The Legend of 1900
1998
The Legend of 1900

Quick Info

Year
1998
Director
Giuseppe Tornatore
Duration
170 min
Language
IT
Country
IT
Budget
$9M
Box Office
$21M

External Ratings

IMDb8.2
🍅 Rotten Tomatoes82%
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The Legend of 1900

Our Rating

8.3/10
8.3/10
Story
8.4/10
Acting
8.2/10
Direction
8/10
Cinematography
7.8/10
Music

Overview

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.

Rating Breakdown

Story
8.3
Acting
8.4
Direction
8.2
Cinematography
8
Music
7.8

Pros

  • Exceptional dramatic depth
  • Outstanding performances
  • Emotionally powerful story

Cons

  • Slow pacing in some scenes
  • Requires close attention

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