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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   11,763 votes
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Director:
Giuseppe Tornatore
Writers:
Alessandro Baricco (monologue Novecento)
Giuseppe Tornatore (written by)
Contact:
View company contact information for The Legend of 1900 on IMDbPro.
Release Date:
28 October 1998 (Italy) more
Genre:
Drama | Fantasy | Music more
Tagline:
An epic story of a man who could do anything... except be ordinary. more
Plot:
Shortly after the Second World War, Max, a transplanted American, visits an English pawn shop to sell his trumpet... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 14 wins & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Int: Melanie Thierry
 (From JoBlo. 28 August 2008, 2:42 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Astounding Visuals, Unique Story more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tim Roth ... Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900'
Pruitt Taylor Vince ... Max Tooney
Mélanie Thierry ... The Girl

Bill Nunn ... Danny Boodmann
Clarence Williams III ... Jelly Roll Morton
Peter Vaughan ... 'Pops', the Shopkeeper
Niall O'Brien ... Harbor Master
Gabriele Lavia ... Farmer
Vernon Nurse ... Fritz Hermann, the Bandleader

Alberto Vazquez ... Mexican Stoker
John Armstead

Cory Buck ... The Young 1900 II
Norman Chancer

Sidney Cole ... Musician
Katy Monique Cuom
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Legend of 1900 (UK) (USA)
The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean (USA)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language.
Runtime:
165 min | France:120 min | Spain:120 min (DVD edition)
Country:
Italy
Language:
English | French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Exterior shots of the ship are the inspired blueprints of the SS Lusitania and her sister ship the SS Mauritania. The ballroom in which 1900 plays his piano in had a dome similar to the dome the SS Mauritania had in her ballroom during the transatlantic period. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: At the beginning of the film, the immigrants are happy to be entering America through New York. However, the ships are shown passing from right to left in front of the Statue of Liberty. This would be taking them out of New York harbor, not into it. more
Quotes:
1900: Take piano: keys begin, keys end. You know there are 88 of them. Nobody can tell you any different. They are not infinite. You're infinite... And on those keys, the music that you can make... is infinite. I like that. That I can live by... more
Movie Connections:
Version of Novecento (2006) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
It's a Long Way to Tipperary more

FAQ

How does he know that the girl is the daughter of the old man he talked to?
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35 out of 36 people found the following comment useful:-
Astounding Visuals, Unique Story, 22 October 2005
8/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

This a "sleeper," a very good film few people have heard about. The ones who have reviewed it here obviously know about it and you can see by their comments how well-liked it is.....so if you haven't seen it, check it out. In North America, it's called "The Legend Of 1900."

The movie is definitely unique, about a man who spends his entire life on board an ocean liner and is a fantastic piano player. The best thing about this film, to me at least, was not the story- which I did enjoy - but the cinematography. Wow, what a great-looking film. Speaking of looks, Melanie Thierry is gorgeous. Too bad she has only a small part in this movie.

It was nice to see Tim Roth play something other than a detestable villain and Clarence Williams was fun as the arrogant "Jelly Roll Morton," who comes aboard ship to challenge Roth to a piano duel, which has to be seen to be believed. Can you say "outrageous?"

This was filmed by the same man who did the much more well-known Italian film, Cinema Paradiso, and if you appreciate how good-looking that film is, well, this is even better!

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