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    Unique ID Code: 0000010860
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    Added on: 16/11/2000 23:43
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    Legends Of The Fall: Collectors Edition (UK)

    8 / 10
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    After the fall from innocence the legend begins
    Certificate: 15
    Running Time: 127 mins
    Retail Price: £19.99
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    Synopsis:
    Colonel William Ludlow (Anthony Hopkins - `Remains Of The Day`) built a ranch in the remote foothills of the Montana Rockies, raising his three sons away from the carnage of the Indian wars.

    Alfred (Aidan Quinn - `The Assignment`), the eldest, is dutiful and reserved, Samuel (Henry Thomas - `ET`), the beloved youngest, is compassionate and idealistic, and the middle brother Tristan (Brad Pitt - `Seven`) has a wild and untameable spirit.

    Into this masculine world enters Susannah Finncannon (Julia Ormond - `Smilla`s Feeling The Snow`), a beautiful, intelligent woman who stirs passions and rivalry in all three brothers - changing the course of their lives and shaping their destinies forever...

    Special Features:
    Interactive Menus
    Scene Access
    Behind the Scenes Featurette
    Deleted Scenes
    "Deconstructing Helena" Featurette
    Feature Length Commentary by Director Ed Zwik and Brad Pitt
    Feature Length Commentary by Cinematographer and Production Designer
    Filmographies
    Isolated Score

    Video Tracks:
    Widescreen Anamorphic 1.78:1

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital 5.1 English

    Subtitle Tracks:
    Hebrew
    Icelandic
    Polish
    Czech
    Hindi
    Swedish
    Finnish
    Turkish
    English
    German
    Greek
    Hungarian
    Dutch
    Arabic
    Danish
    Norwegian
    Bulgarian

    Directed By:
    Edward Zwick

    Written By:



    Starring:
    Karina Lombard
    Henry Thomas
    Julia Ormond
    Aidan Quinn
    Anthony Hopkins
    Brad Pitt

    Casting By:
    Mary Colquhoun

    Soundtrack By:
    James Horner

    Director of Photography:
    John Toll

    Editor:
    Steven Rosenblum

    Costume Designer:
    Deborah Lynn Scott

    Production Designer:
    Lilly Kilvert

    Producer:
    Edward Zwick
    William D. Wittliff
    Marshall Herskovitz
    Sarah Caplan
    Jane Bartelme

    Executive Producer:
    Patrick Crowley

    Distributor:
    TriStar Pictures

    Your Opinions and Comments

    8 / 10
    Legends of the fall is a family & love story, which is a compination that I usually don`t like, but this time my expectations were wrong and I really liked this movie.
    The cast includes Brad Pitt, Aidan Quinn, Anthony Hopkins (who acted so well that I would have gave him oscar) and many good actors.The story of three brothers is very strong and when the movie goes further it comes better and better, specially Tristan`s story.The transfer is good, but once again no perfect, but still good enough to get 8 of 10, including audio.Features are quite good, some making of docs, plus bios, filmographies and nice commentary by director and Pitt.
    I would recommend this movie to all who hate love stories, because these kind of movies aren`t allways what they might seem.Maybe one of the best movies of ` 94.

    28llimaH[at]moc.liamtoh :D
    posted by Hamill82 on 3/1/2001 08:35
    9 / 10
    Legends Of The Fall

    Travel with passion to the darkest and most beautiful secrets, to love,cheat and blood leads to this great & romantic film, which is directed by Edward Zwick. It has been my favorite movie since I was young grown-up. I saw this movie with my classmates when I was in grammarschool few years ago:
    it was boring schoolday and we were in class waching this legendary film which touched us all(althought the boys did´t like that film because of young & handsome actor Brad Pitt ).

    The music in this movie is so beautiful that it reminds me about my dreams of Ireland.
    It´s composed by famous and excellent James Horner.

    The actors are so wonderful that you can´t describe it. Sir Anthony Hopkins plays as good as always
    (maybe even better), Brad Pitt is so romantic and restless that it makes you crazy and wild at the same time...sometimes even cry, Henry Thomas acts sweet and shy littlebrother (he was perfect in the classic movie E.T.), Aidan Quinn loving and caring big brother and Julia Ormond plays pretty woman, who makes that movie very sensitive and romantic (because the boys fell in love with her)!

    I bought this because I love this film and it has a great sound, Dolby digital 5.1, 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, nice and beautiful features and great sharpness + colors are perfect.

    I just like to say that if you like drama & romance/action ,you will love this film :) !!!

    48-elims[at]moc.ukkuul
    posted by Smile84 on 6/3/2001 09:44
    8 / 10
    An epic romantic/drama film, and a very good one at that.
    A good cast with some great acting, breathtaking scenery,
    a great music score, and a good length, to fully justify the movie. Good to see `Eliott` from E.T. back in a major film, but
    i have not seen much of him since this! Hopkins as ever is
    at his brilliant best, and Mr Pitt, who will please many women
    with is `wild boy` character and flowing locks, continues to impress. The visual quality on DVD is good, with some of the
    landscapes, and backdrops looking awesome, you also get a good feel of the vastness of the area where the family live. The audio is also good, nothing spectacular, but it hits the spot, with some effective music. Extras are good too, and it would have been criminal to have none (as in the the normal release)Behind the scenes, deleted scenes, and a few commentaries, as well as the usual trailers, filmographies etc. Overall a beautifully shot film, with a good cast and good acting allround, a film worthy of any DVD collection. Look out for the final scenes of the film, a brilliant if not `lunatic` shot of footage, showing Brad`s character `fighting` a bear! utter maddness and well worth a rewind!
    posted by Andy Hall on 18/10/2002 16:29