Taglines: A beatiful story of a man who could do anything… except be ordinary.
The Legend of 1900 movie storyline. 1900. Danny Boodmann, a stoker on an American passenger liner, Virginian, finds a baby abandoned on the ship. He names the child Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred ‘1900’ and raises the child as his own until his death in an accident on the ship.
The child never leaves the ship and turns out to be a musical genius, especially when it comes to playing the piano. As an adult he befriends a trumpet player in the ship’s band, Max Tooney. After several years on the ship Max leaves, and tells the story of 1900 to the owner of a music store.
The Legend of 1900 (Italian: La leggenda del pianista sull’oceano, The Legend of the Pianist on the Ocean) is a 1998 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore and starring Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince and Mélanie Thierry. It was Tornatore’s first English-language film. The film is inspired by Novecento, a monologue by Alessandro Baricco. The film was nominated for a variety of awards worldwide, winning several for its soundtrack.
The Legend of 1900 (1999)
Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore
Starring: Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Mélanie Thierry, Bill Nunn, Peter Vaughan, Niall O’Brien, Gabriele Lavia, Alberto Vazquez, Clarence Williams
Screenplay by: Giuseppe Tornatore
Production Design by: Francesco Frigeri
Cinematography by: Lajos Koltai
Film Editing by: Massimo Quaglia
Costume Design by: Maurizio Millenotti
Set Decoration by: Bruno Cesari
Music by: Ennio Morricone
MPAA Rating: R for language.
Distributed by: Fine Line Features
Release Date: October 29, 1999
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