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Legend is a 1985 fantasy adventure film directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, and David Bennent, it was a co-production of the United Kingdom and United States. The screenplay was written by William Hjortsberg and produced by Arnon Milchan. Shot at Pinewood Studios, it featured cinematography by Alex Thomson and a score by Jerry Goldsmith. The film runs for 125 minutes and explores themes of rescue, innocence, and purity. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling and was distributed by Universal Pictures, Netflix, and Disney+.
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6.2Set in a timeless mythical forest inhabited by fairies, goblins, unicorns and mortals, this fantastic story follows a mystical forest dweller, chosen by fate, to undertake a heroic quest. He must save the beautiful Princess Lili and defeat the demonic Lord of Darkness, or the world will be plunged into a never-ending ice age.
Cast
- Tom Cruise as Jack
- Mia Sara as Princess Lili
- Tim Curry as Lord of "Darkness"
- David Bennent as Honeythorn Gump
- Alice Playten as Blix
- Billy Barty as Screwball
Themes
- witch
- princess
- monster
- magic
- winter
- sword
- hell
- mythology
- romance
- snow
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
76,914 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
33%
Metacritic
30/100
- Year
- 1985
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 12 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ridley Scott
- Written by
- William Hjortsberg
- Produced by
- Arnon Milchan
- Starring
- Tom Cruise Mia Sara Tim Curry David Bennent Alice Playten Billy Barty Cork Hubbert
- Cinematography
- Alex Thomson
- Edited by
- Terry Rawlings
- Music by
- Tangerine Dream (US version) Jerry Goldsmith (European version and director's cut )
- Production companies
- Embassy International Pictures N.V. Legend Production Company
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures (North America) 20th Century Fox (International)
- Release dates
- August 26, 1985 ( 1985-08-26 ) ( Venice ) August 28, 1985 ( 1985-08-28 ) (France) April 18, 1986 ( 1986-04-18 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 89 minutes (US version) 93 minutes (European version) 114 minutes (director's cut)
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $23.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- cinematic fairy tale
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- purity
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Screenwriter
- William Hjortsberg
- Cast member
- Kiran Shah
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Producer
- Arnon Milchan
- Production company
- Regency Enterprises
- Cinematographer
- Alex Thomson
- Filming location
- Pinewood Studios
- Duration
- 125
- FilmAffinity ID
- 557317
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Legende Logo.png
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- publication date
- 1986-04-18
- film editor
- Terry Rawlings
- title
- Legend
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- distributed by
- Disney+
- production designer
- Assheton Gorton
- set in environment
- castle
- narrative motif
- demon
- review score
- 6.3/10
- capital cost
- 24500000
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Encyclopedic overview
Legend is a 1985 American epic dark fantasy adventure film directed by Ridley Scott, written by William Hjortsberg, and starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Cork Hubbert and Annabelle Lanyon. The film revolves around Jack, a pure being who must stop the Lord of Darkness who plots to cover the world with eternal night.
Despite its lack of commercial success and poor reception from critics, the film won the British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in 1985 for cinematographer Alex Thomson and was nominated for multiple awards: the Academy Award for Best Makeup; the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films Saturn Award for Best Makeup; BAFTA Awards for Best Costume Design, Best Makeup Artist, and Best Special Visual Effects; DVD Exclusive Awards; and Youth in Film Awards (since renamed Young Artist Awards). Since its premiere, reinforced by the 2002 release of the unrated Director's Cut, the film has been called a cult classic.
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