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The title refers to a merry harvest festival in County Donegal. But the action never leaves the cottage and yard of the five Mundy sisters, living poor and unmarried in tumbledown Ballybeg in the hard year of 1936, with no entertainment but a balky old radio and their Celtic gift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Potent Memories, Great Joys | 11/4/1991 | See Source »

In Costner's larger, busier take on the legend, the only green power is at the box office. With a sigh, the script reprises Robin's recruiting of his Merry Men (a pallid crowd here), his verbal jousting (uninspired), his romance with Maid Marian (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, her wondrous screen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stranded In Sherwood Forest | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

That's when Prince of Thieves finally jolts awake. Robin orchestrates a cunning climactic assault, the Merry Men's arrows sizzle through the sky like happy Scuds, and the bustle of bodies and cameras produces congenial movie movement. Two of the actors carry this larkish spirit throughout the film. Geraldine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stranded In Sherwood Forest | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

Not till the very end of the film, when King Richard pops up, portrayed, in a surprise appearance, by an actor who has launched many a grand movie adventure, will audiences get a glimpse of epic star quality. Then, like the Merry Men, they will unleash a hearty ho-ho...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stranded In Sherwood Forest | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

In a lavish yet ecologically aware celebration that lasted all afternoon and drew hundreds of merry-makers to the stretch of Memorial Drive between Western Ave. and JFK St., 43 environmental groups set up booths on the sidewalks to sell food, clothing and knick-knacks, and present information.

Author: By Erica L. Werner, | Title: Councillors, Hippies Dance, Eat and Frolic | 4/29/1991 | See Source »

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