Highlander

Action, Sci-Fi

Christopher Lambert	Connor 'The Highlander' MacLeod/Russell Edwin Nash
Clancy Brown	Victor Kruger/The Kurgan
Sean Connery	Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez
Roxanne Hart	Brenda J. Wyatt
Beatie Edney	Heather MacLeod
Alan North	Lieutenant Frank Moran
Jon Polito	Det. Walter Bedsoe
Sheila Gish	Rachel Ellenstein
Hugh Quarshie	Sunda Kastagir
Christopher Malcolm	Kirk Matunas
Sion Tudor Owen	Hotchkiss
James McKenna	James/Father Rainey

Director	Russell Mulcahy
Producer	Peter S. Davis; William N. Panzer
Writer	Gregory Widen; Peter Bellwood; Larry Ferguson

This 1986 fantasy/action thriller has since spawned two sequels, a popular syndicated TV series, numerous comic-book spinoffs, and a loyal (if somewhat oddly obsessive) following of fans. Directed by music video veteran Russell Mulcahy (which explains the dizzying camera work), the original theatrical release made hash of an intriguing story about an "Immortal" from 16th-century Scotland (Christopher Lambert) who time-leaps to modern-day America with his archenemy (Clancy Brown) in hot pursuit. It becomes a battle to the death (yes, Immortals can die), and Lambert seeks survival training from an Immortal mentor played by Sean Connery. Dazzling, energetic, and altogether confusing in its original form, the film has since been released on video, laserdisc, and DVD in this revised widescreen "director's cut," with additional footage, director and producers' commentary, a photo and artwork archive, the original trailer, and an official time line of the film's evolution from script to screen. A must for Highlander fans ... and you know who you are! --Jeff Shannon