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    Apr 18, 1986 · Tom Cruise reportedly wasn't happy with the American cut of this movie and wouldn't talk about it for years because of it. He very much encouraged fans to go with the Director's Cut.

    • (73K)
    • Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
    • Ridley Scott
    • 1986-04-18
    • An Idea Grows
    • Production and Release
    • Review
    • The Lord of Darkness
    • Interpretation

    In 1977, while filming his first major motion picture, The Duelist, Ridley Scott struck upon the idea for a mythological story and turned to the Brothers Grimm for inspiration, finally developing an idea about a young hermit who evolves into a great hero in battling the Lord of Darkness, thus saving the world from an eternal winter. He contacted Wi...

    Like many of Scott’s films, the production had setbacks, most notably when, with only ten days left to shoot, the 007 Stage burned down, destroying the forest set (fortunately, no human lives were lost). That was bad enough, but then, once production wrapped, came the screenings and reactions from test audiences that prompted Scott, who later confe...

    In 2002, an Ultimate Edition Director’s cut was released with the restored Goldsmith score and a runtime of 113 minutes plus a number of editing touches and added scenes (most especially with a beloved character named Meg Mucklebones played by Robert Picardo). Fans who grew up with the American version will have the most to discover and perhaps fee...

    Many films have put to screen visions of the devil, but few have made him as memorable. Often spectral or possessing an innocent, or even wholly unseen, Satan is generally conceived as more of a spiritual being rather than corporeal. Designed and created by the undervalued Robert Bottin (who made all of the creatures), the manifestation of the Lord...

    The Lord of Darkness is a masterpiece of design and conception, performance and direction, a character that has long out-lived the story it occupies. Holding place among the best incarnations of the devil, Tim Curry’s Darkness is the heart of Legend, the primer for the plot and the reason that any hero film works; he is a perfect villain. Seemingly...

  3. Tom Cruise reportedly wasn't happy with the American cut of this movie and wouldn't talk about it for years because of it. He very much encouraged fans to go with the Director's Cut.

  4. Legend is a 1985 American epic dark fantasy adventure film directed by Ridley Scott, and starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Cork Hubbert and Annabelle Lanyon.

  5. Oct 4, 2023 · The director's cut of Legend, released in 2002, with its different ending and original score, helped solidify its cult classic status by offering a morally gray narrative and questioning the concepts of good and evil.

  6. A demon who seeks to create eternal night by destroying the last of the unicorns and marrying a fairy Princess is opposed by the forest boy Jack (Tom Cruise) and his elven allies in this magical fantasy.

  7. Legend is a 1985 fantasy film released by 20th Century Fox in Europe and Universal Pictures in the United States and Canada, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Cruise and Mia Sara. Though not a very notable success when first released, it received an Academy Award nomination (for best makeup) and has since gained a cult following.