Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1191 in DVD
• Released on: 2002-03-04
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Aspect ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English, Italian
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 90 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
This strange, 1985 experiment by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner) starred the up-and-coming Tom Cruise in a fairy-tale world of dwarfs and unicorns and demons. After the horn of a unicorn is broken, darkness and winter descend upon the world. Cruise's character, helped along by a magic sprite played by David Bennent (The Tin Drum), descends into hell to save paradise. This movie is almost a classic case of art direction gone amok. The somewhat amorphous Cruise doesn't lend much dramatic focus or artistic definition, but the drama between Tim Curry's satanic majesty and Mia Sara's character, who becomes a sort of princess of the netherworld, is pretty captivating. A mixed experience all around that makes one wish it had been more successful. --Tom Keogh

Special Features
English
Region 2

Synopsis
Director Ridley Scott's lush fantasy film stars the young Tom Cruise as Jack, a peasant who lives in an enchanted forest with his beloved Lili (Mia Sara). One day, while quietly gamboling in a glade, the pair is distracted by the appearance of trolls, minions of the evil Lord of Darkness (Tim Curry). The cloven-footed, cavern-dwelling monster, long banished to the earth's nether regions, has sent the creatures on a mission to seize the horn of a unicorn, thereby plunging the planet into a frigid darkness over which he alone will reign. Things go from bad to worse as Lili succumbs to the forces of darkness, and Jack must assemble a motley band of elves to free her from bondage and return sunlight to the earth's surface. Sumptous art direction and overwhelming special effects are once again a testament to Scott's powers of visual invention.

Customer Reviews

ABSOLUTELY FAB
Brilliant,Brilliant, Brilliant!!!
If you like the Chroinicles of Narnia feel - but with more fantasy, goblins etc - you will love this. A must see for everyone - one to keep.

flawed masterpiece
this is such a great movie, seeing that film is a visual medium, it is a stuning visual feast, before reading critiques to closely know some of the history not just the sound track i actually enjoy both and the mix on the ulitmate ed is the best.
Fire the set was destoryed while filming so this caused problems as scences couldnt be finished and the studio and scot were at loggerheads one can only imagine what it would have been if he was allowed his full vision.

tim Curry steals the show with fantastic performance and botins make up team did a amazing job with the character darkness. and other characters like meg mucklebones are notes in creature fx history.

fun, dark and sensual a visual delight with excellent style composion and photography. Cruise is ok as jack and mia sara is full of innocent charm until she is corrupted. go watch it gets better the older you get.

Buy the Ultimate Edition Region 1 version instead...
For me, the Tangerine Dream track captivates every frame of this film making it a true fantasy classic.

Comparing the two soundtracks side by side - the original Jerry Goldsmith score feels so uninspired to the point of making the entire film boring. It's also a 'quiet' soundtrack and is nowhere as involved or as complex as the TD score is - it kind of just sits there in the background like if you're sat in a deserted bar talking a beautiful woman - the music just kind of pales into insignificance.

TD made some truly unique and amazing film scores in the 1980's - this is one of them - from the opening credits which says 'music by Tangerine Dream' you just know it's going to be special.

Visually this is a masterpiece - forget all the CGI nonsense that is so prevalent in this day and age - this is from a time when films were made by real artisans who cared and took production to another level.