The Legend of 1900 (1998)
| Release Date | 28 October 1998 |
| Budget | $9,000,000 |
| Tagline | An epic story of a man who could do anything... except be ordinary. |
| Genre | Drama, Fantasy, Music |
| Country | Italy |
| Filming Locations | Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy |
| Language | English, French |
| Sound Mix | Dolby Digital |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Period Film |
| Themes | Musician's Life |
| Tones | Understated, Elegant, Intimate |
| Tags | Artist, Baby, Jazz, Mechanic, Musician, Piano, Ship |
The Legend of 1900 (Italian: ) is a 1998 film directed by the Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore, starring Tim Roth. This is Tornatore's first English-language film. The film is inspired by a theater monologue, Novecento, by Alessandro Baricco. The film was nominated for a variety of awards worldwide, winning several for its soundtrack.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Niall O'Brien
Harbor Master
Gabriele Lavia
Farmer
Vernon Nurse
Fritz Hermann, the Bandleader
Alberto Vazquez
Mexican Stoker
Cory Buck
The Young 1900 II
Sidney Cole
Musician
Harry Ditson
Captain
Femi Elufowojo
Easton Gage
The Young 1900 I
Eamon Geoghegan
Sergente
Noriko Aida
Mattress Maker
Stefano Pagin
Pierluigi Coppola
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Angelo Di Loreta
The Cook
Director
Writer
Alessandro Baricco
Producer
Marco Chimenz
executive producer
Laura Fattori
executive producer
Francesco Tornatore
producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Lajos Koltai
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Editor
Massimo Quaglia
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Casting Director
Fabrizio Sergenti Castellani
Valerie McCaffrey
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Jeremy Zimmerman
Production Designer
Francesco Frigeri
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Set Decorator
Bruno Cesari
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Costume Designer
Maurizio Millenotti
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Makeup Department
Renato Francola
assistant makeup artist
Carla Indoni
assistant hair stylist
Vincenzo Mastrantonio
assistant makeup artist
Luigi Rocchetti
makeup artist
Aldo Signoretti
hair stylist
Angelo Vannella
assistant hair stylist
Jana Carboni
assistant makeup artist
Giulio Pezza
makeup artist
Production Manager
Riccardo Neri
production manager
Andrea Nuzzolo
unit manager: second unit
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Denver Beattie
second assistant director
Inti Carboni
second assistant director
Fabrizio Sergenti Castellani
assistant director
Davide Cincis
second assistant director
Simone Frattari
second assistant director
Art Department
Gianni Angler
set builder
Agostino Bivi
head painter
Giacomo Caló Carducci
art department assistant
Giuseppe Carrozza
iron worker
Antonio Casanova
stucco worker
Franco Di Bernardino
carpenter
Tommaso Dubla
head painter
Cristina Esigibilli
second assistant art director
Roberta Federico
draftsman
Biagio Fersini
draftsman, assistant art director: second unit
Alfonso Fortunati
painter
Giancarlo Gabrielli
property assistant
Domenico Garitta
stucco worker
Raffaella Giovannetti
assistant set decorator
Giuseppe La Rocca
head plasterer
Rodolfo Mignacca
upholsterer
Lucia Nigri
draftsman
Riccardo Passanisi
on-set property assistant
Giuseppe Pelli
stucco worker
Roberto Rosati
carpenter
Salvatore Saito
painter
Luigi Sergianni
construction coordinator
Paolo Sforzini
art department assistant
Domenico Sica
assistant art director
Francesco Staltari
property assistant
Edmondo Tarquini
lot supervisor
Alfio Tempera
scenic prop master
Sandro Erdolini
painter
Miraphora Mina
graphic designer
Stefano Morbidelli
set dresser
Sound Department
Nick Alexander
adr director: Rome
Richard Beggs
sound mixing engineer
Marta Billingsley
sound editor
Michael Billingsley
supervising sound editor, adr director: Rome
Valeria Campana
sound editor
Roberto Cappannelli
adr recordist: Rome
Piero Fondi
boom operator
Thomas Richard Johnson
sound mixing engineer
Andrea Lancia
sound editor
Roberto Petrozzi
sound engineer
Alfredo Petti
boom operator
Angelo Raguseo
sound mixing engineer
Lillo Rosato
sound editor
Hugh Waddell
adr director: Los Angeles
David Quadroli
sound effects editor
Special Effects
Renato Agostini
special effects technician
Edmondo Natali
on-set special effects: second unit
Germano Natali
on-set special effects: second unit
Franco Ragusa
special effects technician
Claudio Savassi
special effects technician
Fabio Traversari
on-set special effects: second unit
Visual Effects
Phil Attfield
digital visual effects coordinator
Solo Avital
Domino artist
Stefano Ballirano
Cineon artist
Gianluigi Bertolini
data runner: Interactive
Riccardo Bertoli
digital supervisor: Interactive
Federico Bozzano
matte paint artist: Interactive
Alexander Bresinsky
digital visual effects organization
Marcello Buffa
digital post-production supervisor: Interactive
David Bush
visual effects supervisor
Manfred Büttner
Domino artist
Donald Campbell
Domino artist: Interactive
Simon Carr
Domino artist: Men In White Coats
Phillip Carter
digital post-production coordinator: Interactive
Alessandro Cioffi
Domino artist
Silvia Cipparoli
Cineon artist
Peter Connelly
Domino artist: Interactive
Michael Connor
motion control operator
Maurizio Corrado
Domino artist
Paul Cotsen
Domino artist
Neil Cunningham
Domino artist: Interactive
Peter 'Beak' Cvijanovic
Inferno artist: Interactive
Emanuele D'Arrigo
computer graphics artist: Interactive
Daniele De Santis
scanning & film transfer: Interactive
Marina Di Patrizi
Cineon artist
Paddy Eason
Domino artist: CFC
Matteo Eleni
computer graphics artist: Interactive
Rebecca Farhall
digital visual effects coordinator
Lillan Gahlin
Inferno artist: Interactive
Ben Goldschmied
motion control operator
Matthew Hancock
scanning & film transfer: Interactive
Tom Hocking
Domino artist
Pietro Iodice
Domino artist
Cristian Jezdic
computer graphics 3D previz: Interactive
Jasmin Karchalli
Domino artist
Silvia Landro
Domino artist: Interactive
Sharon Lark
digital visual effects organization
Lasairfniona Lawless
digital visual effects organization
Armando Lombardo
digital artist
George Maihöfer
Domino artist
Cristiano Mariani
computer graphics artist: Interactive
Adrian Martin
digital visual effects organization
Gianni Marzagalli
Inferno artist: Interactive
Giuseppe Massaro
test video: Interactive
Emanuela Megazzini
test video: Interactive
Ian Menzies
motion control operator
Charles Morin
digital visual effects organization
Filippo Olivari
Inferno artist: Interactive
Axel O'Mill
data runner: Interactive
Gruff Owen
Domino artist
Guido Pappadá
Domino artist
Ivan Parillo
digital artist
Patrizia Pellegrino
digital supervisor: Interactive
Sara Persenda
test video: Interactive
Alberto Restelli
scanning & film transfer: Interactive
Daria Sardi
Domino artist: Interactive
Franco Sgueglia
Domino artist
Steve Shaw
digital visual effects organization
Corrado Strada
virtual set designer: Interactive
Marios Theodosi
Inferno artist: Interactive
Oscar Tornincasa
computer graphics artist: Interactive
Riccardo Umetelli
assistant motion control operator
Kitty Veevers
Inferno artist: Interactive
Riccardo Zanettini
computer graphics artist: Interactive
Pete Hanson
studio manager: CFC
Alessandro Saponi
digital artist
Thomas Tannenberger
visual effects producer
Stunts
Massimiliano Bianchi
stunt rigger
Stefano Maria Mioni
stunts
Franco Maria Salamon
stunt coordinator
Camera and Electrical Department
Roberto Albero
grip
Alessandro Anselmi
assistant grip
Franco Caporale
electrician
Massimo Casseriani
playback operator
Massimo Chessari
grip
Antonio Gasbarini
electrician
Giovanni Gebbia
second camera operator, Steadicam operator
Enrico Lucidi
camera operator: second unit, director of photography: second unit, camera operator
Antonio Nigro
generator operator
Alberico Novelli
gaffer
Roberto Pecci
grip
Marcello Pericone
electrician
Francisco Pintore
assistant camera
Flaviano Ricci
grip
Alessandro Rossi
electrician
Marco Sacerdoti
assistant camera
Sergio Strizzi
still photographer
Doriano Torriero
head grip
Claudio Zamarion
assistant camera
Romolo Eucalitto
special photographer
Casting Department
Shaila Rubin
casting: Italia
Joe Adams
casting associate
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sergio Ballo
assistant costume designer
Alessandro Lai
assistant costume designer
Alfonsina Lettieri
assistant costume designer
Elsa Malandra
production seamstress
Maria Antonietta Salvatori
head seamstress
Salvatore Salzano
assistant costume designer
Edda Soliani
production seamstress
Editorial Department
Gianni Cerniglia
negative timer
Mario D'Ambrosio
assistant editor
Patricia Innocenzi
assistant editor
Sara King
post-production executive
Fabian Marquez
post-production coordinator
Rita Mauro
assistant editor
Pamela Quaglia
assistant editor
Stefano Quaglia
assistant editor
Ingrid Schulz
assistant editor
Music Department
Damiano Antinori
assistant music recording engineer
Fausto Anzelmo
musician: viola
Gilda Butta
musician: piano
Enrico DeMelis
music supervisor
Andrea Morricone
assistant music recordist
Gianni Oddi
musician: soprano sax
Cicci Santucci
musician: trumpet
Fabio Venturi
music recording engineer
Other Crew
Gerardo Albero
production assistant
Sharon Alexander
nurse
Michael Applebaum
instructor: trumpet
Claire Best
production executive
Nicoletta Billi
liaison: Italian press
Tanya Blumstein
interpreter: Mr. Tim Roth
Sergio Bologna
administrator
Giorgio Catalano
chief accountant
Nadya Cazan
translator
Pasquale Cuzzupoli
color control
Attilia De Maio
nurse
Memmo Di Giovenale
production assistant
Francis Dokyi
production runner
Stella D'Onofrio
continuity
Joseph Farrell
translator
Alessandro Fiorito
accounting department assistant
Wendy Fletcher
tutor: children
Mario Francini
supervisor: second unit, location manager
Cam Galano
executive: Fine Line
Emanuele Giovannini
archive researcher
Judith Goodman
production coordinator
Salvatore Grimaudo
production assistant
Anna Guarnati
translator
Mark Hamilyn
instructor: trumpet
Giorgio Innocenti
supervisor: second unit
Brent Kaviar
film services
Oleg Korotenko
liaison: Danapris Film, Kiev
Marilena La Ferrara
accounting department assistant
Felice Lattes
crowd marshall
Steven Luotto
dialogue coach
Salvatore Magnisi
accounting department assistant
Ileen Maisel
executive: Fine Line
Walter Massi
location supervisor: foreign
Franco Minchella
production runner
Prescott Niles
instructor: piano
Renata Paccariè
production coordinator
Alessandro Panattieri
director: "Alexander's Ragtime Band" ensemble
Erik Paoletti
production assistant
Maurizio Pigna
location manager
Marcello Piras
consultant: jazz history
Michela Prodan
dialogue coach
Gianluca Pumpo
instructor: piano
Silvia Ranfagni
production runner
Eugene Rizzo
unit publicist
Ruggero Salvadori
location manager
Catherine Smith
production coordinator
Leontine Snell
choreographer
Tatiana Strelkoff
translator
Ian Townsend
instructor: piano
Denver Beattie
assistant: Pruitt Taylor Vince
Paolo Merosi
assistant crowd marshall
Nata More
set production assistant
Pietro Notarianni
production coordinator
Francesco Tornatore
production coordinator
Thanks
Mino Barbera
thanks
Lionello Gasparini
thanks
Elena Montecchi
particular thanks: undersecretary of labor
Walter Veltroni
particular thanks: vice president of Italian cabinet
Monica Verzolini
thanks
Ruth Vitale
thanks
Production Company
Medusa Produzione
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Sciarlò
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Distributor
Asmik Ace Entertainment
Aurum Producciones
Concorde Filmverleih
Distribution Company
EDKO Film
Eesti Televisioon (ETV)
Fine Line Features
Medusa Distribuzione
Metropolitan Filmexport
RCV Film Distribution
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Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland
Vitória Filmes
Yleisradio (YLE)
Special Effects
Cinecittà 105 Digitale
Company B
Computer Film Company, The (CFC)
Corridori & Co.
Corridori G & A Cinematografica S.r.l.
DYTE
Das Werk
Germano Natali
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Interactive Milan
Men in White Coats
Proxima
Miscellaneous
A.T.A.
period cars
Accademia Musicale Italiana (AMIT)
orchestra
Alfonsi Pianoforti
thanks
Ameropa
travel agency
Angels & Bermans
costumes
Annamode 68
costumes
Balducci
stills laboratory
Bassi e Corsetti
stills laboratory
BBC Television Centre
radio clips
Cinesicurtà
insurance
Co.Velt
scaffolding
Corpo Militaire Della Croce Rossa Italiana
thanks
Costumi d'Arte
costumes
Danapris Film
servicing organization: Ukraine
Discoteca Di Stato
thanks
Ditta Pompei
footware
Domenico Verdile
hardware supplies
Fendi
thanks
Film Office of the Fine Arts Department, City of Rome
special thanks
Foreigners Office, Police Headquarters in Rome
particular thanks
Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore
publisher original book
Italian Council of Ministers, Department of Entertainment
particular thanks
Italian Embassy in Ukraine
particular thanks
Italian Ministry of Labor and Social Security
particular thanks
Italian Navy
special thanks
L.A.B.A. S.r.l.
jewelry
Les Ateliers du Costume
costumes
Louis Vuitton Italia
thanks
Menservice
catering
Motion Control Cameras Ltd.
visual effects
Museo Internazionale del Cinema dello Spettacolo
thanks
Museo delle Poste e Telecomunicazione
thanks
Music Village
music recorded at
Musicarte
musical instruments
National Geographic Television Film Library
film clip library
Quantel
thanks
R.E.C.
lighting equipment
Sartoria Russo, Roma
costumes
Sound On, Rome
digital sound post-production
Special Employment Office for Italian Cinema Workers
particular thanks
Studio 16
sound effects track
Tirelli Costumi
costumes
Trasporti Cinematografici Tranquilli (TCT)
transportation
Ukrainian Embassy in Italy
particular thanks
Villahermosa Plastici
ship model
Xtrack Digigram
audio editing station
Related Lists
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Baarìa (2009)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
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Malèna (2000)
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