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Legend: Ultimate Edition [1985] (2 discs) ... |  | |
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Length: | 90 minutes (1 hour 30 minutes) | MPAA Rating: | PG | Suggested Event Use: | Halloween | Sorting Category: | Fantasy | Sorting Tub: | Juliet |
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Synopsis: Both versions of Legend on a 2 disc set.
Reaction: The longer, director's cut is much more lucid, but there are a few shots in the U.S. theatrical cut that are absent in the other cut.
Personal Rating: 8/10
Highlights Director's Cut |
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Random Trivia For This Title: - The director's cut reveals an alternative ending where Jack remains in the forest and Lily goes home alone with plans to see him again soon.
- The US theatrical version of the movie was dramatically edited down, paring out both scenes and whole story elements after Ridley ScottRidley Scott heard the audience ragging on it in the original premier.
- Mia SaraMia Sara was only 15 during the filming of Legend. Sara was actually born in 1967, so she was 15 in 1982, which is when production for the film began. But it took a further three years before Legend was finally completed by Ridley ScottRidley Scott because of the film's immensely troubled production history.
- Johnny DeppJohnny Depp, Robert Downey Jr.Robert Downey Jr. and Jim CarreyJim Carrey were all considered for the role of Jack.
- Ridley ScottRidley Scott drew most of his inspiration for Legend from the 1946 version of La belle et la bête, as well as such Disney animated classics as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia and Bambi.
- Filming stopped when the "007" soundstage burned to the ground. The remainder of the film was shot on hastily constructed sets.
- This version of the movie was dramatically cut after Ridley ScottRidley Scott heard the audience ragging on it in the original premier.
- The face of goblin Blix was designed after that of Keith RichardsKeith Richards of the Rolling Stones. According to Alice PlaytenAlice Playten, she thought up the idea, which was supported by director Ridley ScottRidley Scott. He then had [?] Rob Bottin (special make-up effects) implement the concept.
- The sound of the unicorns at play is actually a recording of humpback whales.
- The voice of Gump was re-dubbed by Alice PlaytenAlice Playten. For the German version, the voice of Blix was dubbed by David BennentDavid Bennent, who also voiced himself.
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