Legend (1985)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.1/10   

Director:

Ridley Scott

Guionista:

William Hjortsberg (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

18 abril 1986 (USA)

Género:

Fantasía | Aventura | Romance

Frase comercial:

This is such stuff as dreams are made of. This is Legend.

Plot:

A young man must stop the Lord of Darkness from both destroying daylight and marrying the woman he loves.

Plot Keywords:

Demon | Princess | Unicorn | Monster | Black Magic

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 9 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

To take the horn of the Unicorn is to end all hope!

Reparto

Tom Cruise	...	Jack
Mia Sara	...	Lili
Tim Curry	...	Darkness
David Bennent	...	Gump
Alice Playten	...	Blix
Billy Barty	...	Screwball
Cork Hubbert	...	Brown Tom
Peter O'Farrell	...	Pox
Kiran Shah	...	Blunder
Annabelle Lanyon	...	Oona
Robert Picardo	...	Meg Mucklebones
Tina Martin	...	Nell
Ian Longmur	...	Demon Cook
Mike Crane	...	Demon Cook
Liz Gilbert	...	Dancing Black Dress

También conocida como:

Legend of Darkness (UK) (working title)
Legend: Ultimate Edition (USA) (reissue title (video title))
Leyenda (Argentina) (Peru) [es]
Legend (Spain) [es]

Duración:

94 min | USA:114 min (director's cut) | USA:89 min

País:

USA | UK

Idioma:

Inglés | Italiano

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Clasificación:

Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:12 | Brazil:Livre | USA:Unrated (director's cut) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Ireland:G | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Netherlands:AL

Locaciones de Filmación:

Agnes Scott College - 141 E. College Avenue, Decatur, Georgia, USA

Compañía:

Embassy International Pictures

Trivialidades:

Filming stopped when the "007" soundstage burned to the ground. The remainder of the film was shot on hastily constructed sets.

Errores:

Sin sincronía de Audio o Visual: Oona's opening scenes in the cave (when she's first shown as a human) are out of sync with her voice.

Citas:

The Lord of Darkness: Oh, Mother Night! Fold your dark arms about me. Protect me in your black embrace. I sit alone, an impotent exile, whilst this form, this presence, returns to torment me!

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007) (V)

Banda de Sonido:

Loved By The Sun

To take the horn of the Unicorn is to end all hope!

Never did the phrase "a beautiful film" have more relevance than in this wonderful piece of adult fantasy. Make no mistake, this masterpiece, Ridley Scott's fourth film (it followed BLADE RUNNER) was never intended for children. Those who have written it off as a kids' movie totally betray their limitations and inability to see what is being offered here.

A youthful Tom Cruise was such a good choice as Jack, the forest dweller destined to plunge the world into darkness and then have but one opportunity to restore the light. Mia Sara is the beautiful princess, part Cinderella, part angel, all virgin! and Tim Curry? well, what a simply staggering contribution as the Lord of Darkness. Totally unrecognizable both visually and audibly but what a performance.

All the Ridley Scott trademarks are here, the back-projected blue light, the filtered scenes of wonderment, central characters in a crisis, the enigma of life itself. If anything, LEGEND is better now than when it was released. In '85 it received critical praise - just no-one went to see it! Well that's not strictly true. I attended the Sydney premiere and sat thru it entranced as others fidgeted, whispered, and generally brought attention to their limited attention spans and lowered perceptions!

Certainly it is a film that on one level children could relate to and even enjoy but it is a far deeper film with a host of reflective ideas and quite magical concepts. What really IS the Lord of Darkness? What is the significance of the Unicorns? What becomes of the innocence we leave behind in childhood? If none of this interests you, make sure you avoid this film!