In order to cast the world into eternal night, the Lord of Darkness sends the goblin Blix to kill the unicorns in the forest near his castle and bring him their horns. Told by Darkness that the best bait is Innocence, Blix and her colleagues Pox and Blunder follow Princess Lili as she visits her forest-dwelling paramour, Jack in the Green. Jack teaches Lili to speak to animals, then takes her blindfolded to a forest stream where the unicorns frolic. When Lili holds out her hand to touch the stallion, Blix shoots him with a poison dart from her blowpipe and the unicorns flee. Jack is angry, but Lili laughs off his concern and issues a challenge by throwing her ring into a pond, declaring she will marry whoever finds it. While Jack dives in after the ring, the goblins track down the poisoned stallion and sever his horn, causing winter to descend. Lili runs off in terror, and Jack is barely able to break through the surface of the now-frozen pond.
| MPAA Rating: | PG |
| Genre: | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country: | United Kingdom, United States |
| Produced By: | Joseph P. Grace, Tim Hampton, Arnon Milchan |
| Directed By: | Ridley Scott |
| Written By: | William Hjortsberg |
| Cast: | Peter O'Farrell, Billy Barty, Sally Dewhurst, Liz Gilbert, Kiran Shah, Alice Playten, Annabelle Lanyon, Ian Stewart, Jane Devonshire, Jeff Davies, Tina Martin, Eddie Powell, Mia Sara, Nicky Dewhurst, Cork Hubbert, Sharon Brown, Ian Longmur, Michael Crane, Tim Curry, Robert Picardo, Tom Cruise, David Bennent, Mike Edmonds |
| In Theaters: | Apr 18, 1986 |
| Runtime: | 1 hour 29 minutes |
| Production: | Legend Production Company, Embassy International Pictures |
| Budget: | $24,500,000 |
| Box Office: | $15,502,112 |
| Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
| Read More On: | Wikipedia |