The words "dissolute" and "excessive" come to mind when talking about Flynn but he had more screen presence, confidence and magnetism than almost any other actor that lived.
I agree! His charisma and screen presence was absolutely unique. When he was at his best, sparkles seemed to burst out of the screen. His entrance scene as "Robin Hood" is legendary, and no subsequent actor managed to be a better Robin Hood! Unfortunately the actor of this movie doesn't even come close!
David Niven was a close friend, and they shared a house for some time. (About Errol Flynn’s famous/infamous house on Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles, old Hollywood vlogger Daze with Jordan the Lion has a RUclips video about it and visits the site. The beautiful house was razed and a new one built for Justin Timberlake.) David Niven’s book “The Moon’s a Balloon” is a gem and describes their friendship and experiences. Errol Flynn was a charming rascal who lived his short life to the fullest.
I think why people don't care for this movie is because it focuses on his relationships and not the scandals. All of this is in the book as well, he and Tiger Lil, and the fights with Jack Warner. I think this movie captures those aspects of his life people find "boring" and I find it amazingly fascinating.
You read the book, look at the many documentaries here in YT and realize it has to be a film for the theaters rated R. TV couldn't handle or allow it all....
Absolutely, my friend...thing is, the younger generation Will think it's so far fetched and unbelievable they'll think it's fiction. He led a hell of a life
@@peterfranks6243 You bet your boots partner. After reading his biography same title as the film his life before Hollywood was a rip-roaring adventure.
Reproducing Flynn's charismatic persona is impossible, as with any one of a kind personality. By the time he made "Adventures of Don Juan", "Against All Flags","Kim", & "Master of Ballentrae" time&bad habits had wrecked his health&shot holes in his stardom....yet he still stands upon his own monument.
Dallas DautermanDallas The portrayal is a bit too much stiff and too English. Flynn was more laid-back - British Australian and he and his voice were more easy-going. It's hard to get, I admit.
6:35 minutes in. This is wonderful! Fantastic, as an unconditional Errol fan, I am thoroughly enjoying myself so far. Thank you so much for sharing this lovely movie with us. I aam taking pleasure in picking what is relevant to Errol's life and watching how the actor succeeds at embodying Flynn's attitude, demeanor, mannerism, and overall persona. Literally fangirling of excitement over here. Frankly, i long to get my hand on his autobiography.
Errol Leslie Thomas Flynn. No matter how his name is said, in any language it's pure magic and the thought that dreams are made from. Endure Forever. 🌹
After hearing how he had such large genital warts, so much so that they were cut off during his autopsy for further examination, I will never be able to think of him in any other way.
You DO want to read his book. It ain't this. Flynn witnessed things worse than most of what WWII presented to men back when he was still 17. The absolute worse. Flynn writes extremely well. Like Sterling Hayden did in Wanderer. And had a similar youth. This movie chickened out. Flynn didn't.
This a great movie. The lead actor did a surpub job. However the story and timelines and actual people are not perstrated in this movie. However I did enjoy it. It would be great if they could make a actual and totally factual mini series about the film legend. I dare say I probably know more about errol other than his daughter Rory who I meet at his 100 birthday celebrations at Hobart's wrest point cosino in 2009. Stephen King.
Hollywood and its take on its stars' biographies have always left something to be desired. This one is no exception. Flynn was Australian, and Duncan's British accent does not get it although Duncan does have some of Flynn's characteristics. I would rather just watch films and documentaries of real Errol Flynn.😊
There’s at least 4 biopics (albeit none appear comprehensive) - they’re listed on his Wikipedia page...plus he’s portrayed in a few other biopics like The Aviator...
@@normadesmond6017So let me guess miss kitty litter: Either you were actually there to see all this go down in person ( HIGHLY unlikely ) OR, judging by the other nasty little digs about Errol in some of your previous misspelled comments on this thread, just a nasty, talentless, shit talking nobody trolling on RUclips about someone that you've never even met? My money's on the latter.
@@jakartaman3365 Anybody who wants to know the real Errol Flynn should watch " uncertain Glory " which Errol Flynn chose to produce and for his own film company to make. It is about redemption and is a masterpiece which Jean Luc Goddard said is in the top 10 pictures ever made.
Great...he was sensitive and deep, and wanted to be know as an actor, Hollywood just pushed for sales ...Errol was great, complicated, great man, his own man. and I like that...and being a complete nutter adds to my favour ...
I never knew anything about him other than he was a movie star during my mother's youth and it's really hard to believe he was only 50 when he had that heart attack and killed him
Betty Davis was on a late night talk show and she spoke about Errol Flynn when they made the movie the private life of Elizabeth and Essex she said when she found out Errol Flynn was going to be her costar whom she detested and she showed it in a scene when she slapped Flynn hard across the face. Years later she admitted that Errol Flynn played a damn good part in that movie and he always treated her with respect.
Errol Flynn was to looks, what Charles Dickens was to writing books...He was, from all accounts, Hollywood's most handsome leading man, and a pretty good actor, too, to boot...The movies were his "wife"...reliable and steady, alcohol was his "mistress"...fun, exciting and always available... and women, sailing on his yacht and having a good time, in Hollywood, Portland (Jamaica), or wherever he was, were his favourite pastimes...Had he not drank, Flynn might have lived well into his eighties or nineties...He lived hard and, seemingly, was, always, the centre of attention, wherever he went...His life, in Jamaica, the island he described as being more beautiful, than, any woman he had ever seen, was filled with riding his horses throughout his large Jamaican estate, enjoying himself at Port Antonio's breathtaking beaches, rafting on the Rio Grande, sailing on his beloved yacht, "The Zaca", drinking Jamaican rum, eating his and his then wife's (Patricia Wymore Flynn) favourite Jamaican dish, curried chicken, spending time at Navy Island, which, he owned, and at the hotel he owned, The Titchfield Hotel, and being a playboy extraordinnaire...The actor, in this biopic, captured Flynn's essence and likeness, through his looks, and doing a good job of portraying Errol's abundant charm, wicked wit and swashbuckling ability...Today, were "My Wicked, Wicked, Ways" to be redone, and I were the casting director, I would, perhaps, consider Rob Lowe or Alex Pettyfer, to play the man, who, was the most interesting man in the world, during his lifetime and, perhaps, of all time, Errol Flynn.
Yes, and he died with a fine cauliflower - like collection of warts on his dick, too, from all those times he conned his way "in like Flynn." A REAL warts and all story, perchance ?
Flynn was the handsomest ever (until his alcholism ruined him at the end) and Buster Crabbe was the cutest. Their respective beauty nicely offset each other. They were good friends, too.
Patrick Gallimore Reminds me of the actress whose a type of airhead glamour woman in Matilda who says to her daughter's schoolteacher - " You got books, I got looks "
3 actors in this otherwise so so film ( I read Flynn's books), were good. The lead, the Barrymore part and Jack Warner part. Barbara Hershey, to me , has always been a boring actress. I sang opposite her in a Los Angeles Telethon, she was a boring singer as well. Still a distracting fun film while making and having my breakfast this morning.
The actor who played Errol was marvelous , he certainly delivered , but the movie was not that good . Duncan Regehr also played Zorro in a television series, he was as good as guy Williams who was Zorro in the Disney T.V. series in the late 1950's. This is a very good actor and a handsome and charming man with a certain charisma about him. In some scenes he almost looks like Errol Flynn. I do agree with one commentator here though this movie does not depict Errol's real life its been watered down and somewhat sugar coated ....... bad movie ,....but a really good actor in the leading role .
Many have overcritiqued this autobiographical film rendition. I thought it was fabulous and well acted. Duncan R. pulled it off with flair, grace, humor and a degree of tragic reality. ( my opinion )
Fabian Patrizio He said, " They said I looked old. ' Look at Errol, ' Ava ( Gardner ) said, ' Just look at him, ' At last I had a map on my face that looked like somebody lived in it. "
Thank you, unfortunate though that it's heavily edited. You see Olivia seeing Flynn about to approach him, then it cuts and next thing you know, she's leaving and saying goodbye. Apparently this is a 3 hour TV film cut here to 2 hours!
The real Olivia de Havilland is 102 now. She made so many films with him. Some say Flynn was in love with her for years and she was fond of him. De Havilland is a classy lady and in none of her interviews has ever indicated that Flynn and her became lovers.
Olivia thought that "Robin Hood" was pedestrian upon its release. Years later after watching the film she stated that she and Flynn did a pretty good job on screen and had a more positive view of the project. The lady was talented and stunning. And as a leading man - Flynn!!
Olivia was so cute on Dinah Shore she was obviously smitten with Flynn...she played with her pearls and smiled sheepishly when the subject of him came up.
This should have been made in Australia, They tend to find actors who are better looking than the people they are playing although that would be hard to do for Errol Flynn. At least they'd have had an actor who can pronounce "Melbourne" properly though.
Thanks for posting this movie. The book is quite different and a much more interesting expose. In the book Errol bears all. Duncan Regehr was a good Flynn though. I think the documentaries "Tasmania Devil" and "Portrait of a Swashbuckler," are better than this movie.
@@lishamarlar4597 . There's one called , "Errol Flynn Slept Here". It chronicles his life as a child, and young man as well as his exploits in New Guinea and points in between. His home in California which he had costumed built to his specifications was called, Mulholland Farms. It was a spectacular estate suited for a movie star of Errol's caliber, not to mention a certain room in the house with a very special view which was only privy to the Master of Mulholland himself and perhaps a few special friends.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view!" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"
Yi Seng Yes but Errol Flynn's Adventures of Robin Hood and The SeaHawk brought and brings more joy to children than David Niven ever did ( and I don't mind David Niven )
@ 01:12 There is nothing to smirk at or laugh about "the enormous sum of 125 dollars a week" received back in 1935 by E. F. I'm saying this because some website values those 125 dollars in 1935 at the equivalent of 2,397 dollars today. Ergo, $125 WAS AN ENORMOUS SUM 85 years ago. You must be a lawyer, a medical doctor, a judge, a contractor, or a corrupt politician to make a net salary worth almost 2,400 dollars a week these days in America.
Nowadays you're paying for the book's title and not the contents ; just look at the Bond movies .So don't feel bad if you're being served an adaptation ; convenient for the studio ,writers,director and actors .Truth be damned and that's Olivia ??
Flynn met Damita on board ship sailing over to the US for his screen test, Gerrit Koets was really Herman Erben an Austrian doctor who spoke with a marked accent, just two of the many errors in an on otherwise pretty good film,
Errol first wife was beautiful the actress who played her wasn't as much Olivia de Havilland character was not beautiful enough or had the charm she possess. Errol Flynn character looked dashing as ever
I believe there was another Bio movie about Flynn made in the 80's or so. I believe it was a higher quality than this Made for TV movie. Does anyone know about it?
Objective Burma was one of his better films He said himself it was the only one he was proud of Altho fictional there were american units in Burma Ernest gordon mentions on his book The war to end all wars an american airborne paratrooper entered their pow camp having lost his way!
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It's rare that an actor can capture the essence of such an iconic figure but this guy was great.
No movie could ever do justice to such an extraodinary life.
The words "dissolute" and "excessive" come to mind when talking about Flynn but he had more screen presence, confidence and magnetism than almost any other actor that lived.
I agree! His charisma and screen presence was absolutely unique. When he was at his best, sparkles seemed to burst out of the screen. His entrance scene as "Robin Hood" is legendary, and no subsequent actor managed to be a better Robin Hood!
Unfortunately the actor of this movie doesn't even come close!
He definitely had it
A true addict.
Nah, he was just good-looking
👱🏻♂️ RONDO HATTON HAD MORE SCREEN PRESENCE, CONFIDENCE AND MAGNETISM THAN ANY ACTOR IN HOLLYWOOD BAR NONE
Anytime he's on TV, even if the movie is halfway done I still watch it.
Flynn said in his book:- " I played a corpse. They wheeled me in. Pulled the sheet back, ' That's him, ' " they said. Some say it was my best role. "
lol.
His fantastic self depreciating sense of humor.
A remarkable man, a magnificent actor
I just saw a wonderful interview with his daughter here on RUclips. She absolutely adored her dad - and was very proud of him.
saw the same interview absolutely wonderful she knows her father best i always thought of flynn as warm and fun loving she knows this
Both of the ones that are still alive.
Duncan Regehr does a fantastic job in what is a complex role.
David Niven was a close friend, and they shared a house for some time. (About Errol Flynn’s famous/infamous house on Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles, old Hollywood vlogger Daze with Jordan the Lion has a RUclips video about it and visits the site. The beautiful house was razed and a new one built for Justin Timberlake.) David Niven’s book “The Moon’s a Balloon” is a gem and describes their friendship and experiences. Errol Flynn was a charming rascal who lived his short life to the fullest.
Errol Flynn, was the man and the only Robin Hood.
I was and still am a huge Flynn fan. His films are some of the best I've ever seen!
haha really? well, you should see some more of that period. See some real acting.
@@normadesmond6017 Shush now Norma.
@@cahillgreg Difficult isn't it? Want your idols turn out to have major faults....
@@normadesmond6017 Have a look at " Uncertain Glory " - a masterpiece that Jean Luc Goddard said is in the top 10 pictures ever made. Real acting.
@@normadesmond6017 Patric knowles said Flynn said picture-making is " ridiculous. " Pretending.
Whoever plays Errol Flynn in this movie has a hell of a jab
I think why people don't care for this movie is because it focuses on his relationships and not the scandals. All of this is in the book as well, he and Tiger Lil, and the fights with Jack Warner.
I think this movie captures those aspects of his life people find "boring" and I find it amazingly fascinating.
You read the book, look at the many documentaries here in YT and realize it has to be a film for the theaters rated R. TV couldn't handle or allow it all....
Because the lady who produced it was his God daughter. And cared for him.
Hollywood needs to do a real movie about Errol
Absolutely, my friend...thing is, the younger generation Will think it's so far fetched and unbelievable they'll think it's fiction. He led a hell of a life
@@peterfranks6243 You bet your boots partner. After reading his biography same title as the film his life before Hollywood was a rip-roaring adventure.
@@johnzeszutko5661 fun fact...he was the first "talking picture" Fletcher Christian
@@peterfranks6243 Yes I saw it a long time ago. It was an Australian film. I think that in his first Hollywood movie he played a corpse!
@@johnzeszutko5661 correct, he was a man way before his time
Reproducing Flynn's charismatic persona is impossible, as with any one of a kind personality. By the time he made "Adventures of Don Juan", "Against All Flags","Kim", & "Master of Ballentrae" time&bad habits had wrecked his health&shot holes in his stardom....yet he still stands upon his own monument.
Dallas DautermanDallas The portrayal is a bit too much stiff and too English. Flynn was more laid-back - British Australian and he and his voice were more easy-going. It's hard to get, I admit.
I remember seeing this on TV when I was a kid, long before I ever saw any of Flynn's movies and became a fan.
Don't be fooled by this movie. Flynn's life wasn't nearly as boring as they show it here.
Иван Старостенко a nazi acolyte too.
Иван Старостенко No doubt...they had to "do a bit of cleaning" to make an acceptable Television product.
Hahahahaha
With a girl every few minutes, why would you think that was boring?
I read the book and you are right.
6:35 minutes in. This is wonderful! Fantastic, as an unconditional Errol fan, I am thoroughly enjoying myself so far. Thank you so much for sharing this lovely movie with us. I aam taking pleasure in picking what is relevant to Errol's life and watching how the actor succeeds at embodying Flynn's attitude, demeanor, mannerism, and overall persona. Literally fangirling of excitement over here. Frankly, i long to get my hand on his autobiography.
I have a first edition of Flynn's autobiography if you want to buy it...
this is an awesome movie 🥰
@@EYE_GOTCHAHello. That would be fantastic. Sorry for the late answer I only saw it now.
🚬👴🏻🥃SOOO HOWS YO MOTHER DOIN?
@@kateflynn8803🧑🏻JIMMY CAGNEY WAS THE GREATEST STAR ⭐️ AND ACTOR OF ALL TIME BAR NONE
I read both his books, My wicked wicked ways, and Beams end, both great. He definitely had a writing talent.
"Beam Ends" is hard to find. HIs autobiography was excellent. He packed a lot of living into fifty years.
Sam Spade " Showdown " was another.
Ghost writer
I bought his wicked wicked ways but the print is so small I never read it.
It's about somewhere.
@@johnzeszutko5661 His autobiography was ghost-written, so how much of it is "Flynn" is anybody's guess.
Love this. Watched it three times in a week. Thanks
The end of the film is how I will always remember Errol, at the helm of any full sail conveyance.......
Errol Leslie Thomas Flynn. No matter how his name is said, in any language it's pure magic and the thought that dreams are made from. Endure Forever. 🌹
After hearing how he had such large genital warts, so much so that they were cut off during his autopsy for further examination, I will never be able to think of him in any other way.
You DO want to read his book. It ain't this. Flynn witnessed things worse than most of what WWII presented to men back when he was still 17. The absolute worse. Flynn writes extremely well. Like Sterling Hayden did in Wanderer. And had a similar youth. This movie chickened out. Flynn didn't.
I read the book and sadly this movie version is not doing it justice.
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Flynn made most of it up.
@@oliviamartini9700 yes, I was there too!😆
I think the lead did a good job, perfect mustache lol. The man who played Barrymore was spot on.
I read the book, which I thoroughly enjoyed. He really was a character! Unfortunately, this adaptation doesn't pull it off.
Nobody could play Errol Flynn. They broke the mold. No one could pull it off.
This movie doesn't really capture the book as much as I would have wanted.
Try watching Guy Pearce in the young Errol ,what utter shite . This MWWW movie ain't too bad in comparison.
I have the book, now I can see the film! You know that I really dig Errol Flynn!
He may have died at 50 but he enjoyed his life.
Such a interesting life. One handsome man
That actor is sooo hunky ❤️
Duncan regret is quite the hunk in all his films especially zorro! Pure gorgeous
Do you think he is a patch on the original?
Noone can play Errol. He was a one off
He had a wild and unusual life story....thanks for posting movie.
This a great movie. The lead actor did a surpub job. However the story and timelines and actual people are not perstrated in this movie. However I did enjoy it. It would be great if they could make a actual and totally factual mini series about the film legend. I dare say I probably know more about errol other than his daughter Rory who I meet at his 100 birthday celebrations at Hobart's wrest point cosino in 2009. Stephen King.
This was a bad TV movie, and the story had almost nothing to do with the life of Errol Flynn. But I'm glad it was posted on here.
What a man!
To play Captain Blood in only his second film that's good going.
Hollywood and its take on its stars' biographies have always left something to be desired. This one is no exception. Flynn was Australian, and Duncan's British accent does not get it although Duncan does have some of Flynn's characteristics. I would rather just watch films and documentaries of real Errol Flynn.😊
They should make a real biopic for the cinema of this mans life
There’s at least 4 biopics (albeit none appear comprehensive) - they’re listed on his Wikipedia page...plus he’s portrayed in a few other biopics like The Aviator...
@@normadesmond6017So let me guess miss kitty litter: Either you were actually there to see all this go down in person ( HIGHLY unlikely ) OR, judging by the other nasty little digs about Errol in some of your previous misspelled comments on this thread, just a nasty, talentless, shit talking nobody trolling on RUclips about someone that you've never even met? My money's on the latter.
@@jakartaman3365 Anybody who wants to know the real Errol Flynn should watch " uncertain Glory " which Errol Flynn chose to produce and for his own film company to make. It is about redemption and is a masterpiece which Jean Luc Goddard said is in the top 10 pictures ever made.
@@ThePiratemachine Thank you for the recommandation.
Great...he was sensitive and deep, and wanted to be know as an actor, Hollywood just pushed for sales ...Errol was great, complicated, great man, his own man. and I like that...and being a complete nutter adds to my favour ...
I never knew anything about him other than he was a movie star during my mother's youth and it's really hard to believe he was only 50 when he had that heart attack and killed him
Betty Davis was on a late night talk show and she spoke about Errol Flynn when they made the movie the private life of Elizabeth and Essex she said when she found out Errol Flynn was going to be her costar whom she detested and she showed it in a scene when she slapped Flynn hard across the face. Years later she admitted that Errol Flynn played a damn good part in that movie and he always treated her with respect.
Yes it was reported that they did not get along well. She gave him a hearty crack across the face in "Elizabeth".
She was a bitchy person, plain and simple.
Probably she detested him because she wanted him, or maybe she wanted him and that made her detest him. 😍 Stranger things have happened 😀 ✌
@@iberius9937 Ugly too! when she got older
@@johnzeszutko5661 did bette Davis ever get along with anyone
I new this film was out there somewhere. Thanks for posting
Great movie. It´s been like 30 years since I have not seen this film. Thank you for sharing.
I would have liked the movie better if it was true. But good anyway
GREAT VIDEO ! FRIDAY 12/22/23 DECEMBER 22, 2023
Errol Flynn was to looks, what Charles Dickens was to writing books...He was, from all accounts, Hollywood's most handsome leading man, and a pretty good actor, too, to boot...The movies were his "wife"...reliable and steady, alcohol was his "mistress"...fun, exciting and always available... and women, sailing on his yacht and having a good time, in Hollywood, Portland (Jamaica), or wherever he was, were his favourite pastimes...Had he not drank, Flynn might have lived well into his eighties or nineties...He lived hard and, seemingly, was, always, the centre of attention, wherever he went...His life, in Jamaica, the island he described as being more beautiful, than, any woman he had ever seen, was filled with riding his horses throughout his large Jamaican estate, enjoying himself at Port Antonio's breathtaking beaches, rafting on the Rio Grande, sailing on his beloved yacht, "The Zaca", drinking Jamaican rum, eating his and his then wife's (Patricia Wymore Flynn) favourite Jamaican dish, curried chicken, spending time at Navy Island, which, he owned, and at the hotel he owned, The Titchfield Hotel, and being a playboy extraordinnaire...The actor, in this biopic, captured Flynn's essence and likeness, through his looks, and doing a good job of portraying Errol's abundant charm, wicked wit and swashbuckling ability...Today, were "My Wicked, Wicked, Ways" to be redone, and I were the casting director, I would, perhaps, consider Rob Lowe or Alex Pettyfer, to play the man, who, was the most interesting man in the world, during his lifetime and, perhaps, of all time, Errol Flynn.
Patrick Gallimore What a lovely and fitting tribute to "The Capt'n," Mr. Gallimore!
Yes, and he died with a fine cauliflower - like collection of warts on his dick, too, from all those times he conned his way "in like Flynn."
A REAL warts and all story, perchance ?
Flynn was the handsomest ever (until his alcholism ruined him at the end) and Buster Crabbe was the cutest. Their respective beauty nicely offset each other. They were good friends, too.
Patrick Gallimore Reminds me of the actress whose a type of airhead glamour woman in Matilda who says to her daughter's schoolteacher - " You got books, I got looks "
@@cotswoldcuckoo775 Childish and silly, old boy - childish and silly, but amusing with the end - the Shakespearean flourish.
Errol Flynn is the biggest inspiration for the cartoon Tasmanian Devil which had been introduce to the public in 1954.
Errol. Legend. For young girls.
No the words that Come to MIND ARE LUST FOR LIFE AND THE GUTS TO LIVE IT !!;! RIP MR.FLYNN
Jocelyn Carter: Excellent movie Errol Flynn was something else! He died too young. RIP Errol.
JocelynHk Carter At 34 he was told by doctors he had 4 years to live.
How did these guys make Errol Flynns life look boring? P.S. It wasn't.
3 actors in this otherwise so so film ( I read Flynn's books), were good. The lead, the Barrymore part and Jack Warner part. Barbara Hershey, to me , has always been a boring actress. I sang opposite her in a Los Angeles Telethon, she was a boring singer as well. Still a distracting fun film while making and having my breakfast this morning.
The actor who played Errol was marvelous , he certainly delivered , but the movie was not that good . Duncan Regehr also played Zorro in a television series, he was as good as guy Williams who was Zorro in the Disney T.V. series in the late 1950's. This is a very good actor and a handsome and charming man with a certain charisma about him. In some scenes he almost looks like Errol Flynn. I do agree with one commentator here though this movie does not depict Errol's real life its been watered down and somewhat sugar coated ....... bad movie ,....but a really good actor in the leading role .
He also played Dracula in Monster Squad. He was really good in that role. Probably one of the best Draculas and very underrated.
Thanks
Many have overcritiqued this autobiographical film rendition. I thought it was fabulous and well acted. Duncan R. pulled it off with flair, grace, humor and a degree of tragic reality. ( my opinion )
And Hershey as Damita is fabulous!
Bring me that horizon!!
he basically had the body of an 80 year old when he died at only 50 (years of hard drinking smoking drug taking partying)
Fabian Patrizio According to his autopsy That's %100 correct
In 1950 he played 2nd fiddle to child actor Dean Stockwell, in Kim. Even in 1950, 10 years before he died, he looked OLD.
He had tb and malaria for years
Sounds like coming of age in the 60's......sex drugs and party til you puke basically everyday! I can relate to his life style very well!
Fabian Patrizio He said, " They said I looked old. ' Look at Errol, ' Ava ( Gardner ) said, ' Just look at him, ' At last I had a map on my face that looked like somebody lived in it. "
Thank you, unfortunate though that it's heavily edited. You see Olivia seeing Flynn about to approach him, then it cuts and next thing you know, she's leaving and saying goodbye. Apparently this is a 3 hour TV film cut here to 2 hours!
I sure agree V on this movie. I could only find it in VHS many years ago. I thought Duncan was also a very actor!
DVD is available from raremovies.biz/inc/sdetail/my_wicked_wicked_ways_dvd/7688
Looked for this on dvd couldn't find it. I'm glad you posted it. I loved DUNCAN REGEHR in Zoro.
One great mistake in this movie is that Errol was signed for $150 a week not $125 a week. Stephen King.
Duncan certainly delivered. The movie, however, did not.
In like Flynn!
The problem with doing an Errol Flynn biography is casting. Everyone comes up short.
A good film!
The real Olivia de Havilland is 102 now. She made so many films with him. Some say Flynn was in love with her for years and she was fond of him. De Havilland is a classy lady and in none of her interviews has ever indicated that Flynn and her became lovers.
She's gone now, of course.
Olivia thought that "Robin Hood" was pedestrian upon its release. Years later after watching the film she stated that she and Flynn did a pretty good job on screen and had a more positive view of the project. The lady was talented and stunning. And as a leading man - Flynn!!
Olivia was so cute on Dinah Shore she was obviously smitten with Flynn...she played with her pearls and smiled sheepishly when the subject of him came up.
She said she was in love with him.
This should have been made in Australia, They tend to find actors who are better looking than the people they are playing although that would be hard to do for Errol Flynn. At least they'd have had an actor who can pronounce "Melbourne" properly though.
Thanks for posting this movie. The book is quite different and a much more interesting expose. In the book Errol bears all. Duncan Regehr was a good Flynn though. I think the documentaries "Tasmania Devil" and "Portrait of a Swashbuckler," are better than this movie.
How many biographies is there of him. I love biographies of people dead or alive
@@lishamarlar4597 . There's one called , "Errol Flynn Slept Here". It chronicles his life as a child, and young man as well as his exploits in New Guinea and points in between. His home in California which he had costumed built to his specifications was called, Mulholland Farms. It was a spectacular estate suited for a movie star of Errol's caliber, not to mention a certain room in the house with a very special view which was only privy to the Master of Mulholland himself and perhaps a few special friends.
Flynn's life was the stuff of legends. This depiction is the stuff of dross
Bravo l'attore che lo interpreta
If Flynn spoke like that, he wouldn't have got where he did.
He did speak quite a bit like that. He was Australian and spent his initial years training and acting in Northampton England. He was not American.
@@ds1868 Yes but he had a much more melodious voice than that - and was laid-back. Patric knowles said he was an " easier " man than David Niven.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view!"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"
But did Errol Flynn ever win an Oscar when he was an Hollywood star?No,but his buddy and closed friend David Niven did for "Separate Tables".
Yi Seng Yes but Errol Flynn's Adventures of Robin Hood and The SeaHawk brought and brings more joy to children than David Niven ever did ( and I don't mind David Niven )
Beautifully done. Especially the period make-up.
According to Niven, I believe, when he and Rolly shared the beachhouse they ha a sign out front which declared in bold letters "Cirrhosis by the Sea"!
Flynn cheated on DaMita constantly that is why she was like that with him.
Typical distortion of history, Errol describes meeting Lili on board ship…Errol my hero.
The best film on Flynn is the last of robin hood. With Kevin Kline.
agee. in wich they show how he really was like.
I didn't know that Errol Flynn worked for Barney Miller
Hahaha
Barbara Hershey is excellant
Hal Linden ❤️
Duncan está impecável no papel de Flynn...tão belo, elegante e charmoso quanto o original....❤ meu tão querido Zorro..
Oh I think he died in BC. I saw some morbid video about him a while back he was a really heavy drinker.
People this is not a documentary Richard
This film is a story based upon the life of Errol Flynn and his dealings with the studio that's all it is don't take it as History Richard
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@ 01:12 There is nothing to smirk at or laugh about "the enormous sum of 125 dollars a week" received back in 1935 by E. F. I'm saying this because some website values those 125 dollars in 1935 at the equivalent of 2,397 dollars today. Ergo, $125 WAS AN ENORMOUS SUM 85 years ago. You must be a lawyer, a medical doctor, a judge, a contractor, or a corrupt politician to make a net salary worth almost 2,400 dollars a week these days in America.
Nowadays you're paying for the book's title and not the contents ; just look at the Bond movies .So don't feel bad if you're being served an adaptation ; convenient for the studio ,writers,director and actors .Truth be damned and that's Olivia ??
Flynn met Damita on board ship sailing over to the US for his screen test, Gerrit Koets was really Herman Erben an Austrian doctor who spoke with a marked accent, just two of the many errors in an on otherwise pretty good film,
Tommy Hall Correct.
Duncan is gorgeous! Lee Purcell was all wrong for Olivia de Havilland. She can't act.
Errol first wife was beautiful the actress who played her wasn't as much Olivia de Havilland character was not beautiful enough or had the charm she possess. Errol Flynn character looked dashing as ever
Lee is a beautiful woman but doesn't look anything like Olivia.
I was in that movie 😂 😂✔️💀 💀
I think "Jack Warner," was played by the actor that played Barney Miller.
K A S T R O E L L N I K ! ! !
I believe there was another Bio movie about Flynn made in the 80's or so. I believe it was a higher quality than this Made for TV movie. Does anyone know about it?
Gary Biggs Kevin Kline starred in one called (I think) "The Last of Robin Hood", or something close to that title.
@@Chief2Moon thanks!
What year was this ?
I bought the book a long time ago I haven't read it the print is really small.
Where was Niven ?
Objective Burma was one of his better films
He said himself it was the only one he was proud of
Altho fictional there were american units in Burma
Ernest gordon mentions on his book
The war to end all wars an american airborne paratrooper entered their pow camp having lost his way!
Dunno why they changed the doctor's name. And several others.
Duncan Regehr - Wrong Choice !
I thought he did a good job, Neville. There were even at times he looked just like Flynn. Maybe you should watch the movie again.
The good days before movies were filled with cursing an ugly words
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People actually had intelligence and didn't need to rely on cussing
The book was great but this film not so great! I guess they ran out of money.
Great reading material.
Great writer he was
why is Errol Flynn green complected in this movie
Hokey but fun.
And cheesy ….