
1900. Danny Boodmann, a stoker on an American passenger liner, Virginian, finds a baby abandoned on the ship. He names the child Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900' and raises the child as his own until his death in an accident on the ship. The child never leaves the ship and turns out to be a musical genius, especially when it comes to playing the piano. As an adult he befriends a trumpet player in the ship's band, Max Tooney. After several years on the ship Ma... (Full plot summary below)
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1900. Danny Boodmann, a stoker on an American passenger liner, Virginian, finds a baby abandoned on the ship. He names the child Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900' and raises the child as his own until his death in an accident on the ship. The child never leaves the ship and turns out to be a musical genius, especially when it comes to playing the piano. As an adult he befriends a trumpet player in the ship's band, Max Tooney. After several years on the ship Max leaves, and tells the story of 1900 to the owner of a music store.
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| Portland OregonianDiana Abu-JaberAn enchanting, staggeringly beautiful epic at sea, is poetry in motion. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasTantalizingly structured to intrigue us right from the start. |
| Dallas ObserverJean OppenheimerOn one level it is highly intimate, yet it is also universal, a modern metaphor for the human condition and the precariousness of life itself. |
| Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanA painstakingly crafted nonrealist story, which doesn't seem to imply anything beyond what it depicts. |
| Entertainment WeeklyBruce FrettsIt's usually a good idea to avoid anything billed as ''a fable,'' but The Legend of 1900 offers almost enough merits to warrant an exception |
| L.A. WeeklyF. X. FeeneyThe sense of loss aroused by the film is oceanic. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrThe material is at heart an intimate allegorical fairy tale about rarefied philosophical concerns. |
| Film.comGemma FilesOveracted, overdirected, and overcooked in the usual Tornatore manner, but sheer energy and enthusiasm keep it watchable and listenable most of the way through. |
| Village VoiceDennis LimGood-natured but labored, the film clings to its lone gimmick with increasing desperation. |
| New York Daily NewsJack MathewsIt doesn't strike a single note of authentic emotion. |