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Dark Fantasy | New York City
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Budget 16,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 12,885,193 USD
All of Sean Connery's scenes had to be filmed in a week, due to Connery's schedule. He had a bet with director Russell Mulcahy that they would not finish in seven days, but Mulcahy won the bet. Connery earned $1 million for his week's work.
Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert got along so well during filming that they called each other by their characters' names even when they were not filming, and it was at Lambert's insistence that Connery and his character returned for Highlander II: The Quickening (1991).
Queen originally intended to record only one song for this movie, but after viewing footage from the movie, they were inspired to write more. The band members each had a favorite scene and composed songs specifically for them. Brian May wrote "Who Wants to Live Forever" during the cab ride home after seeing the movie, and Roger Taylor used the line "It's a kind of magic" as the basis for the end title song.
Christopher Lambert spent time with a dialogue coach, developing an accent which sounded non-specifically foreign.
Christopher Lambert had just barely learned to speak English when he took this role. The only other English-speaking movie he had been in at that point was Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984), in which he spoke only a few words.
"[repeated line by Ramirez, The Kurgan and Connor MacLeod] Connor MacLeod: There can be only one!"
"Priest: This is a house of God. People are trying to pray. You're disturbing them. Kurgan: He cares about these helpless mortals? Priest: Of course He cares. He died for our sins. Kurgan: That shall be His undoing. [gets up] Kurgan: Father! Forgive me , I am a worm... [starts laughing diabolically] Kurgan: [to everyone in the church] I have something to say! It's better to burn out than to fade away!"
