Legend Standard Theatrical Cut + Director's Cut

What more can I say than the hundreds of comments on Ridley Scott's film? It was his cursed film, which he butchered himself in a moment of anger, one could say. So, what is shown in his Director's Cut is rather disappointing, while there were many more shots filmed.But this new Blu-ray edition offers us new documentaries; I recommend it for these new additions to anyone who wants to know more about this magnificent project that could have been so much more, with its gigantic artificial set, larger than life. And about the makeup of Rob Bottin, who retired from cinema, also in an excess of angry disappointment. At least, that's what they say in the industry.Blu-Ray of very good quality, but which was really too expensive in its "Collector" form. Recommanded anyway! 🙂

I LOVE this version. Has the tangerine dream score!!

Legend (2-Disc Standard Special Edition - Theatrical Cut + Director's Cut) [Blu-ray]Came as ordered all disks working fast delivery!!

I'm just going to drop this here, for anyone on the fence about this release.... For the record, the restoration is spectacular and this blows the Universal release out of the water, for both versions of the film.The first disc contains the U.S. Theatrical Cut plus the following features:Commentary by Paul M. Sammon.Isolated Music Score by Tangerine Dream, the unedited score by Tangerine Dream, in DTS-HD 2.0.Isolated Music and Effects Track in DTS-HD 2.0."Remembering a Legend". This featurette clocks in at nearly 31 minutes and features British cast and crew."The Music of Legend" featurette: Part One: Jerry Goldsmith, clocks in at 15 minutes, and Part Two: Tangerine Dream, clocks in at 13 minutes."The Creatures of Legend" featurette: Part One: Inside the Illustrations, 10 minutes, and Part Two: Inside the Make-Up Effects, 16 minutes."Incarnations of a Legend", Travis Crawford spends 20 minutes discussing different versions."The Directors: Ridley Scott", from 2003 clocks in at 58 minutes."Television Version Opening", just over one minute of TV version footage."Music Video: Is Your Love Strong Enough?", clocks 5 minutes.Illustrated book filled with art and writing and postcards, typical Arrow book but longer and higher quality. It's bound this time, not the little stapled pamphlet style they usually include, but an actual bound paperback volume.Disc Two contains the Director's Cut and the following features:"Commentary" by Ridley Scott."Creating a Myth: Memories of Legend", 51 minute featurette."Original Featurette", 9 minute featurette from the VHS edition."Lost Scenes" including "Alternate Opening: Four Goblins", clocks in at 10 minutes, "The Fairie Dance", 3 minutes."Storyboards" including "Intro / Three Goblins" 2 minutes, "Lili and the Unicorns" 1 minute, "Mortal World Turned to Ice" 2 minutes, "Jack and the Fairies" 3 minutes, "Find the Mare, Lose the Alicorn" 2 minutes, "Jack's Challenge" 4 minutes, "Meg Mucklebones and the Great Tree" 1 minute, "Downfall of Darkness" 2 minutes."Alternate Footage", clocks 9 minutes."Screenplay Drafts": "First Draft" and "Shooting Script"."Trailers and TV Spots": US Theatrical One, US Theatrical Two, International, US TV Spots"Image Galleries": Production Stills, Continuity Polaroids, Poster & Video ArtThis is the definitive release for this film. Because of limitations on available elements, this is the best we will see unless technology changes significantly. The Interpositive and Negative were used to cobble this together, as with the original release, but this truly blows that out of the water and, to my eyes, this release looks like the old release should have looked had it been treated as it deserved to be treated. If you love a grand romantic fantasy about a man who would do anything to save his love, then this is the film for you. Plus it's got unicorns. Enjoy.

Ridley Scott’s flawed fantasy fairy tale “Legend” was met with a critical shrug when it was released and was a box office dud. After the one-two punch of “Alien” and “Blade Runner” both visually stunning world building, “Legend” continued with the meticulous detail that has become a hallmark of Ridley Scott’s career.It’s a simple enough story inspired by Grimm’s fairty tales and Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and “Pinocchio” (Scott had all three in mind when crafting this original fantasy).Darkness (Tim Curry) entrusts his minions to destroy the last Unicorns in order to usher in a world of complete darkness. Lily (Mia Sara) inadvertently sets up one of the Unicorns for the kill when she convinces Jack (Tom Cruise) a forest dwelling human to show her the Unicorns.Shot in England primarily on sound stages at Pinewood Studios, the film ended up becoming a troubled production when a fire destroyed much of the sets as well as going through two additional edits and two music scores. Scott’s Director’s Cut which received mixed reactions at previews in Orange County, CA. The film was truncated with over 20 minutes removed from the U.S. theatrical cut (which also differs from the European theatrical release). Like “Blade Runner”, the film found a cult following on home video and has raised in esteem over the years.Arrow’s release features the 2011 transfer of the only existing print of the Director’s Cut as well as the U.S. theatrical release. The Director’s Cut remains Scott’s preferred version of the film but each has its merits. The DC features a more traditional musical score written by Jerry Goldsmith and the U.S. features Tangerine Dream’s synthesizer based score.The image quality between both versions varies as well with the DC using an answer print. Answer prints tend to have less detail and other limitations compared to the original camera negative or even an inter-positive. The fact that this still exists is a minor miracle. The film looks quite good with nice detail, density, depth and delineation. While it is far from perfect, it still looks quite nice. Audio is presented in 5.1 with English subtitles.The theatrical cut of the U.S. film is derived from an inter negative (a copy of the original camera negative) which has even better detail and the density of the film looks better here. The original international version couldn’t be licensed for this release and the camera negative uses that template for the film. Again, the original camera negative couldn’t be used for this version.Despite these limitations, both versions look quite nice. While the film might have benefited from a 4K release with its HDR, upscaled the films look very good.The special features are quite extension including Scott’s commentary on the DC and author Paul Samson’s on the theatrical cut. ‘Lost’ scenes, alternate ending, storyboards, script drafts, original featurettes are all included on the discs.The first release is housed ina cardboard case with a booklet, promo,photos, poster and replica of lobby cards.Although not a perfect release nor film, “Legend” features a sumptuous production design, visuals and is fun.

I'll probably never watch the Directors cut again. The flute and ending song in the original are what drew me to the movie in the first place. And the endings are different. Going their separate ways...? what? It is as though the director deliberately tried to take the "magic" out of the film.