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Highlander (1986)
Released By: HBO Video   Rating: R   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: HBO Video
Genre: Action-Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Clancy Brown, Roxanne Hart, Sean Connery
Published ID: 196
UPC: 017153589528, 013131143195, 013131172393, 031398103608, 5050582723397,
Plot: With the ultimate throw-down, There can be only one, Highlander captured the imaginations of fantasy fans seeking a well-executed swordplay epic, becoming a cult classic in the process. Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) is one of a waning few survivors of a clan of immortals. The breed have been dueling each other for centuries in the quest to be the last one remaining, and hence achieve a supreme enlightenment that would be dangerous in the wrong hands. The immortals can only die by decapitation, so they hunt each other through time and across continents to meet for each decisive duel, which will bring one of them a step closer to ultimate power. In present-day America, the troubled hero MacLeod lives a brooding and lonely existence, having lost his true love centuries ago. The evil Kurgan (Clancy Brown), an immortal who plans to use his power toward unspeakable ends, has fought MacLeod before but is still trying to finish him off. After emerging victorious from a parking garage skirmish with the third-to-last immortal, MacLeod knows that only Kurgan is left, and the two are on a collision path toward the inevitable. In the film's numerous flashbacks to the past, Sean Connery plays Ramirez, the immortal who first tutors MacLeod after the hero survives a mortal battle wound, prompting his fearful village to banish him. Roxanne Hart plays MacLeod's modern-day love interest, who tries to help him while struggling to believe his incredible story. The director's cut runs four minutes shorter. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
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Queen+ Highlander = Awsome
Added 9/13/2009

I am a huge Queen fan... and i saw the movie highlander and wow! They took some huge Queen songs like Who Wants to Live Forever and made it was just magical. Some songs like A Kind of Magic and Hammer to Fall seem to just fit into the movie. I say to all queen fans that this is the movie to see!
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Highlander is a fantastic,romantic and awesomely good film
Added 2/10/2009

Highlander is a tremendously entertaining,very impressive,exciting and enjoyable film to experience.It is a very romantic fantasy adventure and a great supernatural film.I love this movie.The music by QUEEN is so beautifull.Highlander is part love story and part action adventure film.This movie is the perfect film,it has everything in it action,romance,tradgedy,immortal heroes and villains and life after death and immortality.They should have shown in the second film the immortals divine origins.Not they are aliens from the planet zeist.That doesn`t make sense and it contradicts the first film.They should have shown the immortals get eternal life from the supernatural powers from GOD or supernatural powers from satan.I wish they also resurrected the Kurgan in the second film.Also they should shown a spiritual dimension or spirit world and heaven and hell.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Highlander DVD
Added 12/27/2008

The DVD version is great! One star was taken out of my review, because subtitle options are very limited (french only), but this is one of the greatest movies I've seen!!! Recommended purchase!
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Great quality
Added 11/17/2008

I finally ignored many of the reviews and got tired of waiting for whatever Blu-ray version that may one day exist and bought the DVD and to say; the music is excellent and also nothing at all wrong with the DVD quality. Sure not 1080p quality but fairly good for DVD.
So much so I can now say I proudly own all of the 6 seasons of the TV series and all of the movies. The original Highlander movie finally convinced me to finish off the collection and to have all of them.
Great to see the original again and I had forgotten so many things and it was great to see how it all began. I told recommend this edition!!Highlander (The Immortal Edition)

1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
One of my favorite movies ever! Forget all the old DVD editions, the Immortal Edition is the one to have!
Added 9/20/2008

First of all I have to say that Highlander is one of the greatest fantasy pictures of all time. I saw it for the first time on DVD, the one DVD that Republic put out back in 1997. Now of course I was not too big on picture quality and audio and widescreen ratios but as the years passed my mind changed. The DVD did suck balls despite the THX logo on the front of it. So much for a good transfer. But it was a huge improvement over the theatrical release on videotape. So when I saw the 2-Disc Immortal Edition online and on shelves I decided to have it for myself. I bought this bad boy for only 9 bucks at a Wal-Mart and thankfully Anchor Bay put it out. Now Anchor Bay does a kickass job with their DVD titles and Highlander really comes to life in the Immortal Edition. It does get the THX treatment but with a better quality than Republic's version. Anchor Bay did put out a single-disc version of the film, but come on! I bought the Immortal Edition at Wal-Mart for 9 bucks and the single-disc version was sold for like 15 bucks plus elsewhere. Kind of odd if you ask me. Correct me if I'm wrong, but oh well. Most of the extras do come from the older DVD versions but the Queen CD that comes with the movie is brand new. If you do want to hear all the best songs from the movie's soundtrack buy the Queen Platinum Collection, which is 3 CDs. It's worth it and is a great companion to movies like this, Flash Gordon, Wayne's World, and also The Mighty Ducks. As for Highlander, grab the Immortal Edition above all else. If there can be only one, then the Immortal Edition is it!
3 out of 3 people found this helpful.
Queen+ Highlander = Awsome
Added 9/13/2009

I am a huge Queen fan... and i saw the movie highlander and wow! They took some huge Queen songs like Who Wants to Live Forever and made it was just magical. Some songs like A Kind of Magic and Hammer to Fall seem to just fit into the movie. I say to all queen fans that this is the movie to see!
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Highlander is a fantastic,romantic and awesomely good film
Added 2/10/2009

Highlander is a tremendously entertaining,very impressive,exciting and enjoyable film to experience.It is a very romantic fantasy adventure and a great supernatural film.I love this movie.The music by QUEEN is so beautifull.Highlander is part love story and part action adventure film.This movie is the perfect film,it has everything in it action,romance,tradgedy,immortal heroes and villains and life after death and immortality.They should have shown in the second film the immortals divine origins.Not they are aliens from the planet zeist.That doesn`t make sense and it contradicts the first film.They should have shown the immortals get eternal life from the supernatural powers from GOD or supernatural powers from satan.I wish they also resurrected the Kurgan in the second film.Also they should shown a spiritual dimension or spirit world and heaven and hell.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Highlander DVD
Added 12/27/2008

The DVD version is great! One star was taken out of my review, because subtitle options are very limited (french only), but this is one of the greatest movies I've seen!!! Recommended purchase!
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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