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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0014381144222
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 04, 2002
Running Time: 165 minutes
Sales Rank: 7815
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
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Rating:  - boxing and piano--another kind of "great white hope" movie
This is an interesting, entertaining movie in many respects, and certainly the acting is excellent. What stands out to me, however, is that this is a kind of "great white hope" story. The character "1900" (Tim Roth) is sui generis--a unique oceanic human that is born, lives, and dies on an ocean liner without ever setting foot on land. Of course, he is the offspring of an unknown European immigrant mother, who abandoned him; notwithstanding his de facto adoptive black father (Bill Nunn), "1900" he still represents Eurocentric values and attitudes.
Like Sylvester Stallone's "Rocky," Giuseppe Tornatore's "1900" is a fictional character whose greatness is ultimately measured by his ability to beat the black champion. In Rocky's case, of course, the opponent-champion, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers)was also a fictional character. But it doesn't take a doctorate to see that Creed's character represented the reality of heavyweight championship fighting being dominated by black fighters. "Rocky II" (the come-back episode where Rocky beats Creed) was necessarily birthed out of the white psyche's need to justify themselves as the necessary center of western society.
Tornatore's story of the oceanic keyboard player, which is supposed to be based upon another Italian theatrical production, is pretty much the same kind of story when viewed from the lens of "race" and racism. Tornatore's "1900" is also the white upstart facing a black champion, except the contest is musical, ... Read More
Rating:  - Legend of 1900
Caught part of this on TV and couldn't stop watching. Had to have it. Mostly dramatic with a little humor. Tim Roth is awesome as always. Good quality dvd.
Rating:  - did not work!!!
This movie did not work. I bought it cause I loved the movie... Unfortunaly I was stuck with the movie cause it didnt work on any dvd set nor x-box or playstation 3
Rating:  - The Legend of 1900
I only saw this movie recently as a rental, but after seeing it I will buy it. One may find the movie inescapable as the ship that 1900 found inescapable. I know my wife and I were drawn in from the beginning. Imagine seeing a baby found on a piano while a coal stoker is searching the dance floor for something of value dropped by a passenger. The baby is given the name TD Lemon Daniel Boone 1900 based on a lemon box he was found in, his finder's name, and the year he is found. He goes by 1900. We then follow this child till adulthood on board the "Virginian" a luxury liner from the turn of the century to some time after World War II. The stoker raises the child until he is killed at his job. The ship's crew then takes on parenting until he is a man. From childhood to manhood he shows himself to be an accomplished piano player. His ability to play anything from jazz to classical is phenomenal. He gains fame aboard ship but he never steps off it. This is an excellent drama with Tim Roth and Pruitt Taylor Prince giving wonderful performances. Good quality DVD with good replayability. If you enjoyed this catch "Shawshank Redemption" and "The Green Mile" - C. Luster
Rating: - totally boring and pointless!
The fat guy starts the movie with "this story is so amazing nobody would believe me". After almost 2,5 hour suffering, I could answer him: Yeah right! Oh this story was soo stunning! He lives on a boat and is good at piano! And then nothing. Thats all. I always waited for something to happen, for the plot to move forward.
After the first pianoscene when playing in the storm I thought there might be a chance...but then no.
And "A could never live in the land, with thousands of roads, dont know where to go. All I need is my piano with 88 keys". What is this? Some kind of kitch philostophy? Give me a break. He could go on with something like: "People should never travel, our country should isolate and dont accept immigrants, all we need is what we have...". I like the actor Tim Roth (Rob Roy, Planet of Apes) and I like piano music, but this movie just crap. I could go on with details like the last eternety long dialogue but I stop here.
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