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British- American adventureactionfantasy film directed by Russell Mulcahy and based on a story by Gregory Widen. It stars Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, and Roxanne Hart. The film narrates the climax of an ages- old battle between immortal warriors, depicted through interwoven past and present- day storylines. Christopher Lambert plays swordsman Connor Mac. Leod from the Scottish Highlands, known as the Highlander, one of a number of immortal warriors who can only be killed by decapitation. After initial training by another highly skilled immortal swordsman, Ramirez (Sean Connery), Mac.

Leod lives on for several centuries, eventually settling in New York City, managing an antiques shop. In 1. 98. 5, he falls in love with a police forensic scientist named Brenda. He also finds out that he must face his greatest enemy, Kurgan (Clancy Brown), who wishes to kill Mac. Leod and to obtain "the Prize" – a special ability which is given to the last living immortal warrior, vast knowledge and the ability to enslave the entire human race. Highlander enjoyed little success on its initial theatrical release, grossing over $1. Nevertheless, it became a cult film and launched Lambert to stardom.

The film inspired a franchise which included film sequels and television spin- offs. Its tagline, "There can be only one", has carried on throughout the franchise, as have the songs provided for the film by the rock band Queen.

In 1. 98. 5, Connor Mac. Leod, also known as the Highlander, is confronted by fellow immortal Iman Fasil in a New York City arena parking garage. Mac. Leod decapitates him, upon which an energy surge from Fasil, enters Connor and destroys several cars around him. Connor hides his sword just as police officers swarm the garage and arrest him. Connor's history is revealed through a series of flashbacks throughout the film. In the Scottish Highlands in 1. The Kurgan assists Clan Fraser against the Clan Mac.

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Leod in exchange for the right to slay Connor. In battle, the Kurgan stabs Connor but is driven off by the Mac.

Leod clansmen before he can cut off his head. When Connor makes a complete recovery, his family and friends are convinced it is the work of the devil. They attempt to have Connor burned, but he is instead exiled by the clan's Chief as an act of mercy and he wanders about, eventually becoming a blacksmith. The flamboyant Juan Sánchez Villa- Lobos Ramírez appears and tutors Connor in sword- fighting and the history of the immortals. Ramirez explains that they belong to a group of immortals, who can only be killed by decapitation.

When one immortal decapitates another, the winner receives a transfer of power from the deceased called "The Quickening". Eventually, all the immortals must meet in "The Gathering" and do battle until there is only one left alive; the survivor will receive "The Prize". Ramirez tells Connor that the Kurgan, the strongest of the immortals, must not win the Prize, or mankind will enter an eternal dark age. One night while Connor is away, the Kurgan attacks, decapitating Ramirez. Some years later, Connor's wife, Heather, dies of old age in his arms.

Ramirez had earlier explained that immortals cannot have children, but they chose to be wed nonetheless. In 1. 98. 5, the police release Connor after he denies knowing Fasil. One of the detectives, Brenda Wyatt, is an expert in metallurgy and recognises Fasil's sword as an extremely rare Toledo Salamanca broadsword. Later, Connor returns to the garage to retrieve his own sword but sees Brenda looking at the crime scene. She finds metal shards embedded in a concrete column. Connor lives under the alias Russell Nash and is a wealthy antiquities dealer. Brenda tails Connor, but the Kurgan attacks them.

The fight is interrupted by a police helicopter, and everybody flees. Brenda analyzes the metal shards and discovers them to be from a Japanese katana, dated about 6. B. C. but made with medieval- era technology. She makes a date with Connor in an attempt to entrap him.

Connor recognizes the ruse, tells her to stop digging, and leaves. Connor meets with fellow immortal Sunda Kastagir. Watch Road Games Online Mic.

They talk about "The Gathering" and joke about old times. Meanwhile, Brenda discovers that Connor has been alive for centuries; every few decades he fakes his death, signs his assets over to children who had died at birth, and assumes their identities. She confronts Connor, who demonstrates his immortality.

After this revelation, Brenda and Connor become lovers. However, he breaks up with her shortly after, citing Ramirez's warnings about immortals forming attachments to mortals. The Kurgan finds Kastagir, killing him. On Heather's birthday, Connor lights a candle for her in a Roman Catholic Church, as he has done every year since her death. The Kurgan arrives and informs him that only they two remain. However, by immortal tradition they cannot fight on holy ground.

The Kurgan finds out about Connor's relationship with Brenda and kidnaps her to draw Connor to Silvercup Studios in Queens. After a long battle, Connor defeats and beheads the Kurgan. He receives the Prize, which manifests itself as a massive Quickening.

Now mortal and capable of having children, Connor returns to Scotland with Brenda. Connor now can read people's thoughts around the world, and promises to use his gift to encourage cooperation and peace.

Christopher Lambert as Connor Mac. Leod, a 1. 6th- century immortal born in Glenfinnan, Scotland near the shores of Loch Shiel. Under the alias Russell Nash, he lives and works as an antiques dealer in present- day New York. Sean Connery as Juan Sánchez Villa- Lobos Ramírez, an Egyptian immortal.

He serves as Connor's mentor in the ways of immortals. Clancy Brown as The Kurgan, Connor's nemesis. A murderous immortal living under the alias Victor Kruger, he was a member of the Kurgan tribe.

He travels to New York with the intention of killing the other immortals and claiming the "prize". Roxanne Hart as Brenda Wyatt, a forensic pathologist investigating the string of beheadings in New York. Beatie Edney as Heather Mac. Leod, Connor's second wife. After Connor is banished from his village, he starts a new life with her.

She lives with Connor until she dies of natural causes. Alan North as Lt.

Frank Moran, Brenda's friend and boss. Jon Polito as Det.

Walter Bedsoe, Brenda's friend and fellow detective. Sheila Gish as Rachel Ellenstein, Connor's middle- aged secretary and adopted daughter. Saved by Connor as a child during World War II, she is one of the few people who know of his true identity. Hugh Quarshie as Sunda Kastagir, Connor's fellow immortal and friend. He is beheaded by the Kurgan during a battle in New York.

Christopher Malcolm as Kirk Matunas, a Vietnam war veteran who witnesses the duel between the Kurgan and Kastigir. Peter Diamond as Iman Fasil, a French immortal. Connor beheads him after watching a wrestling match. Celia Imrie as Kate Mac. Leod, Connor's lover in 1.

When Connor demonstrates immortality, Kate, convinced he is in "league with Lucifer", makes an unsuccessful effort to have him burned at the stake. Billy Hartman and James Cosmo as Dougal and Angus Macleod, Connor's cousins and fellow leaders of the Mac. Leod Clan. Corinne Russell as Candy, a prostitute that comes to amuse The Kurgan. Production and development[edit]Conception[edit]Gregory Widen wrote the script for Highlander, then titled Shadow Clan,[citation needed] as a class assignment while he was an undergraduate in the screenwriting program at UCLA.[6] Widen sold the script for US$2. According to William Panzer, joint producer with Peter S. Davis of the Highlander franchise: “[Gregory Widen] was a student at film school, and he wrote this as his writing class project.