The Legend of 1900
Seen it?1998 | 170 min | Drama, Music
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Audiences adore it (8.2 out of 10), though it had soft box office. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who loves a strong drama. If you loved Inside Llewyn Davis or TÁR, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Thoughtful and character-driven.
- The pace
- Unhurried and epic, at 2 hr 50 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
- It's long: 2 hr 50 min.
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
56% on Rotten Tomatoes, 58 on Metacritic
- AudiencesVery strong
8.2 out of 10
- AwardsSolid
Won 1 Golden Globe: Golden Globe Awards: Best Original Score. Plus 8 other awards.
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$21 million worldwide on a $9 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 100K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
- Tim RothDanny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900'
- Pruitt Taylor VinceMax Tooney
- Mélanie ThierryThe Girl
- Bill NunnDanny Boodmann
- Gabriele LaviaFarmer
- Clarence Williams IIIJelly Roll Morton
- Peter Vaughan'Pops', the Shopkeeper
- Niall O'BrienHarbor Master
- Alberto VazquezMexican Stoker
- Luca De LuigiNeapolitan Stoker