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Legends of the Fall

FILM · 1994 · USA

Legends of the Fall

20 archived facts 3 topics 1 source Last reviewed Nov 2026

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20 Interesting Facts About Legends of the Fall

Interesting Facts (17)

  1. #001

    The gas Samuel encounters is chlorine gas. Recognizable by its pale green color, this substance combines with water in the lungs, eyes and skin to form hydrochloric acid, which destroys lung tissue and causes blindness. Its smell has been described as a combination of pineapple and pepper.

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  2. #002

    While filming the scene in which Isabelle Two is shot and Tristan is beaten by the police, the actor playing the policeman accidentally struck Pitt on the head with a baton, causing his eye to bruise. The tennis scene was shot shortly afterward, near the beginning of the schedule. To explain it, they had to write a few lines about Pitt's "shiner."

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  3. #003

    Calgary was chosen as the main filming location because of its dry climate. After production began, they encountered record rainfall.

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  4. #004

    Just before the British advance, a soldier is given a football. This is based on historical fact. It emerged that if the soldiers could keep some of their focus on moving the ball forward, it would ease the tension.

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  5. #005

    It took producer and director Edward Zwick 17 years to bring this project to the screen.

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  6. #006

    Both the film and the book occasionally include Cornish-language terms. The Ludlows are immigrants from Cornwall in southwest England.

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  7. #007

    Johnny Depp was offered the role of Tristan and turned it down.

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  8. #008

    The brothers enlisted in the Canadian Army, and judging by the badges on their uniforms, they appear to have served in the 10th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. The 10th Battalion was formed from the 103rd Regiment (Calgary Rifles), later known as the Calgary Highlanders. Several of the background soldiers were serving members of the Calgary Highlanders.

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  9. #009

    The ranch sets were at the Rafters Six Resort between Canmore and Calgary, Alberta (since dismantled).

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  10. #010

    Moving the shoot from Montana to Alberta and British Columbia saved the production 2 million dollars.

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  11. #011

    The film was initially to be shot in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but city officials refused to remove several trees. Promises were made that they would be replaced after filming.

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  12. #012

    Samantha Mathis and Gwyneth Paltrow read for the role of Susannah. Paltrow would later star opposite her then-boyfriend Brad Pitt in Se7en (1995).

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  13. #013

    Legends of the Fall was screened at the White House for President Bill Clinton.

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  14. #014

    Some DVDs show the Columbia Pictures logo in a TriStar box, while others indicate that Columbia Pictures distributed it.

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  15. #015

    NBA The Run has released its first seasonal update, Wave One – 2000s Legends. The update was announced as the biggest since the game's June launch and is free for all players.

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  16. #016

    The Wave One – 2000s Legends update adds five historic NBA stars to the game. It also brings two new in-game camera angles: Drive Cam and Drive Flip Cam. Alongside the update, Championship Belts are being added, letting players show off their mastery. The update also includes licensed music and Practice content.

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  17. #017

    This information is limited to the details shared in the source regarding the contents of the update.

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Behind the Scenes (2)

  1. #018

    Brad Pitt said he underwent makeup tests to play Tristan as an old man in the epilogue, but the results were not convincing. The older Tristan is played by Doug Seus, the trainer of Bart the Bear, the only person able to wrestle safely with the bear on camera.

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  2. #019

    According to director Edward Zwick, Brad Pitt wanted to leave the film after the first table read, and producer Marshall Herskovitz "had to talk Brad back from the edge of the cliff. It was never mentioned again, but it was the first sign of the deeper well of emotion boiling inside Brad. At first he seems gentle, but he can be volatile when angered, because I was reminded of it repeatedly once shooting began and we had taken precautions with each other." Zwick and Pitt clashed repeatedly during filming and never worked together again, though corrections were made when they recorded the audio commentary a year after the film's release.

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Characters & Cast (1)

  1. #020

    It was initially conceived as a vehicle that would star Sir Sean Connery and Tom Cruise.

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