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The Legend Of 1900

1999, Movie, R, 170 mins

The Legend Of 1900: Review

LEGEND OF 1900, THE | LEGEND OF THE PIANIST ON THE OCEAN, THE

Visually dazzling, touching and funny, this first English film by CINEMA PARADISO auteur Guiseppe Tornatore boasts a knockout Chaplin-eseque performance by Tim Roth and a seraphically lovely score by Ennio Morricone. Tornatore's fable (his word) takes place almost entirely aboard the Virginian, a mammoth luxury liner. A coal room worker (Bill Nunn) discovers an abandoned baby on the first day of the 20th century, decides to keep him secretly and names the infant 1900. Eight ... read more leave a comment