A review of IN LIKE FLYNN
I have always said there isn’t any film director or actor that can capture the charm, spirit and lust for living that was Errol Flynn.
I tried to put together a project written by Tony Thomas, we were talking to Vince Sherman as director and I told them all that a younger Kevin Kline could pull it off. At the time Kline didn’t want anything to do with Flynn. My idea and Vince loved it was to copy Amadeus where you had the older Flynn in Jamaica talking with Conrad as Salieri talking to the priest. Then we cut to a young Flynn/Kline at differnent parts of his life but not in order. The idea was to show Flynn as one of the coolest guys to walk the earth. It would be an acting challange for Kline and I felt that was the only way to get him to play this part. I wanted to end the film with Tony’s narration from the CD Requiem for a Cavalier where Tony talks about remembering Errol Flynn and we show the clip of the end of Robin Hood. So the kids in the theater would see the real Errol Flynn at the end of the film.
I could never get the funds, then Vince passed away and two years later Tony passed away. Kline didn’t work in film for ten years and he jumped at the role of Flynn in the LAST ROBIN HOOD which he was the only real actor in the whole film. He somewhat captured Errol… I will probably see IN LIKE FLYNN but I’m not expecting too much.
Bung ho!
— Jack Marino
6 Responses to In Like Flynn review: Errol Flynn biopic a tepid tribute to swashbuckling legend