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The Legend of 1900
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The Legend of 1900

1998-10-28 · 170 min · ★ 8.2

Drama · Music

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.

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Directors
Giuseppe Tornatore
Production companies
Medusa Film, Sciarlò
Countries
Italy
Status
Released
Budget
USD 9,000,000
Revenue
USD 21,057,208

Top Cast

Tim RothTim RothDanny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900'
Pruitt Taylor VincePruitt Taylor VinceMax Tooney
Mélanie ThierryMélanie ThierryThe Girl
Bill NunnBill NunnDanny Boodmann
Gabriele LaviaGabriele LaviaFarmer
Clarence Williams IIIClarence Williams IIIJelly Roll Morton
Peter VaughanPeter Vaughan'Pops', the Shopkeeper
Niall O'BrienHarbor Master
Alberto VazquezAlberto VazquezMexican Stoker
Luca De LuigiNeapolitan Stoker
Femi Elufowoju Jr.Femi Elufowoju Jr.Black Stoker
Nigel FanChinese Stoker
Roger MonkRoger MonkIrish Stoker
Leonid ZaslavskiPolish Stoker
Bernard PaddenBoatswain
Piero GimondoPiero Gimondo
Adriano WajskolDrummer
Nicola Di PintoNicola Di Pinto
Anita ZagariaAnita Zagaria
Katy Monique CuomoKaty Monique Cuomo

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