Ennio Morricone Dies: Legendary Composer Of Spaghetti Westerns & Oscar Winners Was 91. From Kiki's Delivery Service and ParaNorman to Coraline check out some of our favorite family-friendly movie picks to watch this Halloween. He has only a Conn trumpet, which he sells for less than he had hoped. there were clear shots of his face and hands at the same time, he was ripping his *** off. For The Legend of 1900 he trained for six months to learn to fake it. But he is too daunted by the size of the world. That’s it, really; 1900 is clearly a European film, with its artistic sensibility being a far cry from the story-centered mainstream American cinema. And I don't mean only for the work. if it was him, hes badder, than absolute ****.And why, is he in movies, if he can play like that. As Morton becomes more determined to display his talent, he plays an impressive tune ("The Crave") that brings tears to 1900's eyes.   |  Ennio Morricone — Prolific, Influential Composer — Dead at 91, Ennio Morricone Dies: Legendary Composer Of Spaghetti Westerns & Oscar Winners Was 91. [3] On Metacritic, the film has a 58/100 rating based on 28 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". For an enhanced browsing experience, get the IMDb app on your smartphone or tablet. Drama, Music, Romance. $39,200 What was the name of the film involving a piano duel where the player lights a cigarette from the very hot piano string? 02139-4300. He is unofficially adopted and named "1900" for the year in which he was born. The marquee should read simply "See This Film, Your Life Will Be Better for It. The story flashes back to the mid-1940s periodically, as we see Max (who leaves the ship's orchestra in 1933) trying to lure 1900 out of the now-deserted hull of the ship. The actors, too, seem to feel much more at ease when they can just be: Tim Roth, Clarence Williams III, and Pruitt Taylor Vince as the film’s narrator have a certain texture in their portrayals, and they are perfectly convincing (especially Roth when he’s playing the piano; I didn’t doubt for a second that he’s a brilliant virtuoso). Whoever did it (and it was not the author/director himself, who strenuously opposed the changes) clearly didn’t understand the film; the cut that can be seen in American theatres, concentrates on the story. But he stays current with outside musical trends as passengers explain to him a new music trend or style, and he immediately picks it up and starts playing it for them. And then, of course, there’s the story, or rather absence of such. While not the instant classic that Cinema Paradiso was, it nevertheless manages several brilliant sequences. in retrospect there is no title worthy of this film. Can Tim really play the piano? Having served as a hospital ship and transport in World War II, she is scheduled to be scuttled and sunk far offshore. There’s the film’s exuberant centerpiece, a piano duel with famous Jelly Roll Morton (Clarence Williams III), which culminates in a thrillingly theatrical gesture. The main strength of 1900 lies in its images, and here the film is remarkable. 1900 was found abandoned on the four stacker ocean liner SS Virginian, a baby in a box, and likely the son of poor immigrants from steerage. Otherwise, the result will be very much like The Legend of 1900: a film forced to be something that it is not. 1900 is most enjoyable when it can be merely observed, marveling at its beauty, without much of an emotional connection. 169 min After hearing Jelly Roll Morton's first tune, 1900 plays a piece so simple and well known ("Silent Night") that the self-proclaimed inventor of jazz feels mocked. The fact is, a friend like that, a real friend - you won't meet one again. It was Tornatore's first English-language film. He asks who the piece is by, and Max tells him the story of 1900. Max indicates that he put it there, and the shopkeeper tells him that he wasn't so useless after all. The recorded music is created by 1900 as he gazes at a woman (The Girl) who has just boarded and whom he finds attractive. For many years, he travels back and forth across the Atlantic, keeping a low profile. Written by Giuseppe Tornatore, based on a novel Novecento by Alessandro Baricco, With Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Clarence Williams III. The shopkeeper asks Max how the record got into the secondhand piano. This love music is a piano interlude from the soundtrack of the movie "The Legend of 1900" starring Tim Roth.