The Legend of 1900 (1998)

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An epic story of a man who could do anything... except be ordinary

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.

Released: 1998-10-28
Genres: Drama, Music
Runtime: 2h 50m
Status: Released
TMDB rating: 8.2/10 from 2,496 votes

Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore.

Top cast

Tim Roth as Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900'
Pruitt Taylor Vince as Max Tooney
Mélanie Thierry as The Girl
Bill Nunn as Danny Boodmann
Gabriele Lavia as Farmer
Clarence Williams III as Jelly Roll Morton
Peter Vaughan as 'Pops', the Shopkeeper
Niall O'Brien as Harbor Master
Alberto Vazquez as Mexican Stoker
Luca De Luigi as Neapolitan Stoker

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Where to watch The Legend of 1900

United States: rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video
United Kingdom: rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video
Australia: rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video

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