One of the movies which is not so famous, however is one of the most beautiful portrayal of the old America, the politics, nepotism, hatred towards lesser(as called) races-you'll see all of these. Also the story's take on war and politics is novel to any American movie-it tries to uncover truth using beauty and plainness

I have to say that the Oscar winning cinematography just blew me away in Legends Of The Fall. With British Columbia standing in for Montana of the early 20th century it's not called The Big Sky country for nothing. My guess though is Montana now is a bit too developed now to get the proper feel for atmosphere in which Anthony Hopkins raised his three boys all of whom turned out quite different. The three sons in Legends Of The Fall are Aidan Quinn, Brad Pitt, and Henry Thomas chronologically. Quinn is the solid and reliable eldest who becomes one of Montana's Representatives in Congress. They usually had and still have only two of them. Henry Thomas can't get out from under being the baby of the family. The other two are constantly looking out for him.It's Brad Pitt as the middle son who is our brooding protagonist and the closest thing Pitt ever did on screen as a romantic idol. Brad's like something out of one of those romance novels. The brothers start showing their differences when Henry Thomas brings home Julia Ormond as his intended bride. She gets all their hormones in overdrive and when Thomas fails to return from World War I the rivalry between Pitt and Quinn drives the rest of the film.Anthony Hopkins who served in the Indian wars in the cavalry was disillusioned by said conflicts and built his own empire where the native Indians share in its bounty. His kids however grew up in the era of Theodore Roosevelt where you answered your country's call no matter what. And like TR all three Ludlow boys are imbued with the idealism of the Allied cause. All three go to Canada and enlist in their army and defy their father. It all becomes a Greek tragedy of sorts in the end.The Oscar winning cinematography is just breathtaking. The vastness of God's earth will dazzle the viewer and you might become an instant conservationist. Legends Of The Fall also won an Oscar for Art&Set Design which is also wonderful and I think that TR's Sagamore Hill might have been a model used.Sad though that Hopkins, Pitt, Quinn, and Ormond got no Oscar recognition for this film. Even watching it on television without the big screen Legends Of The Fall still blows me away.

Manny's Movie Musings: a tale of love, grief, loss, and redemption that spans three generations. Set in Montana before the start of World War I, the lives of a father and his three sons (played by Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt, Aidan Quinn, and Henry Thomas, respectively) are forever changed with the arrival of Thomas' fiancée (played by Julia Ormond). The secret passions and a tragic death will threaten to tear the family apart. Love can heal many things, but will it be enough for this family? "Legends Of The Fall" is a romance story on steroids. Great acting, amazing scenery, beautiful cinematography, expert direction, a memorable score and a script filled with drama — in some instances melodrama — makes this movie a romance/drama fan's dream. My most memorable, movie moment is the prolonged, trench warfare scene, which gives us a glimpse of the brutal and gory nature of that war. It was unexpected in my first viewing, but the scene was necessary to set up the spiritual/emotional journey of the main character, played by Pitt.Mannysmemorablemoviemoments

In the 1840's Emily Bronte wrote Wuthering Heights, which was considered so shocking that she had to write under a non de plume, Ellis Bell. The story told of the passionate burning love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliffe, the wild child found in Liverpool by Catherine Earnshaw's father, which destroyed everyone around them and lasted beyond the grave. The book has been translated into every language on the globe and has never been out of print.Legends of the Fall is a Wuthering Heights kind of family tragedy as the fiancé of one of the brothers (the wild one) falls deeply in love with him, but is rejected by him when he decides to go off alone to 'find himself'. He returns later to find she has married his straight laced elder brother, but she is still besotted with him. Ah, the grand passion! Brad Pitt plays the same type he played in "A River Runs Though It" the wild child, and Aidan Quinn the same role he played in "The Mission", the decent straight arrow brother who falls in love with the fiancé left behind for years by his wild seafaring brother. Have these casting directors no imagination? I enjoyed the film as you would a Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie, but would not rate it a great epic or Oscar worthy. Many viewers rhapsodized over the scenery. What Scenery? All I saw was a green meadow with the shape of blue mountains in the background.I bought the DVD many years ago and watched it again last night. The overall feeling was that of over pretentious Harlequin Romance.