thieves.  Always thought that was a beautiful bow, but now it seems it was made to look like Yew.  Either way, it worked. 

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