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{{short description|1994 American epic Western film by Edward Zwick}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Legends of the Fall
| image          = Legendsoffallposter.jpg
| alt            =
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Edward Zwick]]
| screenplay     = {{ubl|Susan Shilliday|[[William D. Wittliff]]}}
| based_on       = {{Based on|''Legends of the Fall''|[[Jim Harrison]]}}
| producer       = {{ubl|[[Marshall Herskovitz]]|William D. Wittliff|Edward Zwick}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Brad Pitt]]
* [[Anthony Hopkins]]
* [[Aidan Quinn]]
* [[Julia Ormond]]
* [[Henry Thomas]]
}}
| cinematography = [[John Toll]]
| editing        = [[Steven Rosenblum]]
| music          = [[James Horner]]
| studio         = [[TriStar Pictures]]<br>[[Bedford Falls Productions]]
| distributor    = [[Sony Pictures Releasing]]
| released       = {{Film date|1994|12|23|}}
| runtime        = 133 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $30 million<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Legends-of-the-Fall-(1996)#tab=summary | title=Legends of the Fall (1994) - Financial Information }}</ref>
| gross          = $160.6 million<ref name=BoxOffice>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=legendsofthefall.htm |title=Legends of the Fall (1994) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=2017-09-23}}</ref>
}}
'''''Legends of the Fall''''' is a 1994 American [[epic film|epic]] [[western (genre)|Western]] [[drama]] film directed by [[Edward Zwick]], and starring [[Brad Pitt]], [[Anthony Hopkins]], [[Aidan Quinn]], [[Julia Ormond]] and [[Henry Thomas]]. Based on the 1979 [[novella]] of the same title by [[Jim Harrison]], the film is about three brothers and their father living in the wilderness and plains of [[Montana]] in the early 20th century and how their lives are affected by nature, history, war, and love. The film's time frame spans nearly 50 years from the early 20th century; [[World War I]], through the [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] era, and ending with a brief scene set in 1963. The film was nominated for three [[Academy Awards]] and won for Best Cinematography ([[John Toll]]).<ref name=deseret/> Both the film and book contain occasional [[Cornish language]] terms, the Ludlows being a [[Cornish American|Cornish]] immigrant family.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tristram|first=Hildegard L. C.|title=The Celtic Languages in Contact|year=2007|publisher=[[Potsdam University Library#Potsdam University Press]]|isbn=978-3-940793-07-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VgBtaDT-evYC&q=cornish+legends+of+the+fall&pg=PA204|page=204}}</ref>
==Plot==
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Sick of betrayals the [[Federal government of the United States|US government]] perpetrated on [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]s, Colonel William Ludlow leaves the [[United States Army|Army]], moving to a remote part of [[Montana]]. Along with One Stab, a [[Cree]] friend, he builds a ranch and raises his family. Accompanying them are hired hand and former outlaw Decker with his Cree wife Pet, and daughter Isabel Two. William has three sons: Alfred, the eldest; Tristan, the middle son; and Samuel, the youngest.
William's wife Isabel does not adapt to the harsh Montana winters, so moves to the East Coast; Tristan vows never to speak of her. At age 12, Tristan touches a sleeping grizzly bear. The bear awakens and injures him, but he cuts off a claw.
Years later in 1913, Samuel returns from [[Harvard University]] with his fiancée, Susannah. She finds Tristan captivating but loves Samuel. Before they can marry, he announces his intention to join the [[Canadian Expeditionary Force]] and aid [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Britain]] in the fight against [[German Empire|Germany]] in [[World War I]]. Much to their father's displeasure, Alfred also joins. Although Tristan does not want to join, he does so after swearing to Susannah to protect Samuel.
The brothers find themselves in the [[10th Battalion (Canadians), CEF|10th Battalion, CEF]]. Alfred, commissioned as an officer, leads a charge into [[no man's land]]. The attack results in heavy casualties and he is wounded. While visiting Alfred in the field hospital, Tristan learns that Samuel volunteered for a dangerous reconnaissance mission. He rushes off to protect his brother but arrives too late. Tristan holds Samuel until he dies, then cuts out his brother's heart and sends it home to be buried at the ranch.
Maddened with grief, Tristan single-handedly raids the German lines and returns to camp with the scalps of German soldiers hanging around his neck, horrifying his fellow soldiers. He is discharged but does not go home. Alfred returns to Montana and proposes to Susannah, but she declines.
Tristan returns home, where Susannah finds him weeping over Samuel's grave. She comforts him and they become lovers. A jealous Alfred confronts Tristan before leaving to make his name in [[Helena, Montana|Helena]]. Tristan is plagued with guilt over Samuel's death and feels responsible for driving Alfred away; he leaves Montana for several years.
Susannah vows to wait for Tristan but eventually receives a letter from him telling her to marry someone else. Alfred comforts her, and when William finds them together, it leads to a falling out between father and son. William later suffers a stroke, does not speak for years and the ranch deteriorates. Susannah marries Alfred, now a congressman. Alfred's business and politics cause him to get involved with the O'Banion brothers, Irish bootleggers and gangsters.
Tristan returns in 1920 during [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]], bringing life back to the ranch and to his father. He falls in love with Isabel Two and they marry and have two children. Tristan becomes involved in small-scale [[rum-running]], finding himself at odds with the O'Banions. Isabel Two is accidentally killed by a corrupt police officer working for the gangsters. In a fit of rage, Tristan beats the officer nearly to death and is jailed.
Susannah visits Tristan, still having feelings for him, but he refuses her advances. After his release, he and Decker kill those responsible for Isabel's death, including one of the O'Banion brothers.
Unable to live without Tristan, Susannah commits suicide. The remaining O'Banion brother, along with the sheriff and another police officer, come after Tristan. At the ranch, William and Alfred kill the attackers. Alfred reconciles with his father and brother.
The family realizes that Tristan will be blamed for the deaths, prompting him to ask Alfred to take care of his children. One Stab's narration explains that they buried the bodies and dumped the car in the Missouri River. He reflects that rather than dying young as One Stab expected, Tristan lived to watch his children and grandchildren grow. One Stab observes that it was the people Tristan loved and wanted to protect most who died young.
In 1963, Tristan, now an old man living in the North Country, investigates an animal carcass and is confronted by a grizzly bear. He draws his knife and fights it. As they struggle, One Stab narrates, "It was a good death.".
==Cast==
{{castlist|
* [[Brad Pitt]] as Tristan Ludlow
** Keegan MacIntosh as Young Tristan Ludlow
**[[Eric Johnson (actor)|Eric Johnson]] as Teen Tristan Ludlow
* [[Anthony Hopkins]] as Colonel William Ludlow
* [[Aidan Quinn]] as Alfred Ludlow
* [[Julia Ormond]] as Susannah Fincannon-Ludlow
* [[Henry Thomas]] as Samuel Ludlow
* [[Karina Lombard]] as Isabel 'Isabel Two' Decker-Ludlow
** Sekwan Auger as Young Isabel Two Decker
* [[Gordon Tootoosis]] as One Stab
* [[Christina Pickles]] as Isabel Ludlow
* Paul Desmond as Tom Cullen / Roscoe Decker
* [[Tantoo Cardinal]] as Pet Decker
* [[Robert Wisden]] as John T. O'Banion
* [[John Novak (actor)|John Novak]] as James O'Banion
* [[Kenneth Welsh]] as Sheriff Tynert
* [[Bart the Bear]] as The Bear
}}
==Production==
===Filming===
''Legends of the Fall'' was primarily filmed on location in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Principal photography began in mid-July 1993.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hopkins lines up Beethoven role|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5_ghAAAAIBAJ&dq=legends-of-the-fall&pg=2904%2C5435007|access-date=11 December 2012|newspaper=[[Reading Eagle]]|date=27 August 1993|page=51}}</ref> The [[World War I]] battlefield scenes took two weeks to film and were shot near [[Morley, Alberta]], with hundreds of locals and a few [[Canadian Forces]] soldiers recruited as extras.<ref name="Alberta">{{cite web|title=Reel Adventures Alberta Movie Maps|url=http://www.albertasouthwest.com/reel_adventure_movie_maps|publisher=Alberta SouthWest|access-date=11 December 2012|pages=1–9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925210141/http://www.albertasouthwest.com/reel_adventure_movie_maps|archive-date=2012-09-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Ghost River Wilderness Area]] in Alberta served as the filming location for the Ludlow ranch; additional outdoor scenes, as well as the funeral and cemetery scenes, were shot at the [[Bow River]] near [[Banff National Park]]. A historic harbour area in [[Vancouver]] called [[Gastown]] was augmented with period building facades for the Helena, Montana, street scenes. Hotel scenes were shot at the [[Hotel Europe (Vancouver)|Hotel Europe]] at 43 Powell Street in Vancouver. Additional scenes were shot at Maple Tree Square in Gastown, Vancouver, and Ocho Rios in [[Saint Ann, Jamaica]]. Filming wrapped up around January 1994.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ansen|first=David|title=The Flowering Of A Late Bloomer|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/1994/01/16/the-flowering-of-a-late-bloomer.html|website=[[The Daily Beast]]|access-date=11 December 2012|page=2|date=16 January 1994|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508075435/http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/1994/01/16/the-flowering-of-a-late-bloomer.html|archive-date=8 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
in 2024, Zwick released his memoir, ''Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood'', in which he talked about his difficult experiences working with Brad Pitt, whom he described as volatile. Zwick claimed that they clashed over their visions for the film, and that Pitt was upset about the final cut.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/brad-pitt-legends-of-the-fall|title=Brad Pitt and the Wild Making of Legends of the Fall|date=February 6, 2024 |publisher=vanityfair.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/brad-pitt-wasnt-pleased-with-legends-of-the-fall-says-director-8559897|title=Brad Pitt 'wasn't pleased' with Legends of the Fall, says director Ed Zwick|publisher=EW}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/brad-pitt-legends-of-the-fall-ed-zedwick-b2491988.html|title=Legends of the Fall director reveals 'volatile' and 'edgy' Brad Pitt almost walked away from movie|date=February 7, 2024 |publisher=independent.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/brad-pitt-wasnt-volatile-on-legends-of-the-fall-set-source-exclusive-8567858|title=Brad Pitt Wasn't 'Volatile' on Set, Says Source, Slamming Director as 'Desperate for Attention' (Exclusive)|publisher=People.com}}</ref>
==Reception==
===Box office===
The film opened in limited release on December 23, 1994, and expanded to a wide release on January 13, 1995. During its first weekend in wide release, a four-day weekend due to [[Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]], the film reached number one at the domestic box office after grossing $14 million.<ref>{{cite web|title=Weekend Box Office Results for January 13-16, 1995|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1995W02/occasion/us_mlkday_weekend/?ref_=bo_rl_table_7 |publisher=[[IMDb]]|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=19 July 2023}}</ref> After its initial run, the film brought in a final box office total of $160,638,883.<ref name=BoxOffice/> Against its $30 million budget, the film was a financial success.
===Critical response===
[[Review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports that 59% of 58 film critics have given the film a positive review, with a [[Weighted arithmetic mean|rating average]] of 5.90/10. The site's consensus states: "Featuring a swoon-worthy star turn by Brad Pitt, ''Legends of the Fall''{{'}}s painterly photography and epic sweep often compensate for its lack of narrative momentum and glut of melodramatic twists."<ref>{{cite web|title=Legends of the Fall – Rotten Tomatoes|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/legends_of_the_fall/|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=9 November 2023}}</ref> [[Metacritic]], which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 45 based on 23 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web|title=Legends of the Fall|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/legends-of-the-fall|work=[[CBS Interactive]]|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=11 December 2012}}</ref>
[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' described the film as "pretty good ... with full-blooded performances and heartfelt [[melodrama]]".<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=Legends of the Fall|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/legends-of-the-fall-1995|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|access-date=15 April 2019|date=13 January 1995}}</ref> [[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' particularly praised Pitt's performance saying, "Though the admirable Quinn has the toughest role, Pitt carries the picture. The blue-eyed boy who seemed a bit lost in ''[[Interview with the Vampire (film)|Interview with the Vampire]]'' proves himself a bona fide movie star, stealing every scene he's in."<ref name=":1">{{cite magazine |last=Travers |first=Peter |date=13 January 1995 |title=Legends of the Fall {{!}} Movie Reviews |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/legends-of-the-fall-19940101 |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107015358/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/legends-of-the-fall-190002/ |archive-date=January 7, 2023 |access-date=12 December 2012}}</ref> Comparatively, Chris Hicks of ''[[Deseret News]]'' noted, "Pitt is the hunk of the moment, and ''Legends of the Fall'' will only further cement his big-screen, romantic leading-man status. And he is satisfying as the internalized, rebellious Tristan (look for that name to be given to more than a few babies over the next few years). Even if the character seems only a slight twist on the similar role he played in ''[[A River Runs Through It (film)|A River Runs Through It]]''. (He even becomes a bootlegger!)"<ref name=deseret>{{cite news|last=Hicks|first=Chris|title=Film review: Legends of the Fall|url= https://www.deseret.com/1995/1/17/20087981/film-review-legends-of-the-fall |newspaper=[[Deseret News]]|access-date=19 July 2023|date=16 January 1995}}</ref> Multiple critics compared the plot of the Ludlow brothers to films like ''[[East of Eden (film)|East of Eden]]'' and ''[[Giant (1956 film)|Giant]].''<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Turan |first=Kenneth |date=1994-12-23 |title=MOVIE REVIEW : 'Legends of the Fall': A Giant Film, in More Ways Than One |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-23-ca-12097-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=2023-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512012417/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-12-23/entertainment/ca-12097_1_a-giant-film |archive-date=2015-05-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Schickel |first=Richard |date=February 6, 1995 |title=East of Eden, South of Canada |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=https://time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,982469,00.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2023-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007232036/https://time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,982469,00.html |archive-date=2010-10-07}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />
On the other hand, Rita Kempley of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' stated that the film's "yarn doesn't so much sweep as sprawl across the screen in all its panoramic idiocy".<ref>{{cite news|last=Kempley|first=Rita|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/legendsofthefallrkempley_c0049b.htm|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|title='Legends of the Fall' (R)|access-date=11 December 2012|date=13 January 1995}}</ref> While some critics praised the film's performances and cinematography, they also felt the plot takes on much more than it can handle and might be better suited for a [[miniseries]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Byrge |first=Duane |date=2019-01-13 |title='Legends of the Fall': THR's 1994 Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/legends-fall-review-1994-movie-1093776/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Thompson |first=Gary |date=1995-01-13 |title='Legends' Are Riding For A Fall |work=[[Philadelphia Inquirer]] |url=http://articles.philly.com/1995-01-13/news/25713822_1_tristan-susannah-alfred |url-status=dead |access-date=2023-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408023208/http://articles.philly.com/1995-01-13/news/25713822_1_tristan-susannah-alfred |archive-date=2014-04-08}}</ref> John Hartl of ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' wrote, "The actors fit their roles exceptionally well, but Zwick rarely allows them the kinds of crucial, intimate moments that establish how the characters feel about each other. Occasionally the story grips, suggesting what might have been if the actors had been playing people instead of archetypes."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hartl |first=John |date=1995-01-13 |title=Don't Fall For 'Legends' |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19950113&slug=2099197 |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=[[The Seattle Times]]}}</ref> The film's script and its propensity for melodrama was also critiqued, with some saying the story reaches [[soap opera]]-like heights and leaves its characters underdeveloped.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schwarzbaum |first=Lisa |date=1995-01-13 |title=Legends of the Fall |url=https://ew.com/article/1995/01/13/legends-fall/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=[[EW.com]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Russell |first=Candice |date=1995-01-13 |title='Legends Of The Fall' Empty As The Big Sky |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1995-01-13/entertainment/9501110523_1_ludlow-susannah-alfred |url-status=dead |access-date=2023-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408123758/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1995-01-13/entertainment/9501110523_1_ludlow-susannah-alfred |archive-date=2014-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stack |first=Peter |date=1995-01-13 |title=Brad Pitt's 'Legends' Is an Epic Soap Opera |url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Brad-Pitt-s-Legends-Is-an-Epic-Soap-Opera-3048528.php |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote, "As densely plotted as ''Legends of the Fall'' is, it’s to the credit of the performers and craftsmen that the film escapes the abyss of melodrama and sentimentality. Zwick imbues the story with an easy, poetic quality that mostly sidesteps the precious. The actors, working as an ensemble, are near perfect in the service of the material."<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=1994-01-01 |title=Legends of the Fall |url=https://variety.com/1993/film/reviews/legends-of-the-fall-1200435517/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> In contrast, [[Terrence Rafferty]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' described the film as a "father-and-sons saga" that "gets sillier as it goes".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rafferty |first=Terrence |title=Legends of the Fall |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |url=http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/legends_of_the_fall_zwick |url-status=dead |access-date=2023-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218132340/http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/legends_of_the_fall_zwick |archive-date=2008-12-18}}</ref>
[[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' commented, "Before it turns exhaustingly hollow, this film shows the potential for bringing Mr. Harrison's tough, brooding tale to life. And the actors may have captured the spirit of the story, but that's impossible to know."<ref name=":3" /> She concluded, "These are performances that lost too much in the editing room, smothered by music and overshadowed by a picture-postcard vision of the American West."<ref name=":3">{{cite news|last=Maslin|first=Janet|title=Grit vs. Good Looks In the American West|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/23/movies/film-review-grit-vs-good-looks-in-the-american-west.html |newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=12 December 2012|date=23 December 1994}}</ref> In ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'', [[Stephen Hunter]] wrote, "What 'Legends of the Fall' lacks is any spirit of rigor. It buys into -- indeed, is selling -- the oldest of guff: the idea that the violence of banal men is beautiful and righteous. It honors male anger...[it] worships the red shift of men gone nuts on vengeance. It romanticizes gunplay. It's a big movie that's so small on the inside it's not there."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hunter |first=Stephen |date=1995-01-13 |title='Legends of the Fall' is hit-and-myth |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1995/01/13/legends-of-the-fall-is-hit-and-myth/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407220253/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-01-13/entertainment/1995013178_1_tristan-gordon-tootoosis-ludlow/2 |archive-date=2014-04-07}}</ref>
=== Year-end lists ===
* Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked)&nbsp;– Bob Ross, ''[[The Tampa Tribune]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Ross|first=Bob|date=December 30, 1994|title=1994 The Year in Entertainment|newspaper=[[The Tampa Tribune]]|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune/126948940/|edition=Final}}</ref>
* Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked)&nbsp;– Jeff Simon, ''[[The Buffalo News]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Simon|first=Jeff|date=January 1, 1995|url=https://buffalonews.com/news/movies-once-more-with-feeling/article_b73e9a1a-9f60-5d7a-a05c-289243ba0483.html|title=Movies: Once More, with Feeling|work=[[The Buffalo News]]|access-date=July 19, 2020}}</ref>
===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col"| Award
! scope="col"| Category
! scope="col"| Recipient
! scope="col"| Result
! scope="col"| Ref.
|-
|rowspan="3"| [[67th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| [[John Toll]]
| {{won}}
|rowspan=3|<ref name=deseret/><ref name="Oscars1995">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995 |title=The 67th Academy Awards (1995) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-08-05|work=oscars.org}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]
| [[Lilly Kilvert]], [[Dorree Cooper]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
| [[Paul Massey (sound engineer)|Paul Massey]], [[David E. Campbell (sound engineer)|David E. Campbell]],<br>[[Chris David (sound engineer)|Christopher David]] and [[Douglas Ganton]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=4| [[52nd Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
|
| {{nom}}
|rowspan=4|<ref>{{cite web |title=Winners & Nominees 1995 |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/1995 |website=GoldenGlobes.com |access-date=19 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[Edward Zwick]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama]]
| [[Brad Pitt]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| [[James Horner]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|}
==Home media==
''Legends of the Fall'' was released on VHS on May 31, 1995,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160513085538/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/18899/Legends-of-the-Fall/#notes Legends of the Fall]</ref> followed by its first [[DVD]] release on April 29, 1997.  A special edition DVD was released on October 17, 2000, with bonus content including two audio commentaries, deleted scenes with optional commentary, and two behind-the-scenes featurettes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timefordvd.com/SR_LegendsOfTheFall.html|title=Legends of the Fall|access-date=17 April 2012|date=9 October 2000|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20001209163500/http://www.timefordvd.com/SR_LegendsOfTheFall.html |archive-date=2000-12-09}}</ref> On November 29, 2005, a deluxe edition DVD was released.<ref name="AllMovie">{{cite web |title=Legends of the Fall - Releases |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/legends-of-the-fall-vm1084885/releases |website=AllMovie |access-date=23 July 2023}}</ref> On February 8, 2011, the film was released on [[Blu-ray]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Calonge|first=Juan|title=Legends of the Fall Blu-ray Announced, A River Runs through It in Regular Case|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=5536|website=Blu-ray.com|access-date=12 December 2012|date=29 November 2010}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikiquote|Legends of the Fall}}
* {{IMDb title|0110322|Legends of the Fall}}
* {{AllMovie title|132041|Legends of the Fall}}
* {{TCMDb title|id=18899}}
* {{AFI film|id=60367|title=Legends of the Fall}}
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