The Legend of 1900

"An epic story of a man who could do anything... except be ordinary"

1998 2h 50m IT

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Synopsis

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Musician Max Tooney goes to sell his prized Conn trumpet to a music shop, where he plays the instrument one last time. The shopkeeper recognises the song as one on a record matrix he found and asks who the piece is by. Tooney tells the story of an infant found abandoned in the first class dining room of the four-stacker ocean-liner SS Virginian on 1 January 1900. Danny Boodman, a coal-man from the boiler room, names the boy Danny Boodman T. D. Lemon 1900, after himself, the fruit crate the boy was found in, and the year, and raises him as his own.

“An epic story of a man who could do anything... except be ordinary”

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Cast

Tim Roth
Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900'
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Max Tooney
Mélanie Thierry
The Girl
Bill Nunn
Danny Boodmann
Gabriele Lavia
Farmer
Clarence Williams III
Jelly Roll Morton
Peter Vaughan
'Pops', the Shopkeeper
Niall O'Brien
Harbor Master

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Writers: Giuseppe Tornatore, Alessandro Baricco, Alessandro Baricco
Languages: English, Italian, French
Countries: Italy

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 170 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Italian, French.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, shot by Lajos Koltai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ennio Morricone. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Massimo Quaglia shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Tim Roth and Pruitt Taylor Vince and Mélanie Thierry carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "An epic story of a man who could do anything... except be ordinary".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Giuseppe Tornatore directs. Lajos Koltai behind the camera. Ennio Morricone scores. Massimo Quaglia cuts. A long sit — settle in. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in English, Italian, French.

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1Clocks in at 170 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
228 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Italian, French.
4Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, shot by Lajos Koltai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Ennio Morricone. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Massimo Quaglia shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Tim Roth and Pruitt Taylor Vince and Mélanie Thierry carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "An epic story of a man who could do anything... except be ordinary".
9IMDB entry: tt0120731 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.