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Legend (Ultimate Edition) (1986)

Tom Cruise , Alice Playten , Ridley Scott  |  PG |  DVD
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (689 customer reviews)

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Product Details

  • Actors: Tom Cruise, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Cork Hubbert, Peter O'Farrell
  • Directors: Ridley Scott
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (DTS 5.1)
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Studio: Universal Studios
  • DVD Release Date: May 21, 2002
  • Run Time: 204 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (689 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000063UR2
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,839 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Legend (Ultimate Edition)" on IMDb

Special Features

  • Director's cut, restored version with Jerry Goldsmith's score
  • Original U.S. theatrical version with Tangerine Dream score
  • Creating a Myth: The Making of Legend
  • Storyboards
  • The Fairy Dance, music and storyboards depicting the lost scene
  • Original screenplay
  • Music video - "Is Your Love Strong Enough" by Bryan Ferry

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

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

Product Description

Tom Cruise stars in this visually-stunning fantasy adventure in which pure good and evil battle to the death amidst spectacular surroundings. Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story has Tom Cruise as a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate to undertake a heroic quest. He must save a beautiful princess, Mia Sara, and defeat the demonic Lord of Darkness, Tim Curry, or the world will be plunged into a never-ending ice age. Co-starring Billy Barty and Alice Playten and directed by Ridley Scott, famed for his remarkable settings and unparalleled imagery, the incredibly realized fable is the stuff movie legends are made of.

Customer Reviews

The sets, costumes and makeup are beautiful and I love the Tangerine Dream score. Katie Mayo  |  102 reviewers made a similar statement
It has pretty good acting, special effects, story, and a great score. KevinB  |  73 reviewers made a similar statement
With the director's cut, the plot seems to flow much better. Derek Hall  |  38 reviewers made a similar statement
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
440 of 459 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
LEGEND never really found an audience in theatres despite Ridley Scott and Universal's constant tinkering with the final cut. Seems many movies of this era were victims of audience test screenings, and the desire to give people a commercial product that went down easy -- see BRAZIL for a prime example of how studios think (the "love conquers all" version). So LEGEND was severely edited and rescored with a hasty (but often effective score by TANGERINE DREAM). It was short on plot and long on art direction, but sumptuous visuals and an all-out acting job by Tim Curry and make-up artist Rick Bottin made the movie an easy favorite of many fantasy fans. The movie looks stunning, and the story is a universal plunge into archetypes. Nothing wrong with that, it certainly worked for STAR WARS!

This DVD collection gives you two versions of LEGEND -- the original director's cut with over twenty minutes of added footage and the original Goldsmith score; and in addition, you get the original US release. In essence you get two different movies! The moods vary, the characters seem a little different, with whole new speeches and images to enjoy. If you are a fan of the movie or Ridley Scott it's a MUST-HAVE! This is what DVD dreams are made of. While many bemoan the fact BLADE RUNNER does not come with its 2 versions -- the fact is other than the narration and the happy ending, there is not MUCH different. But here we have a case where you can see what happens to a movie as it goes through development HELL. Fascinating stuff, and it comes LOADED with extras.

The only downside is the director's cut gets the royal treatment of a 5.... Read more ›

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95 of 100 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars finally! October 3, 2000
Format:DVD
jerry goldsmith is widely considered to be one of the best creators of movie music alive. he once gave an interview where he said that the score for 'Legend' was his favorite thing he'd ever written. when this movie was released, however, the people at the studio decided that "the kids" just wouldn't get it, so they replaced it with a pop-y bit from tangerine dream. furthermore, scenes were cut, and the action was speeded up so that the movie could be marketed to a younger crowd. problem solved: this is a 2 disc set so you can compare and contrast the two versions: one with jerry goldsmith's score restored and finally bringing the "international" cut to the u.s., the other being the u.s. theatrical cut. this movie is incredible, but certainly not for everyone. the early tom cruise is fun to watch, tim curry is his usual over-the-top self, and mia sara is quite attractive as the princess(?) lilly. at its heart, this is a good vs. evil quest film, with the usual fantasy trappings of that sort used to wonderful effect. the movie is visually stunning, but it relies on more archtypical characters rather than character development. just because it has unicorns, fairies, goblins, swords, magic, etc., does not make this a children's film. i heartily recommend this one to any fan of sheer eye candy, fantasy, or fairy tales.
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100 of 108 people found the following review helpful
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As long as unicorns roam the earth evil can never harm the pure of heart, and that is why the prince of Darkness has sent his most foulest goblins out into the very daylight he seeks to destroy forever to cut off the horns of the last two remaining. But when Jack (the forest boy, played by a very young Tom Cruise) takes Lily (a royal princess, played by the beautiful Mia Sara) to see them, she does the forbidden and touches these ancient creatures. Lily soon discovers it was she who unintentionally lured the unicorns into the goblin's trap; enabling them to shoot the poison stinger into one of the "beasts", as they call them, with a clear view. She vows to make things right again as the land becomes shrouded in a blanket of snow and tries to protect the last unicorn standing but is too frail to defend even herself. She then is captured, along with the unicorn, and taken back to the great tree where the wicked come to sacrifice. There the prince of Darkness yearns for a companion and tries to make Lily one of them by tempting her with jewels and power while Jack and his new friends Gump, a jealous sprite and some other nymphs, device a plan to save Lily, the unicorn, and the world before it's covered in eternal shadow.

Legend wasn't too well received in theaters and was not a favorite among most critics but it has quickly become a cult classic with fantasy lovers like me. Considering the low budget director Ridley Scott was given in order to make this film in the mid-80s, I thought they did a wonderful job in bringing William Hjortsberg's dark fairytale to life, which was written specifically for the screen. I also felt the entire cast put on remarkable performances - especially Tim Curry who went through hell (pun intended) to look as devilish as he does here...
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48 of 51 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Legend; Ultimate Edition June 19, 2004
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Format:DVD
(Please note that my review mentions a few scenes and plot elements which you may not wish to know beforehand if you have never seen the movie; however, I would definitely not consider them spoilers.)

Legend is one of "those" movies for me. Like many of the movies I saw when I was young, it helped define my childhood. I first saw Legend during its first televised airing in Canada at about the age of 8. My mother taped it off of television for me, and over my unicorn obsessed childhood it became etched into my memory. Strangely, I have never been able to find in stores the version I saw then.

When the taped-from-tv version finally gave out on me, my mother bought for me an official Legend release for Christmas. I watched the movie with a sense of horror as I found that scenes that I felt were pivotal or pleasurably memorable to the movie were not present. The two notable scenes which were missing were the scene in which Gump riddles Jack about moonbells, and the one in which Jack faces the witch on his way to Darkness. The lack of these scenes brought the movie's greatness down a few notches for me. Perhaps if I'd never seen it with those scenes I wouldn't have noticed, but knowing just what was missing, and what the movie was without them, ruined something for me. So, when I found Legend: Ultimate Edition, I decided to buy it to see if the Director's Cut was the better version. However, I was aware when I bought it that my childhood version of Legend featured the Tangerine Dream score, and not the original. So I wasn't really sure of what I was getting.

Imagine my annoyance to find that the Director's Cut is no better. In fact, I think it's worse. I will pick out three specifics that bother me:

Lily: In the U.S. Theatrical release, I like Lily.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars When Tom Cruise is not Tom Cruise
There is something hypnotic about this film, despite the icky presence of Tom Cruise (a rare film where he doesn't make himself larger than life). Read more
Published 4 days ago by Surferofromantica
5.0 out of 5 stars Just as great as I remember
Loved this movie growing up and just watched it with my husband and 6-1/2 year old son. The boy really liked it! It's visually gorgeous and the music is fantastic. Read more
Published 4 days ago by Fargo Chowder
4.0 out of 5 stars Best. Satan. Ever.
Tim Curry plays one hell of a devil and that's reason enough to buy this movie. Fortunately it's actually a really good fantasy movie with a not-that-annoying Tom Cruise and a... Read more
Published 5 days ago by Ben
1.0 out of 5 stars were it 100 times better...
...it would have been merely terrible.

Stilted acting, Kevin Costner-like line reading, artificial snow that looks every bit like a combination of cornstarch and... Read more
Published 8 days ago by Joseph Horton
4.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite fantasy films. A must have for any fantasy movie...
Very good movie. This with out a doubt one of my favorite fantasy themed films. Tom Cruise, Mia Sara and Tim Curry really did a great job. Read more
Published 13 days ago by Jimmy Corriveau
5.0 out of 5 stars Best parts had Tim Curry (the devil in it)
The best parts of this movie had the devil (Tim Curry) in it. This is what made the movie. Visually stunning also.
Published 13 days ago by Noris Nunez
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic
I grew up with this movie. Fantactically wimzical, and Darkness is played by Tim Curry. Doesnt get much better than Tim Curry.
Published 14 days ago by Tamara
1.0 out of 5 stars Train Wreck of a Film
Just saw this psychedelic fairy-tale again and I'll go back to forgetting it. The characters have zero depth. The story is silly and almost non-existent. Read more
Published 18 days ago by BubbaZanetti
5.0 out of 5 stars memories....
bought this as a gift for my son, as this was one of his favorite movies growing up. So happy to find it on DVD!
Published 27 days ago by ddayzz
3.0 out of 5 stars Legend is a fab film: just be aware of the version you intend to...
This is a great movie; just be completely sure you want the director's cut and not the major-release version. Read more
Published 29 days ago by Mel Drake
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A vote for the version you like most!!
I much prefer the Tangerine Dream version. It was much more vivid and alive. While I love Jerry Goldsmith to death, his soundtrack for this movie is so quiet and tame. There is so little power to it compared to the other. Also, Jerry's version is classically based and "normal-sounding"... Read more
Jun 22, 2009 by Callista Z. Maris |  See all 6 posts
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Amazon.com is the most accurate. They added the running times of both films: 90 minutes (theatrical) and 114 (extended).
The Ultimate Edition containing both films lists the running time for each film. After that DVD came out, a single-disc DVD containing only the extended cut was released. Hope... Read more
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