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Urban Legend

  • 1998
  • R
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
75K
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Rebecca Gayheart, Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Joshua Jackson, Tara Reid, and Michael Rosenbaum in Urban Legend (1998)
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A college student suspects a series of bizarre deaths are connected to certain urban legends.A college student suspects a series of bizarre deaths are connected to certain urban legends.A college student suspects a series of bizarre deaths are connected to certain urban legends.

  • Director
    • Jamie Blanks
  • Writer
    • Silvio Horta
  • Stars
    • Jared Leto
    • Alicia Witt
    • Rebecca Gayheart
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    75K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,714
    449
    • Director
      • Jamie Blanks
    • Writer
      • Silvio Horta
    • Stars
      • Jared Leto
      • Alicia Witt
      • Rebecca Gayheart
    • 511User reviews
    • 123Critic reviews
    • 35Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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    Jared Leto
    Jared Leto
    • Paul
    Alicia Witt
    Alicia Witt
    • Natalie
    Rebecca Gayheart
    Rebecca Gayheart
    • Brenda
    Michael Rosenbaum
    Michael Rosenbaum
    • Parker
    Loretta Devine
    Loretta Devine
    • Reese
    Joshua Jackson
    Joshua Jackson
    • Damon
    Tara Reid
    Tara Reid
    • Sasha
    John Neville
    John Neville
    • Dean Adams
    Julian Richings
    Julian Richings
    • Janitor
    Robert Englund
    Robert Englund
    • Professor Wexler
    Danielle Harris
    Danielle Harris
    • Tosh
    Natasha Gregson Wagner
    Natasha Gregson Wagner
    • Michelle Mancini
    Gord Martineau
    • Newsman
    Kay Hawtrey
    Kay Hawtrey
    • Library Attendant
    Angela Vint
    Angela Vint
    • Bitchy Girl
    J.C. Kenny
    • Weather Woman
    Vince Corazza
    Vince Corazza
    • David Evans
    • (as Vince Corrazza)
    Balázs Koós
    • Nerdy Guy
    • Director
      • Jamie Blanks
    • Writer
      • Silvio Horta
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    • Trivia
      Danielle Harris (Tosh) was a smoker at the time and thrilled to be allowed to smoke while working. She quickly realized that shooting scenes while smoking meant that she was going to have to smoke cigarettes for hours all day while they shot. She eventually got sick of it and quit smoking.
    • Goofs
      In the opening scene, the killer hiding in the back seat of her car' murders the driver of a speeding vehicle during a rainstorm. It is impossible to gain control and stop the car before it crashes.
    • Quotes

      Sasha: Spit it out, Felicia.

      Felicia: That's just the problem, I mean, I didn't.

      Sasha: [stroking a microphone] Ah, had yourself a little frat boy protein shake, did ya?

    • Alternate versions
      The version of the film shown on the USA network keeps onscreen violence to a minimum. All violence is shown very quickly, while the sound effects during killings have been removed entirely, and any shots of a dead body have been trimmed to show only a flash of what the body looks like.
    • Connections
      Edited into Urban Legend: Deleted Scene (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Total Eclipse of the Heart
      Written by Jim Steinman (as James Steinman)

      Performed by Bonnie Tyler

      Courtesy of Columbia Records

      By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

    User reviews511

    Featured review
    6/10

    Yet another teen slasher movie, but this one better than some

    This is yet another teen slasher movie, one of the many to have come out recently. I don't think this one quite ranks up to the SCREAM movies, but I think it was better than the I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER movies.

    College student Natalie Simon, (Alicia Witt) mourning over the recent murder of an old friend, finds herself in great danger after a large number of students are being murdered. Each murder is performed in the style of an urban legend, which many of the kids know. Everyone is a suspect, including the best friend Brenda (Rebecca Gayheart), love interest Paul (Jared Leto) and friend/prankster Damon Brooks. (Joshua Jackson)

    The premise of this movie is fairly cool, but the rest of the movie is basic slasher-movie type stuff. It's pretty predictable too, as are most movies like this one. The acting is not especially great, but some of it is fair. Alicia Witt does a good job as the star of this movie. Rebecca Gayheart probably does the best acting job of all, especially at the end.

    Most all of the characters are boring and flat, aside from the main one. Many are simply there to get killed, and some that are more important are not as interesting. Still, this movie is better than I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER and probably worth a rent.
    • Xophianic
    • Feb 3, 2000
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 25, 1998 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Leyenda urbana
    • Filming locations
      • Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Phoenix Pictures
      • Canal+ Droits Audiovisuels
      • Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA)
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $14,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $38,072,438
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $10,515,444
      • Sep 27, 1998
    • Gross worldwide
      • $72,527,595
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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