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Highlander - Immortal Edition (Limited Edition Steel Tin - 2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [1986]
enlarge	Director: Russell Mulcahy Actors: Sean Connery, Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown, Billy Hartman Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy New: £4.99 as of 24/11/2009 12:32 GMT details You Save: £15.00 (75%) New (5) Used (1) Collectible (1) from £4.98 Seller: coomi01 Rating: 6 reviews Sales Rank: 10633 Format: Anamorphic, Box set, PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Number Of Discs: 2 Running Time: 116 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4 Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5060034576532 ASIN: B000HEVTG8 Theatrical Release Date: 1986 Release Date: February 26, 2007 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 6 1 2 Next » LOSE YOUR HEAD!!! January 9, 2008 Stotty (Bolton, England) 0 out of 2 found this review helpful I don't care what anyone says, for me 'Highlander' sits alongside 'Blade Runner' as one of the most original and best directed sci fi adventures of the 1980s. br /Watching it after twenty years, it still maintains it's freshness. br /Ok, having a French American playing a Scot (Conner Macleod) and a Scot playing an Iberian (Ramirez), might seem like wildly offbeat casting, but somehow it works. Christopher Lambert comes out of the movie as an excellent and sympathetic lead, who you have no problem rooting for throughout the picture. Sean Connery gives the movie some real star quality and charisma, and bad guy Clancy Brown makes a wonderfully psychotic, menacing villain. It's a shame that the female lead isn't as engaging a character as the wife Macleod outlives in the Scottish highlands, but that's a minor complaint really. br /The story of immortals living among us down through the centuries, waiting for the time when they must fight each other to the death by decapitation is both unusual and engaging, and the fluctuation of settings between 16th century Scottish highlands and modern day New York is highly effective. br /Director Russell Mulcahy makes a successful move from pop video clips to mainstream movies too, and his pop video 'apprenticeship' is used to great effect with some truly visionary directorial techniques at times. Notice the little subtelties he uses to bring the action forward and backward in time, especially the way he manages to segue an image of Lambert's face into a picture of the Mona Lisa. Quite brilliant. br /The production values are good, especially Macleod's antique shop/home, and the Scottish locations are at times, quite breathtaking. br /The film moves along at a nice steady pace, and the alternation between Michael Kamen's epic mucical score and Queen's rock soundtrack gives 'Highlander' some real beef. I was interested to learn that Marillion were originally approached to do the soundtrack, but they turned it down. It would have been very interesting to see what kind of score they would have come up with, especially given the fact that Scotsman, Fish was still with the band then, but nevermind. br /'Highlander' is a great example of sci-fi fantasy moviemaking in the 1980's, and is a standard in imaginative storytelling. br /The 'Highlander' franchise has ended up being a mess of directors, interfering film producers, poor continuity and a media that at times, seems to enjoy the critical panning of these movies, which is quite sad. For anyone, unfamiliar with the 'Highlander' phenomenon, this is the only place to start. br /Watch without prejudice and enjoy. Classic Eighties Fantasy November 7, 2009 Nicholas Jenkin (UK) Highlander! The very concept surrounding this film touches a subject that I guess everyone at some point thinks about - Immortality. Perhaps you are not familiar with the word but if you have ever wondered how it would be if you were able to live forever this film reminds you there could be a price to pay for it. br /This film is violent but also crafty in the way it carries you along through the life of an immortal Scottish warrior born in the 16th Century. I can safely say that it is the best adaptation of the idea created by Gregory Widen....the sequels and the television series never really captured the story as well....though perhaps Highlander III is a fitting sequel/conclusion to the myth; the second film released in 1991, Highlander 2 The Quickening, could have been better, and with less contradictions to the original story, but the actors did their best. br /The other bonus to this film is the soundtrack. If you are familiar with the rock band 'Queen' you will enjoy their input to the film. br /This 'Immortal Edition' with it's extra features, including an interview with Christopher Lambert (The Highlander), is a worthy collectors item, and if you are like me and love the original film a 'must have'. its a kind of magic September 1, 2007 D. Robinson (sunderland uk) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful this is possibly one of the best movies ever made i remember watching this on tv when i was a kid and i loved it then and i still love it now.christopher lambert plays a fantastic role as doe's sean connery and it has one of the best bad guy characters ever kurgan. the storyline is very strong also it doesn't seem to wander of like some films do and the soundtrack is amazing this is a must see film highlander german edition March 20, 2007 Zeljko Toncic (croatia) 18 out of 21 found this review helpful I em a big fan of this movie. i watched uk immortal edition on my friends dvd player and i was very disapointed. the sound and picture quality are very poor.i have german special edition and it is mch better. the picture is digitally remastered. the mix is 5.1 dolby digital in english. it also has 30 minutes more extras on disc 2 then uk edition. br /there is no commentary track on disc one on german edition. Great idea, weak execution December 22, 2007 Trevor Willsmer (London, England) 4 out of 4 found this review helpful Highlander is one of those good ideas that never works because of disastrous directorial miscasting. Attention-seeking video director Russell Mulcahy seems almost perversely determined to make the wrong choice in almost every scene, whether its his obsessive use of inappropriate long lenses or his determination to make every shot so distinctive that he never notices that not only do the pictures often play against the intent of the scene but half the time the shots don't even match. He's not much good with actors either, constantly spinning off into clumsy broad comedy that undermines any threat or momentum, with Clancy Brown's evil Kurgan the main casualty as he is reduced to a tiresomely comical punk rocker. It may be the best of the series, but it's a long way from being even nearly as good as it could and should have been. One film that's practically crying out for a remake with a decent director. Showing reviews 1-5 of 6 1 2 Next »

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