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Title: Who is this archer?
Post by: locksley94 on October 27, 2012, 03:16:00 PM
Who is this archer??
 http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k119/Anbu94/12E497DA-F0C3-491C-84DB-181423CCEFFB-712-000000DE3F7FF806.jpg
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Post by: Lin Rhea on October 27, 2012, 03:21:00 PM
I believe Mr Hill doubled for Mr Flynn but I could be wrong.
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Post by: cyred4d on October 27, 2012, 03:27:00 PM
I think Lin is correct. I believe that is Howard Hill on the left and Errol Flynn on the right.
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Post by: stujay on October 27, 2012, 03:54:00 PM
x3
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Post by: centaur on October 27, 2012, 04:06:00 PM
yep
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Post by: tradlongbow on October 27, 2012, 04:31:00 PM
That's Howard Hill teaching Errol Flynn, Howard Hill was the Captain on the Archers in the movie Robin Hood.

Darren
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Post by: HARL on October 27, 2012, 07:06:00 PM
Tradlongbow is correct !! They became friends during the movie and spent time together .
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Post by: amar911 on October 27, 2012, 08:16:00 PM
Tradlongbow (Darren) and Harl (Tom) are both correct. Also, Howard performed all the "trick" shooting for Errol, including actually shooting a "Robin Hood" in the competition where Howard played the captain of the archers but split the arrow when shooting as Errol's archery stunt double. You can read an account of this here:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hill  . There is disagreement as to whether Howard was able to split the arrow along its full length or was only able to split the nock end and had to resort to a cinema technique for the full length effect.

Allan
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Post by: Charlie Lamb on October 27, 2012, 09:13:00 PM
I could be wrong, but I'd bet any amount of money up to a nickel that it's Mudd and Ron Laclair.
  ;)
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Post by: 30coupe on October 27, 2012, 09:32:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Charlie Lamb:
I could be wrong, but I'd bet any amount of money up to a nickel that it's Mudd and Ron Laclair.
   ;)  
:laughing:
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Post by: William Penn on October 27, 2012, 11:42:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by amar911:
Tradlongbow (Darren) and Harl (Tom) are both correct. Also, Howard performed all the "trick" shooting for Errol, including actually shooting a "Robin Hood" in the competition where Howard played the captain of the archers but split the arrow when shooting as Errol's archery stunt double. You can read an account of this here:    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hill   . There is disagreement as to whether Howard was able to split the arrow along its full length or was only able to split the nock end and had to resort to a cinema technique for the full length effect.


Allan
That is Howard Hill on the left. Yes, Flynn and Hill became friends. The HH Sirocco Limited Edition Bow was made in honor of Flynn's yacht "Sirocco".

Yes, Hill split the arrow in the movie. But, to get the "split" down the middle effect, they used a hollowed out bamboo arrow, as the target arrow to be split.

Also, watch the film closely and see that the men Robin Hood shot, were really shot, with an arrow. They had wood plates inside the tunics. Howard actually shot them. No trick photography. He shot them with live arrows.
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Post by: lablover on October 28, 2012, 12:46:00 AM
Man imagine the insurance for that one today
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Post by: mike g on October 28, 2012, 11:25:00 AM
The stunt men wanted extra pay, they said it still hurt them even with the wood....
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Post by: SilverTip on October 28, 2012, 01:23:00 PM
to funny Charlie,     :thumbsup: