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Legends of the Fall
It looks like a dramatic tragedy in Montana in the 20th century, when Col. William Ludlow was living in the wilderness with his sons, Tristan, Alfred and Samuel, normally as one family. The shock comes when the family hears of Samuel's death in World War I. After the brother's death in that war, Tristan and Alfred return after their duties, but immediately after returning home, the two men are surprised by Samuel's beautiful fiancée Susanna. Both are trying to reach them, leading to the dispersion of the family.
25 October 1941, Poundmaker Reserve, Saskatchewan, Canada
17 February 1935, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK
9 September 1971, San Antonio, Texas, USA
22 December 1972, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
9 September 1955, Caracas, Venezuela
2 June 1984, British Columbia, Canada
10 January 1977, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
20 July 1950, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
April 02, 2014
While the production is attractive in a calendar-photo sort of way, there's not a speck of genuine feeling in its glossy images.
April 02, 2014
Bloated as a TV miniseries two nights too long, Legends of the Fall is stiff and uninteresting.
April 02, 2014
There's a vast psychodrama being played out on the Ludlow ranch, battles between generations, philosophies, races and sexes. And the landscapes, photographed by John Toll, majestically backdrop all the personal and cultural furies.
April 02, 2014
It either sweeps you up in its rapturous emotional wake or -- and it's a big or -- you just sit there and snicker. I found myself alternately doing both, though fortunately more of the former than the latter.
April 02, 2014
A weird melodramatic epic -- Bonanza crossbred with the kind of novel that uses Fabio on the cover.
April 02, 2014
It's a big movie that's so small on the inside it's not there.
April 02, 2014
The actors fit their roles exceptionally well, but Zwick rarely allows them the kinds of crucial, intimate moments that establish how the characters feel about each other.
April 02, 2014
The real star, however, is John Toll's Oscar-winning cinematography, which is equally at home with the stunning beauty of the mountainous terrain and the killing fields of war-torn France.
April 02, 2014
Everything about Legends of the Fall shouts epic filmmaking and it is not an altogether unpleasant sound.
April 02, 2014
Just when it starts to seem as if Legends might just turn into a pretty good movie, along comes some tired, soap-opera plot device.
April 02, 2014
At first, the picture plays like East of Eden with a bonus brother; it gets sillier as it goes.
April 02, 2014
Check your cynicism at the door, and just revel in its enormity.