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Legend on DVD (1985)

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Average rating: (64%)
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Starring: Tom Cruise | Tim Curry | Mia Sara | Billy Barty | David Bennent
Director: Ridley Scott
Studio: 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time: 90 mins
Certificate: PG
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Genres: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Languages: English
Released: 04/03/2002

Brief synopsis of Legend

Director Ridley Scott's lush fantasy film stars the young Tom Cruise as Jack, a peasant who lives in an enchanted forest with his beloved Lili (Mia Sara). One day, while quietly gamboling in a glade, the pair is distracted by the appearance of trolls, minions of the evil Lord of Darkness (Tim Curry). The cloven-footed, cavern-dwelling monster, long banished to the earth's nether regions, has sent the creatures on a mission to seize the horn of a unicorn, thereby plunging the planet into a frigid darkness over which he alone will reign. Things go from bad to worse as Lili succumbs to the forces of darkness, and Jack must assemble a motley band of elves to free her from bondage and return sunlight to the earth's surface. Sumptous art direction and overwhelming special effects are once again a testament to Scott's powers of visual invention.

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Rating of 2 stars out of 5 Radio Times

Best known as the movie that was filming at Pinewood when the James Bond stage burned down, this is probably one of the few films on director Ridley Scott's CV that he would prefer to forget. It's a daft fairy tale filled with all manner of goblins, elves and pixies, as well as Tom Cruise as a young peasant who falls in love with Princess Lili (Mia Sara). He takes her to see the last surviving unicorns, little knowing that the Lord of Darkness (Tim Curry) has his own evil plan for the mythical creatures. Curry prancing around with horns and yellow eyes is certainly the best thing in the film, which surprisingly did nothing to dim Cruise's rising star and it was only four short years later that he received an Oscar nomination for Born on the Fourth of July.

Variety

"...Exhilarating visual elements....It is a fairy-tale produced on a grand scale, a classic tale of the struggle between darkness and light, good and evil..."

Rating of 1 stars out of 4 Halliwell's Film Guide

Elegant fairy tale for the few grown-ups who have use for such a thing. More to look at than to listen to.

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Rated - 4 starsA note to clarify the earlier reviews

MsVespertine from Stockport , 21/01/2005

The version of Legend with the Goldsmith orchestral score (i.e. this version) is Ridley Scott's original version - or as near as is currently available to his original vision, anyway. The version with the Tangerine Dream score was the shorter, re-cut version that was rather forced upon him to 'please American audiences'. It is generally considered to be somewhat lighter in tone than the European cut.

What I've found is that people tend to prefer the version that they saw first, as with many things. Each to their own. Personally, I like *both* versions for different reasons, and am eagerly awaiting the release of the Ultimate Edition that is currently available in the US, which includes an extended director's cut, and director's commentary, along with the US/Tangerine Dream version of the film.

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Rated - 3 starsGreat 80's film that introduced the lovely Mia Sara to the world

spence from Leicester, England , 17/03/2005

With most films that you loved when you were a kid, they're pretty pants when you come to watch them later on in life! But I have to say this one was still pretty enjoyable - certainly no where near as good as I remember it but still an ok watch. This film also introduced the lovely Mia Sara to the world who is probably most famously know for John Hughes' Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Bit of trivia for you as well - Sean Connery was her father-in-law until she divorced in 2002. Anyhoo... I thought the sets, the costumes and the characters were very good. Overall, an enjoyable 'Good vs. Evil' 80's Fantasy Film.

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Rated - 3 starsNot a bad film

A.S from Wales , 05/06/2005

Ok ???....... just.

Not a bad film, very simple storyline, nicely filmed, not very demanding.

Tom Cruise is very `wooden? in this one, Mia Sara lapses into a very American accent on occasion, which spoils things a tad.

The Devil is great (not a religious observation) the voice over is perfect,(..er umerrm, not that I have ever spoken to the Devil) characterisation and effects not bad for the time.

To sum up, it?s a sort of children?s version of LOTR meets the Chronicles of Narnia.

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Rated - 5 starsMy Favourite Film.......

Carrie Allcott from North Yorkshire , 14/04/2005

I love this film. Saw it first when i was six years old and it has lost none of its magic for me. I did try to get my children to watch it but they found it a little scary (the goblins are actually quite sinister), so it's probably best for 8-9 year olds upwards. The adults should definitely watch it though, as Tim Curry does the best sexy impersonation of the Devil that i have ever seen. Proper scary, even now!

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