Legends of the Fall Page #10

Synopsis: In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives in the wilderness with his sons, Tristan, Alfred and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit family encounters tragedy when Samuel is killed in World War I. Tristan and Alfred survive their tours of duty, but, soon after they return home, both men fall for Samuel's gorgeous fiancée, Susannah, and their intense rivalry begins to destroy the family.
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Director(s): Edward Zwick
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
45
R
Year:
1994
133 min
4,348 Views


931

01:
49:43,276 -- 01:49:46,541

You had nothing to do

with Samuel's death

932

01:
49:46,612 -- 01:49:49,080

And you had nothing to do

with Isabel's death

933

01:
49:51,284 -- 01:49:52,717

Didn't I?

934

01:
49:54,953 -- 01:49:56,443

Go home

935

01:
49:59,625 -- 01:50:01,956

Go home to Alfred

936

01:
50:28,653 -- 01:50:30,086

Where were you?

937

01:
50:31,823 -- 01:50:34,087

I just went out for a walk

938

01:
50:34,159 -- 01:50:38,095

I needed a walk

What are you doing home?

939

01:
50:38,163 -- 01:50:40,927

Your doctor rang,

said you missed your appointment

940

01:
50:40,999 -- 01:50:43,593

I called home

You weren't here l...

941

01:
50:44,569 -- 01:50:46,594

I feel very tired

942

01:
50:48,006 -- 01:50:49,769

I'm going to bed

943

01:
56:58,373 -- 01:57:02,469

You have won her

I am bringing her home

944

01:
57:02,544 -- 01:57:04,534

Alfred

945

01:
57:40,748 -- 01:57:42,841

I followed all the rules:

946

01:
57:45,085 -- 01:57:47,350

Man's and God's

947

01:
57:49,257 -- 01:57:50,848

And you...

948

01:
57:52,760 -- 01:57:54,193

You followed none of them

949

01:
58:00,268 -- 01:58:02,701

And they all loved you more

950

01:
58:06,774 -- 01:58:09,538

Samuel, Father

951

01:
58:13,781 -- 01:58:17,376

and even my own wife

952

01:
58:28,962 -- 01:58:32,454

I'd like a moment

alone with her

953

01:
59:16,510 -- 01:59:18,101

When Samuel died...

954

01:
59:23,350 -- 01:59:26,113

When Samuel died, I cursed God

955

01:
59:36,430 -- 01:59:39,865

And I damn everybody around me

as well as myself

956

01:
59:43,370 -- 01:59:48,467

You are not damned

957

01:
59:48,542 -- 01:59:51,305

I won't allow that

958

01:
59:52,378 -- 01:59:55,211

You're not damned!

959

02:
00:38,925 -- 02:00:41,189

Samuel,

this is a gentleman's gun

960

02:
00:41,260 -- 02:00:43,728

It's smaller,

but it's just as powerful

961

02:
00:43,795 -- 02:00:47,162

That's what you want

when you grow up, isn't it? A gun

962

02:
00:49,635 -- 02:00:51,398

Samuel, come here!

963

02:
00:57,642 -- 02:01:02,637

Run along now Go with Pet

Get him in the house

964

02:
01:06,519 -- 02:01:08,612

He's a fine boy

965

02:
01:14,125 -- 02:01:16,594

You know we're not here

to arrest you

966

02:
01:33,546 -- 02:01:35,979

You take me to the woods

I don't want my boy to see

967

02:
01:37,283 -- 02:01:38,613

I don't want my boy to see

968

02:
01:40,820 -- 02:01:42,582

Let's get on with it

969

02:
01:45,390 -- 02:01:47,620

- Father

- Colonel Ludlow, sir

970

02:
01:48,661 -- 02:01:50,561

What's going on here?

971

02:
01:52,163 -- 02:01:53,824

What's going on here?

972

02:
04:12,770 -- 02:04:17,036

You don't have to be a genius to know

they'll come after you for this

973

02:
04:17,975 -- 02:04:19,408

Yeah

974

02:
04:25,683 -- 02:04:27,310

Yeah?

975

02:
04:30,654 -- 02:04:34,249

I want to ask you

to watch over my children

976

02:
04:37,327 -- 02:04:39,454

Watch over Samuel

977

02:
04:48,104 -- 02:04:50,335

Brother, it would be an honor

978

02:
05:13,363 -- 02:05:17,129

How much I wanted

to take scalps

979

02:
05:17,201 -- 02:05:19,464

but it was not my kill

980

02:
05:35,384 -- 02:05:38,478

That night,

we buried the bodies

981

02:
05:38,554 -- 02:05:43,491

and dumped the car in a deep pool

in the upper Missouri

982

02:
05:43,559 -- 02:05:46,653

I remember when he was a boy

983

02:
05:46,729 -- 02:05:51,325

I thought Tristan would never live

to be an old man

984

02:
05:51,400 -- 02:05:54,335

I was wrong about that

985

02:
05:54,403 -- 02:05:58,170

I was wrong about many things

986

02:
05:58,241 -- 02:06:02,337

It was those who loved him most

who died young

987

02:
06:03,579 -- 02:06:07,515

He was a rock

they broke themselves against

988

02:
06:07,583 -- 02:06:10,518

however much

he tried to protect them

989

02:
06:11,988 -- 02:06:14,684

But he had his honor

990

02:
06:14,757 -- 02:06:17,020

and a long life

991

02:
06:17,092 -- 02:06:19,857

and he saw his children grow

992

02:
06:19,929 -- 02:06:22,523

and raise their own families

993

02:
06:26,101 -- 02:06:29,538

Tristan died in 1963

994

02:
06:29,605 -- 02:06:33,041

in the Moon of the Popping Trees

995

02:
06:33,108 -- 02:06:36,374

He was last seen

up in the north country

996

02:
06:36,445 -- 02:06:39,710

where the hunting was still good

997

02:
06:39,782 -- 02:06:42,376

His grave is unmarked

998

02:
06:42,451 -- 02:06:45,386

but it does not matter

999

02:
06:45,454 -- 02:06:49,049

He had always lived

in the borderland anyway:

1000

02:
06:49,124 -- 02:06:52,890

Somewhere between this world

and the other

1001

02:
07:32,000 -- 02:07:34,093

It was a good death

1002

02:
07:47,131 -- 02:07:48,926

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