Legend (1985)

Directed by

Ridley Scott

Genre

fantasy film, adventure film, epic film, dark fantasy, cinematic fairy tale, sword and sorcery film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

2h 05m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 1,399 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A pure young hero named Jack must stop the Lord of Darkness from casting the world into eternal night. The film follows his journey through a fantastical forest filled with magical creatures and sinister threats.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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