Legends of the Fall : Ask Biography

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Film information

Name

Legends of the Fall

Directed by

Edward Zwick

Produced by

Marshall Herskovitz
William D. Wittliff
Edward Zwick

Written by

Susan Shilliday
William D. Wittliff

Starring

Brad Pitt
Anthony Hopkins
Aidan Quinn
Julia Ormond
Henry Thomas

Music by

James Horner

Cinematography

John Toll

Editing by

Steven Rosenblum

Studio

Bedford Falls Productions

Distributed by

TriStar Pictures

Release date

Running time

133 minutes

Country

Language

English

Budget

$30 million

Gross revenue

$66,502,573

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'Legends of the Fall' is a 1994 epic drama film based on the 1979 novella of the same title by Jim Harrison. It was directed by Edward Zwick and stars Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins and Aidan Quinn. The film was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction (Lilly Kilvert, Dorree Cooper), and Best Sound, and won the category for Best Cinematography.

The film's timeframe 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 centers on the Ludlow family of Montana, including veteran of the Indian Wars, Colonel Ludlow, his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel, and object of the brothers' love, Susannah.

Both the film and the book contain occasional Cornish language terms, the Ludlow family being a Cornish emigrant family.