The Legend of 1900

The Legend of 1900 (1998)

La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano

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.

Date of release
1998-10-28
TMDB
8.2 / 10 (2509)
Runtime
2h 50m
Genres
Drama, Music
Director
Giuseppe Tornatore

Casting

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

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