Rating: Empty

 

Cast: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, Arnon Milchan, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, and Cork Hubbert

 

Director: Ridley Scott

 

Writer: William Hjortsberg

 

Producer: Aaron Milchan

 

Music by: Jerry Goldsmith

 

Song: “Is Your Love Strong Enough” by Bryan Ferry

 

Oscar Nominations: 1 (best makeup)

 

Oscar wins: 0

 

Favorite Character: Blix

 

Tagline: This is such stuff as dreams are made of. This is Legend.

 

Rated: PG

 

Quote: “As long as they roam the earth, evil can never harm the pure of heart.”- Jack

 

Fun Facts: Widely rumored to have been a source of inspiration for Shigeru Miyamoto‘s classic game series The Legend of Zelda.

 

The sound of the unicorns at play is actually a recording of humpback whales.

 

Curry got too impatient with his character’s makeup and pulled it off too quickly, tearing off his own skin!

 

The sound of the unicorns at play is actually a recording of humpback whales.

 

Summary: A Forest Dweller must stop the lord of darkness from having earth plummet into darkness.

 

The Review: If this whole plot was a storybook, children will be like “I have heard the plot like that before.” Sure the makeup was great and the goblins were fun but with this predictable fairy tale, Ridley Scott could have done better.