I always thought it was 'blimey, he cleared it'.
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jamyskis — 18 years ago(May 23, 2007 12:26 AM)
The UK release was redubbed to "Cor blimey, he cleared it" to get the PG rating. It's not unheard of for PG films in the UK to have the f-word in them, but it's rare. At the time there was no 12 rating for DVD, so a mention of beep would have given it a 15 rating and harmed its chances at the box office.
On the German DVD (which I have, being German) he says the uncut version.
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kimballsp — 18 years ago(June 07, 2007 08:33 PM)
I just got finished watching it on HBO or one of those movie channels, and he actually did say "#uck me, he cleared it" I had to pause and go back to make sure I heard it right, I have the DVD, but it had been awhile since I'd seen it and since it was on already, but I'll look at the DVD again and see if it's not the the particular copy and just happens to be a different one. Cause he sure said it on the one I was watching. It surprised me.
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senor_goodspeed — 18 years ago(September 28, 2007 10:52 AM)
He definately says "Fu*k me, he cleared it" in the original cut, and this was an ad-libbed line by Slater. Obviously you cannot have this in a PG rated movie, as it was certified in the UK, and so it was edited to "Blimey, he cleared it" so as not to affect its certification status and therefore lose revenue for not being marketed as a family film.
In response to the discussion above about "Blimey" often being proceeded by "Cor", you are correct. The rumoured etimology behind this is that it is slang, or abbreviation for "God blind me". -
pmedmoe — 15 years ago(February 19, 2011 08:57 PM)
Just watched it last night, it's **** me, he cleared it. Clear as day.
Exactly.
You people really ought to read the trivia section:
The line that Will Scarlett says after he launches Robin and Azeem over the wall, beep me, he cleared it!" is an ad-lib by Christian Slater that director Kevin Reynolds dubbed to "blow me, he cleared it". -
freefall79 — 19 years ago(December 05, 2006 06:38 PM)
when i saw this film when i was 12 i maintained for years he said beep me he cleared it, but on the dvd it clearly says blimey me he cleared it. what ever the line really it's still a classic
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justinfoley — 18 years ago(September 16, 2007 11:17 AM)
In the original release, he did indeed use the profane beep me, he cleared it!" But it was not written as such. He ad-libbed that line (see trivia). In the DVD release (which I have not yet seen), it would not surprise me if they'd edited that out and put in Blimey, or whatever in its place.
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herbsuperb — 9 years ago(July 04, 2016 12:23 PM)
I can see how you could think that, especially as the character is played by Christian Slater, but I'm pretty sure there's no language in Robin Hood. If you listed closely, you can make out the word 'Blimey'.
Nope. He said "**** me, he cleared it". At least in the theatrical edition. Perhaps you have some weird updated version after minds and standards changed. Rick Moranis dropped the F-Bomb in Spaceballs, and that was rated PG-13. Times have changed I suppose.
Anyway, it wasn't 'blimey' or any variation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK8tyQZVfcc&feature=youtu.be&t=29
Observe. It's unmistakable.