Legend (film)

Legend is a 1985 fantasy film, directed by Ridley Scott. The film stars Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, and Tim Curry. The film was financially unsuccessful, but was nominated for an Oscar and has gained a cult status .



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == The movie plays "long ago", in a fantasy world inhabited by among other unicorns, fairies and demons. A demonic creature that only commonly referred to as the Lord of Darkness gives his henchman, the goblin Blix, to find the command for two unicorns for him. With their horns he wants to undergo the Sun for good and the world in eternal night Hampton.
 * 2 Cast
 * Background 3
 * 3.1 Production
 * 3.2 finishing treatments
 * 3.3 Film Music
 * 4 awards and nominations
 * 5 external links

Meanwhile, in a forest away, shows Jack o' the Green his beloved, Princess Lily, the unicorns. Against his warning to the unicorns in touches Lily; a forbidden act for people. Later, while Jack looks for in a pond to her ring, see Lily how Blix kills one of the unicorns. As a result, it starts to freeze spontaneously. Lily pursues him hoping to make up for her mistake to rescue by the other Unicorn. She is eventually captured along with the Unicorn and brought to the castle of the Lord of Darkness.

When Jack comes back and notice that Lily is gone, he begins a search for her. He is trying to find allies, but he encounters much opposition there Lily the unicorns has shown. However, he eventually gets support of Oona, Honeythorn Gump, Brown Tom, and Screwball (a fairy, an elf and two dwarves). Pull them together to battle against the Lord of darkness. Using mirrors reflect the sunlight right of hiding in them, making the Lord of Darkness finally dies. Lily and the Unicorn have been rescued. Read warning: ends here.==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == ==Background[ Edit] == ===Production<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The scenario of the film was written by By William. The production was owned by Arnon Milchan. Shooting of the film took place in the Pinewood Studios, including on the 007 Stage (so called because of the manyJames Bond filmsusing it in). During the filming, the studio suffered a fire, which among other things destroyed the 007 stage. As a result, the final scenes had to be included on hastily built emergency kits. There were also recordings except at Pinewood Studios place in Silver Springs, Florida. ===Finishing Treatments<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The original version of the film was 113 minutes long, and the film was not well at a test audience. The audience took place among other things Jerry Goldsmiths music not good and doubted that the film would fall in the taste of the target audience.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The film was first released in Europe in a truncated version of 94 minutes. For the u.s. release, the film even brought back to 89 minutes. Goldsmiths was music for the American version replaced by music ofTangerine Dream, Yessinger Jon Anderson, and Bryan Ferry.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" len="165" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [2] ===Film Music<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The original music of the film was composed by Jerry Goldsmith. He composed music can be heard in the European edition of the film. The film includes the following numbers:

<p lang="en" len="66" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The US version contains two additional songs Tangerin's Dream:
 * "My True love's Eyes" (the title song, usually sung by Lily).
 * "Living River"
 * "Bumps And Hollows"
 * "Sing The Wee"
 * "Reunited"

==Awards and nominations<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="335" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1985 won a Best Cinematography Award "Legend" award.
 * "Loved By The Sun"
 * "Is Your Love Strong Enough"

<p lang="en" len="58" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The film was further nominated for 10 prizes including:


 * A Oscar for best makeup
 * A Saturn Award for best make-up
 * 3 BAFTA Film Awards
 * 3 DVD Premiere Awards.
 * 2 Young Artist Awards.