The Legend of 1900 (1998)
Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore · 170 min · Drama, Music
44.7 TOPICAL score · #2,306 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
The Legend of 1900 (1998, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore) has a TOPICAL score of 44.7 - ranked 2,306 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on audience and awards, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 3 awards from 6 nominations, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. Critics: 56% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.2/10 critics' average · Metacritic 58. Audiences: TMDB 8.2/10 (2,510 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 36 languages.
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- Critics56% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.2/10 critics' average · Metacritic 58
- AudienceTMDB 8.2/10 (2,510 ratings)
- Awards3 wins, 6 nominations - incl. Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score; David di Donatello for Best Director; European Film Award for Best Cinematographer
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 36 languages
- Still read10,670 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Tim Roth (actor #457), Pruitt Taylor Vince, Mélanie Thierry, Bill Nunn
“The Legend of 1900 received mixed critical reviews.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 4/10