Legend of 1900
by Giuseppe Tornatore
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Actor: Bill Nunn, Clarence Williams III, M?lanie Thierry, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Tim RothDirector: Giuseppe Tornatore
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language)
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 125 minutes
Release Date: 2002-08-06
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Studio: New Line Home Video
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Movie Review: Legend of 1900
Summary: 5 Stars
Caught part of this on TV and couldn't stop watching. Had to have it. Mostly dramatic with a little humor. Tim Roth is awesome as always. Good quality dvd.Movie Review: did not work!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
This movie did not work. I bought it cause I loved the movie... Unfortunaly I was stuck with the movie cause it didnt work on any dvd set nor x-box or playstation 3Movie Review: The Legend of 1900
Summary: 4 Stars
One may find the movie inescapable as the ship that 1900 found inescapable. I know my wife and I were drawn in from the beginning. Imagine seeing a baby found on a piano while a coal stoker is searching the dance floor for something of value dropped by a passenger. The baby is given the name TD Lemon Daniel Boone 1900 based on a lemon box he was found in, his finder's name, and the year he is found. He goes by 1900. We then follow this child till adulthood on board the "Virginian" a luxury liner from the turn of the century to some time after World War II. The stoker raises the child until he is killed at his job. The ship's crew then takes on parenting until he is a man. From childhood to manhood he shows himself to be an accomplished piano player. His ability to play anything from jazz to classical is phenomenal. He gains fame aboard ship but he never steps off it. This is an excellent drama with Tim Roth and Pruitt Taylor Prince giving wonderful performances. Good quality DVD with good replayability. If you enjoyed this catch "Shawshank Redemption" and "The Green Mile" - C. LusterMovie Review: totally boring and pointless!
Summary: 1 Stars
The fat guy starts the movie with "this story is so amazing nobody would believe me". After almost 2,5 hour suffering, I could answer him: Yeah right! Oh this story was soo stunning! He lives on a boat and is good at piano! And then nothing. Thats all. I always waited for something to happen, for the plot to move forward.
After the first pianoscene when playing in the storm I thought there might be a chance...but then no.
And "A could never live in the land, with thousands of roads, dont know where to go. All I need is my piano with 88 keys". What is this? Some kind of kitch philostophy? Give me a break. He could go on with something like: "People should never travel, our country should isolate and dont accept immigrants, all we need is what we have...". I like the actor Tim Roth (Rob Roy, Planet of Apes) and I like piano music, but this movie just crap. I could go on with details like the last eternety long dialogue but I stop here.
Movie Review: This movie is not for every one.
Summary: 5 Stars
I watched this movies when it first opened in U.S. It was pretty depressing and drab rainy day in fall 1999. The last year of the last century.It was an immensely unsuccessful movie in U.S unlike the other Tornatore movie ,i.e Cinema Paradiso. I pondered the reason why it was not only unpopular but also received such a mixed bag of reviews from critics ,then concluded that it is because of the huge difference of emotional receptiveness between U.S viewers and those of rest of the world. In addition to that, to majority of viwers, the movie's almost mawkish sentiment might be more than over the top as well as the larger than life character of 1900 seems to be quite unreal. Yet, as the cover of DVD says it is a fable , not realistic quotidian drama. In spite of its dismal performance in the U.S movie market,fortunately, it earned such as cult status among its royal fans. It deserves its "cult" status though ,for acting , cinematography, and message it try to convey is more than those of 2 or 3 star movies.
This movie is very nostalgic one that make viewers look back the last century through the life of very fictional character named 1900( originally his name is Danny Booman T.D Lemon 1900 after a stocker who became his surrogate father) who is born and died on the ship called "Virginan" and never set his food in land. 1900 is a some sort of Piano virtuos who can express change of his emotion by the means of playing the instrument. He and Max, through his narration movie progress, meet by chance and subsequently there is very memorable scene that clearly cements their friendship. What truly superb about this movie is its wonderful soundtrack and cinematography. Lajos Koltai kept delivering a beautiful scene one after the other . 1900 is one of very accentric protagonists ever.. It's a good movie,for it gives you think about the choice 1900 made and its relevance to our lives.
Summary of Legend of 1900
From Giuseppe Tornatore, director of the Academy Award-winning "Cinema Paradiso," comes this magical fable of an extraordinary man who lives a remarkable life without setting foot on land. Abandoned atop a piano and raised by a lowly crew member in the bowels of a luxurious cruise ship, the boy is dubbed 1900 for the year he was born. As he grows up, he is drawn to the piano and discovers he has an amazing gift for creating music. The prodigy dazzles the passengers, and his reputation spreads around the world, with record producers clamoring to capture his magic. But he refuses to leave the ship to pursue promised fame and fortune. Only when he spots a beautiful girl on board does he become determined to join the outside world and live a normal life. But is that the life he really wants? With a beautiful score by Academy Award nominee Ennio Morricone (Days of Heaven, The Untouchables) and heartfelt performances by Tim Roth (Pulp Fiction, Planet of the Apes) as 1900, Pruitt Taylor Vince (JFK, Wild at Heart) as his trumpet player pal and Clarence Williams III (Purple Rain, Reindeer Games) as jazz legend Jelly Roll Morton, this lyrical, transcendent film will strike a chord in your heart.Period Piece Video
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