80's Movie Weekend

I never saw this weekend's 80's fantasy action flick  It stars some dude named Christopher Lambert and judging from his acting in the trailer below we know why he never made it big-time as an actor.  But, the movie does also star the one and only Sean Connery, so it has that going for it.  Also going for it is that the movie featured many songs written and performed by the band Queen that showed up on Queen's "A Kind of Magic" album released in 1986.  And because we are featuring many of the hits of Queen here in the Excellent 80's, it's only fitting to feature this movie this weekend.  It's the movie "Highlander"...

the trailer...

Highlander
Original style-A poster[1]
Directed by	Russell Mulcahy
Produced by	Peter S. Davis E.C. Monell William N. Panzer
Screenplay by	Gregory Widen Peter Bellwood Larry Ferguson
Story by	Gregory Widen
Starring	Christopher Lambert Sean Connery Clancy Brown Roxanne Hart
Music by	Queen Michael Kamen
Cinematography	Gerry Fisher
Editing by	Peter Honess
Studio	Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment Highlander Productions Limited
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	March 7, 1986(United States) August 29, 1986(United Kingdom)
Running time	110 minutes (Theatrical Cut) 116 minutes (Director's Cut)
Country	United States United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$16 million
Box office	$12,885,193[2]

Check out the awesome 80's graphics for Queen which put together this song for the film.  Here they are with their video for "A Kind of Magic"...

"A Kind of Magic"
Single by Queen
from the album A Kind of Magic
B-side	"A Dozen Red Roses for My Darling" "Gimme the Prize (Kurgan's Theme)" (USA)
Released	17 March 1986
Format	7"/12" vinyl single
Recorded	1985 – 1986
Genre	Rock
Length	4:25 (Album version) 3:37 (CD bonus track: "A Kind of 'A Kind of Magic'") 6:23 (12" extended version) 4:10 (Original Highlander version)
Label	EMI, Capitol
Writer(s)	Roger Taylor
Producer	Queen and David Richards

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak:  #42
UK peak:  #3