Word: hood
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CARTOUCHE. French Director Philippe de Broca, the brilliant satirist who made The Five-Day Lover, has executed a careless but wonderfully carefree parody of a period piece in which Jean-Paul Belmondo plays the Robin Hood of 18th century Paris...
...time, no one grasped what had happened on that September day in 1781. George III called it "a drawn battle." To Rear Admiral Thomas Graves, who flubbed the encounter, it was "a lively skirmish"; to his second in command, Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Hood, "a feeble action"; to George Washington, its greatest beneficiary, "a partial engagement." There is not even agreement on its name. Says Author Larrabee: "You will find it called the Battle of the Chesapeake, of Chesapeake Bay, of Lynnhaven Bay, of Cape Henry, and of the Capes of Virginia." To this day not many Americans have heard...
CARTOUCHE. In Director Philippe de Broca's carefree parody of a period saga, Jean-Paul Belmondo is the Gallic, sword-swinging Robin Hood who robs from the rich, gives to the poor, and keeps Claudia Cardinale for himself...
CARTOUCHE. In Director Philippe de Broca's carefree parody of a period saga, Jean-Paul Belmondo is the Gallic, sword-swinging Robin Hood who robs from the rich, gives to the poor, and keeps Claudia Cardinale for himself...
Cartouche. Robin Hood, as history and Hollywood have depicted him, was a chump. He stole from the rich, gave to the poor, and what did he keep for himself? An invincible virgin named Maid Marian. Fortunately, they do these things better in France. According to this film, a fellow named Cartouche, the Robin Hood of 18th century Paris, stole from the rich, gave to the poor, and what did he keep for himself? Claudia Cardinale...