Ladyhawke [Region 2] |  | Director: Richard Donner
Actors: Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Leo Mckern, John Wood
Category: DVD
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Rating:  225 reviews
Sales Rank: 177259
Format: Pal
Languages: Croatian (Subtitled), Czech (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Hebrew (Subtitled), Hungarian (Subtitled), Icelandic (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Turkish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 121 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5039036008198
ASIN: B00005UWMX
Theatrical Release Date: April 12, 1985
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This lushly produced fantasy has gained a loyal following since its release in 1985, and it gave a welcomed boost to the careers of Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Rutger Hauer. You have to ignore the overly aggressive music score (critic Pauline Kael aptly dubbed it "disco-medieval") and director Richard Donner's reckless allowance of anachronistic dialogue and uninspired storytelling, but there's a certain charm to the movie's combination of romance and heroism. Broderick plays a young thief who comes to the aid of tragic lovers Isabeau (Pfeiffer), who is cursed to become a hawk every day at sunrise and Navarre (Hauer) who turns into a wolf at sunset. The curse was cast by an evil sorcerer-bishop (John Wood), and as Broderick eludes the bishop's henchmen, Navarre struggles to conquer the villain, lift the curse, and be reunited with his love in human form. The tragedy of this lovers' dilemma keeps the movie going, and Broderick is well cast as a young, medieval variation of Woody Allen. --Jeff Shannon
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 No Re-Release Yet? WHY? May 18, 2009
Robyn L. Brown (Upstate New York)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
First off, I join the ranks of others who love this movie, who think it a classic. There is nothing else like it. I could go on and on about the number of things that make LadyHawke wonderful and incredibly special, but I need the Amazon review forum for another reason.
Why is this movie being IGNORED by the studios? Just about every other movie - including the truly horrendous that don't deserve it - have gotten a remastered special edition of some sort by now. LadyHawke truly DOES deserve better treatment. People have requested it. And I think we're getting to the point of demanding it. Remastered picture and sound, a new soundtrack to replace the godawful original APP one (and yes, I thought it horrible back in the day, too, with the exception of the love theme). Why are the fans being ignored? Just the sheer number of people I see online using the screen name "LadyHawke" is evidence of this film's tremendous following. So I'm completely baffled as to why this movie is being left to fall into obscurity. It deserves better, and so do we.
 A FLAMBOYANT SWORD AND SORCERY FANTASY April 15, 2009
Geary A., Jones
Alan Parsons couldn't even ruin this wonderful fantasy, though he certainly seemed to have tried hard enough with the vapid score he created for LADYHAWKE. Rutger Hauer, and Michelle Pfeiffer shine as star-crossed ( or 'cursed' ) lovers, and Mathew Broderick as a young thief, and Leo Mckern as a disgraced priest provide plenty of comic relief, and John Wood is superb as a sinister sorcerer-bishop. The dialogue is at times a bit pretentious, however, the cinematography is exquisite ( though, this transfer doesn't quite do the movie justice ), and the action moves right along. It's definitely a must-have for fantasy-lovers.
25th anniversary release PLEASE!!! April 13, 2009
Wolfemann (Brussels, BE)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Little more remains to be said. Excellent film. Horrible soundtrack (although I disagree with other reviewers. I, and everyone I saw the film with when it was first released, thought the soundtrack was horrible back then as well (not cutting-edge, but something that should have been cut (silence would have been preferable to this lousy A.P.P. refuse)).
One of my favorite things about this film is that it is a good 'family film' in that it is enjoyable for everyone, not too scary for the kiddies, and doesn't require that adults remove their brain for viewing or adopt an 'Adam Sandler' or 'Three Stooges' level of humor (as most 'family films' seem to do)
Is there any chance this gem will receive a 25th anniversary special treatment? I, and a lot of others would line up for it. Warner? Are you listening? Even 'Legend' got an 'Ultimate Edition' and it isn't half the film this is.
Good, though not as good as I remember. April 9, 2009
L Gontzes (Athens, Greece)
Ladyhawke, a classic and one of my all time favorites, was quite a disappointment after seeing it again recently. A young thief escapes from the dungeons of a city only to be saved from the clutches of the city guard by a mysterious warrior accompanied by a hawk. At night, however, he finds himself in the company of a beautiful lady and a mysterious wolf... The story, coincidently, unfolds in Aquila (where the earthquake recently struck) during the Middle Ages.
In short, this is not the movie I remember from my childhood. Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeifer, and Matthew Broderick brought back memories, though it might have been better to avoid viewing the film again and instead holding on to those cherished childhood memories.
The music is simply awful, the acting is horrid, and the dialogues are terrible (a B-movie by all standards), though the story is very good and it makes up, to a certain extent, for the film's setbacks. 3.5 Stars
3.5 Stars -- best viewed through the eyes of a child March 31, 2009
Beardyjin (Tokyo)
As a kid in the 1980s I watched this film on TV. I remember loving the movie because it had an awesome battle with knights at the end and the Bishop was the bad guy (which at the time blew my mind because I was a by the book Catholic schoolboy).
I'll be honest, after Peter Jackson and others have re-invented the look and scale of the fantasy genre on film over the past ten years, Ladyhawke doesn't hold up as well as it did through my rose-colored glasses of nostalgia. If you've never seen the film before, you'll likely be sorely disappointed by the film's faults.
However, any fan of the 80s and/or fantasy films will likely overlook those same faults and should get a kick out of the awesomely cheesy 80s score by The Alan Parson's Project, Matthew Broderick's performance as basically Ferris Bueller in medieval France, Rutger Hauer as a lovelorn black knight out for revenge, and the unbelievably gorgeous Michelle Pfeiffer as the titular character.
Also, anyone with younger children into fantasy or castles and knights can feel safe sharing this film with their seven-year-old as the violence is minimal and not at all graphic.
As for the DVD itself--the disc is double sided (always a minus in my book) with both full & widescreen versions. The special features are minimal and a bit misleading. There are no deleted scenes or commentaries or making of featurettes. There are, however, TEXT descriptions of several aspects of the film, but who wants to read a DVD? If you buy LADYHAWKE, buy it for the memories or to make new memories with the young fantasy fan in your life.
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