The Legend of 1900 (1998) – Filming Locations
Drama / Music · Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore · Starring Tim Roth, Mélanie Thierry
Musician Max Tooney goes to sell his prized Conn trumpet to a music shop, where he plays the instrument one last time. The shopkeeper recognises the song as one on a record matrix he found and asks who the piece is by. Tooney tells the story of an infant found abandoned in the first class dining room of the four-stacker ocean-liner SS Virginian on 1 January 1900. Danny Boodman, a coal-man from the boiler room, names the boy Danny Boodman T. D. Lemon 1900, after himself, the fruit crate the boy was found in, and the year, and raises him as his own.
Where was The Legend of 1900 filmed?
- Venice, Italy, Venice – Opening scenes of the city and water-based sequences. The canals of Venice were used for establishing shots and scenes depicting the maritime atmosphere of the story.
- Rome, Italy, Rome – Various interior and reconstructed scenes. The famous film studios were used for reconstructing ship interiors and other controlled set pieces.
- Malta, Valletta – Harbor and port sequences. Malta's historic harbors provided authentic maritime locations for scenes involving ships and docking.