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Legends of the Fall is a american film of genre Drama directed by Edward Zwick released in USA on 16 december 1994 with Brad Pitt
Legends of the Fall (1994)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 16 december 1994
Length 2h13
Directed by Edward Zwick
OriginUSA
Themes Political films
Rating74%
Legends of the Fall is a 1994 American epic drama film directed by Edward Zwick and starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond and Henry Thomas. Based on the 1979 novella of the same title by Jim Harrison, the film is about three brothers and their father living in the wilderness and plains of Montana in the early 20th century and how their lives are affected by nature, history, war and love. The film's time frame spans the decade before World War I through the Prohibition era, and into the 1930s, ending with a brief scene set in 1963. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards and won for Best Cinematography (John Toll). Both the film and book contain occasional Cornish language terms, the Ludlows being a Cornish emigrant family.
Synopsis
Sick of the betrayals the United States government has perpetrated on the Native Americans, Colonel William Ludlow retires with his family to a remote part of Montana with One Stab, a Cree friend, where they build a ranch. Accompanying them are hired hand Decker, who's an outlaw; Decker's Cree wife, Pet; and their daughter, Isabel Two. Ludlow's wife Isabel, who does not adapt to the harsh winters, at first leaves for the winter to come back during the summer. One spring she doesn't return and moves to the East Coast. As much as her sons love her, it's Tristan that is most affected by her abandonment and he vows never to speak of her again.Actors
Brad Pitt
(Tristan Ludlow)
Anthony Hopkins
(Col. William Ludlow)
Aidan Quinn
(Alfred Ludlow)
Julia Ormond
(Susannah Fincannon Ludlow)
Henry Thomas
(Samuel Ludlow)
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