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Legend (1985) 6.3
A young man must stop the Lord of Darkness from both destroying daylight and marrying the woman he loves. Director:Ridley ScottWriter:William Hjortsberg |
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Cast
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Demon Cook
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Plot Summary
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Storyline
A demon who seeks to create eternal night by destroying the last of the unicorns and marrying a fairy princess is opposed by the forest boy Jack and his elven allies in this magical fantasy. Two different versions of this picture feature soundtracks by either Tangerine Dream or Jerry Goldsmith. Written by Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>
Taglines:
She is of the purest innocence. He is pure evil. He is darkness. See more »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
18 April 1986 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Legenda See more »Box Office
Budget:
$30,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$15,502,112 (USA)Company Credits
Production Co:
Embassy International Pictures, Legend Production Company, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation See more »
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
| (director's cut)Color:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Composed by Jerry Goldsmith
Performed by 'The National Philharmonic Orchestra' & 'The National Philharmonic Chorus
Courtesy of Silva America
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Trivia
In his commentary on the Director's Cut of Legend, Ridley Scott states that the glasses on the table covered with jewels and treasures as a gift to Princess Lily in Darkness' throne room are still in his possession today. See more »Goofs
When Oona flies away from Gump towards the end, a black rod (part of the fx equipment) swishes above Gump's head briefly in the top right hand side of the frame. See more »Quotes
Princess Lily: Neither country proverb nor King's command could keep me from the woods, today.See more »
Soundtracks
"Forgive Me"Composed by Jerry Goldsmith
Performed by 'The National Philharmonic Orchestra' & 'The National Philharmonic Chorus
Courtesy of Silva America
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As a huge fan of Tangerine Dream and Jon Anderson, I praise the fact that their music is in the "American" cut of this film; their music has always sounded like they were trying to do soundtracks to a movie. You hear a song, you get visual images in your head and make a movie of your own.
However, ...
I do have to say that the American Version with Tangerine Dream's soundtrack only makes this movie into a "Cult" film. It could have been great, but (well, you fill in the blank).
Fortunately, I've seen the way it was SUPPOSED to have been released in the States (which you can find on the 2-disc DVD, which has both versions).
The Non-American version has a story which is much fuller, and the music (with a full symphony orchestra) is much better and adds more drama and punctuates the mood of each scene more properly.
I do find the American version's end much more climatic musically and story-wise with Jon Anderson (singer of Yes)'s angelic voice thundering with Tangerine Dream's score in the background.
So, pick an afternoon when you got about 4 hours to spare and watch BOTH. Then, take parts of each version and make YOUR OWN wonderous story.
And another thing, keep in mind that this movie came out a whole 20 years ago. The early 80's. Next year it can buy it's own beer (if it was a person). So, Tim Curry and a lot of others would have been just voices over CGI characters instead of being in actual makeup and there would have been MORE to the story and script if CGI was as available back then as it is now.
There IS such a thing as knowing limitations, you know.
American Version, good enough to make one wonder what was more.
International Version, done much better and fuller (though I like the American ending better)
As I said, watch both versions and make your OWN version to enjoy.
Aaaaannnd ... CUT!
That's a wrap.