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Legends Of The Fall

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February
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1995
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Legends of the Fall

COMING SOON

Every warrior hopes a good death will find him, but Tristan couldn't wait . He went looking for his," the Cree Indian One Stab (Gordon Tootoosis) informs us early in this period piece. Set in the wilds of Montana in the early 1900s, this TriStar release tells the story of the three Ludlow brothers - the reserved Alfred (Aidan Quinn), the youngest, Samuel (Henry Thomas), and the untameable Tristan (Brad Pitt) and their conflicts within their tight-knit family and with the world around them. Raised by their father (Anthony Hopkins, in a minor turn), a former cavalry officer who left the service because of the government's ill treatment of the western tribes, all the brothers share his independent spirit. But none does so more than Tristan, who melds a cowboy's fervor with Cree ways. Crisis comes to their ranch with the arrival of World War I and Samuel's fiancee, Susannah (Julia Ormond), an Easterner who charms all the Ludlows with her ability to adapt to their less civilized existence. By the story's end, one brother is dead, one is caught up in political intrigue, and one is on the run from the law, but the movie's focus always remains the great love that burns between Susannah and Tristan. Directed by Edward Zwick ("Glory") and based on a Jim Harrison novella, "Legends of the Fall" is a sumptuous film, both in detail and emotion. The romance between Susannah and Tristan is compelling and provides a needed narrative connection for a story covering so many years and events. - excerpted from a review by Kim Williamson in "Boxoffice," Feb. 1995

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