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Bookmark this pageThe Legend of 1900 (1998)
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
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From Time Out Film Guide
Man walks into a musical instrument shop, dumps his tooter on the counter and asks for a good price; proprietor tells him to sod off and puts on a record. Man says: hmm, that reminds me, let me tell you a story... There was a transatlantic steamer, The Virginian, which ferried immigrants to the US. On it, a furnace man found an abandoned baby in a crate, named him Danny Boon TD Lemon 1900, and raised him on many white lies, before being killed by a loose chain hoist. One day, 1900 (Roth) sat down at the ship's grand piano and discovered his preternatural gift for playing jazz. He beat Jelly Roll Morton in a jazz duel. There was a girl he fancied, but she got off the ship. He once considered disembarking himself, but in the end rejected 'the infinite keyboard that is the city - God's piano.' 'This is an incredible story - incredible,' says the shop proprietor, before threatening to have the narrator (Vince) arrested. The ancient trumpeter takes his story to a demolition crew setting about The Virginian, but still the ship goes 'Boom!' (boom!).Author: NB
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- Posted on Dec 08 2011 19:17 So where's this review we were promised?
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- Val said...
- Posted on Oct 06 2011 16:49 Loved the idea but he sound was terrible. Intermittent. When amplified it was distorted.
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Cast & crew
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Mélanie Thierry, Bill Nunn, Peter Vaughan, Niall O'Brien, Gabriele Lavia, Alberto Vásquez, Clarence Williams III full cast
Duration: 125 mins
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