Legends of the Fall

Synopsis: In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives in the wilderness with his sons, Tristan, Alfred and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family encounters tragedy when Samuel is killed in World War I. Tristan and Alfred survive their tours of duty, but, soon after they return home, both men fall for Samuel's gorgeous fiancée, Susannah, and their intense rivalry begins to destroy the family.
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Director(s): Edward Zwick
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
45
R
Year:
1994
133 min
3,812 Views


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Some people hear their own

inner voices

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with great clearness

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and they live

by what they hear

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Such people become crazy

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or they become legend

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Tristan Ludlow was born

in the Moon of the Falling Leaves

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It was a terrible winter

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His mother almost died

bringing him into this world

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His father, the Colonel,

brought him to me

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I wrapped him in a bearskin

and held him all that night

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As he grew into a man

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I taught him the great joy

of the kill

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when the hunter

cuts out its warm heart

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and holds it in his hands

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setting its spirit free

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Colonel Ludlow had three sons

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but Tristan was his favorite

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I had had sons too

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But they were gone now

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forever

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It was a very bad time

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The Colonel had tried

to help the People

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The Colonel had tried

to help the People

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but it was no use

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So he decided

to go his own way

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He wanted to lose the madness

over the mountains, he said

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and begin again

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"Lose the madness, '"he said

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And so we lived for many years

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and the boys grew strong

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Alfred was the older brother

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old even for his years

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Samuel was the youngest

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There was nothing these brothers

would not do for him

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They watched over him

like a treasure

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One year...

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I am an old man

and cannot remember the year

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But it was the Moon

of the Red Grass

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when Isabel Ludlow,

their mother

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went away for the winter

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She said the winters

were too cruel for her

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She said she was afraid

of the bears

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She was a strange woman anyway

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That spring, though,

she did not return

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And, after that,

she did not come much to see us

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Alfred wrote her many letters

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but Tristan refused

to speak of her

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His world was here with me

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Every warrior hopes a good death

will find him

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but Tristan couldn't wait

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He went looking for his

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Tristan!

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Here

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- Was it a bear?

- Yes, sir

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- Was it a bear?

- Yes, sir

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- Can you breathe?

- Yes

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Take your hand away

Take it away

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You're a stupid,

half-brained jackass

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- Yes, sir

- One Stab put you up to this?

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You deserve to be dead

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God knows how you've

lived so long

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It'll be all right, son

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I have these letters

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many letters

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Read them

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They are from all of them

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Ludlow

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Isabel

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Samuel

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the whole family

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the whole story

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It is all written here

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April 13, 1913

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Dear Isabel:

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I am not fool enough to try

to reorder a life already lived

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but I fear I have not done well raising

our sons alone in this wild place

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What did I know of children?

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I was trained to lead men

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This is infinitely harder

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Dear William:

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You take too much responsibility

on yourself, as always

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Our sons are finding their own paths

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They are willful, certainly,

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