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Legend [VHS] | ![Legend [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31HNRKDKT8L._SL160_.gif) | Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: Video
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Rating:  485 reviews
Sales Rank: 3465
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Italian (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 89 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 1558807381
UPC: 096898019330
EAN: 9781558807389
ASIN: 1558807381
Theatrical Release Date: April 18, 1986
Release Date: June 2, 1998
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This strange, 1985 experiment by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner) starred the up-and-coming Tom Cruise in a fairy-tale world of dwarfs and unicorns and demons. After the horn of a unicorn is broken, darkness and winter descend upon the world. Cruise's character, helped along by a magic sprite played by David Bennent (The Tin Drum), descends into hell to save paradise. This movie is almost a classic case of art direction gone amok. The somewhat amorphous Cruise doesn't lend much dramatic focus or artistic definition, but the drama between Tim Curry's satanic majesty and Mia Sara's character, who becomes a sort of princess of the netherworld, is pretty captivating. A mixed experience all around that makes one wish it had been more successful. --Tom Keogh
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 Great! November 19, 2009
Jo day
Together with the Dark Crystal and the Dragonslayer the best fantasy-movie I have ever seen. I don't like that much modern computeranimated special effects. I like more... handmade stuff like this. Only the end is a bit lame. The masks and the ambience are awesome. The 80's marked the zenith in many ways of popular culture. This is one in film.
LEGEND!! October 23, 2009
moo shoo (USA)
Very cool! Both cuts are awesome, I recommend this movie to everyone with an imagination. I love it.
What a difference... October 22, 2009
movie nut (Utah)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The U.S. theatrical release of this film was completely ruined for me by the awful, anachronistic music of Tangerine Dream. What a thrill it is to finally see it as Ridley Scott intended, with Jerry Goldsmith's gorgeous, inventive score. Now the film feels much richer, nuanced and complex. Many other reviewers have complained about Lily's singing, but I found her simple folk melodies to perfectly capture the time period evoked by the filmmakers, as well as the innocence of the character. It is her singing that lures the unicorn to its doom (one example of adding that layer of complexity to the film). Another case in point is the "dress waltz" scene. Tangerine Dream's music was listless and lame, laughably simplistic and devoid of any emotion. Jerry Goldsmith transforms the scene utterly: now it positively overflows with dark desire. What a difference the right score can make.
This is one of the great classics to me October 5, 2009
M. Sales (OH- USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had this special edition 2-dvd set a few years ago and after trading in a bunch of dvd's now I am buying some of the really good ones that I must have in my collection and this is one of them! I watched this movie every time it came on HBO when I was a kid and I've loved this movie ever since. I put it up there with The Princess Bride which is another I have seen 100 times probably! All the actors in Legend are great, especially Tim Curry who plays Darkness, Tom cruise, Mia Sara, she is so talented and beautiful. I highly recommend Legend, it has all the extras you could want and the 2nd dvd is a darker directors cut.
this film is like a glorious painting come to life September 7, 2009
elisabbath (north carolina)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
what can i say? prepare to be swept away! this is a cinematic experience, not really a "movie" and to truly do it justice one would almost HAVE to see it on the big screen. but this longingly put together celebratory re-issue double disc dvd captures so much of the spirit of the film you will be sufficiently dazzled. enjoyable for children and adults, in no way "dumbed down" or rushed despite a nearly catastrophic studio fire carefully examined in the extras section on the dvd-- and-- it is resplendent with not one--but TWO musical scores for you to choose from! this film is simply enchanting. tim curry is almost unrecognizable beneath his make up and costume and tom cruise is an impish delite in one of his very earliest blockbuster roles. mia sara is the perfect princes and alice playton is menacingly creepy as blix. don't miss out on this. this movie deserved to do soooooo much better than it did at the box office during he time it was released. remember--you are watching ART; i'm not gonna say the plot doesn't drag and it isn't a wee bit short on dialogue--it is. but trust me, this is more than just a film. this is an experience. :)
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