Legend (1985)

Two Geeks and a GIT Classic Movie Reviews

The second film in our fantasy pairing comes from acclaimed director Ridley Scott, and also features the first appearance of an actor we've all come to know and love! In 1985's "Legend," a beautiful young maiden named Lily (Mia Sara in her first cinematic role) is in love with Jack (Tom Cruise), a young man living in the wilds of the forest. He, too, is besotted with Lily, and decides to show her his most closely-guarded secret: The existence of two unicorns. Against his advice, Lily touches one of them, distracting it long enough for a monstrous goblin named Blix (Alice Playten), who is an emissary of a demon known only as Darkness (Tim Curry) to carve the horn from one of the Unicorns, killing it, and plunging the world into eternal winter. Jack then meets several forest-dwellers, including the Gump (David Bennent), Brown Tom (Cork Hubbert), and Screwball (played by the legendary Billy Barty) who agree to help Jack find the horn and bring it back to the light. Along the way, Lily is kidnapped, the other Unicorn taken, and the quartet of forest heroes must face down several threats, including a swamp hag named Meg Mucklebones (Robert Picardo). This film is also notable for its score, done by the pop group Tangerine Dream, and provided last-minute after Jerry Goldsmith's score was rejected by the film's producers after a discouraging screening! Plus, the gents reveal which two films they'll be reviewing to shine a light on the talent of Kevin Kline!