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Legends of the Fall (1994) More at IMDbPro »

• Johnny Depp was offered, and turned down, the role of Tristan Ludlow.
  
  
• Neither Brad Pitt nor Julia Ormond had ridden before making this film.
  
  
• The title refers to the biblical fall from innocence. In Sweden, however, the title was translated as "Höstlegender" meaning Legends of the (season) Fall (as in autumn). Similarly, in South Korea, the title was "Gaeul-ui jeonseol" interpreting "the fall" as the autumn season.
  
  
• This movie was originally to be filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada), but the city officials refused to remove several trees (which would have been replaced after the end of filming).
  
  
• Originally conceived as a starring vehicle for Sean Connery and Tom Cruise.
  
  
• The book from which Colonel Ludlow is reading the night the boys announce they're going to war is the short story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling in "The Jungle Book," volume two.
  
  
• Both Samantha Mathis and Gwyneth Paltrow read for the role of Susannah.
  
  
• It took Edward Zwick 17 years to get this project up on screen.
  
  
• Moving filming from Montana to Canada saved the production $2 million.
  
  
• Calgary was chosen as the main filming location because of its dry weather. Naturally, once the production started there, they were met with record rainfalls.
  
  
• The brothers enlisted in the Canadian Army and appear to have served in the 10th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force by the badges on their uniforms. The 10th Battalion was formed from the 103rd Regiment (Calgary Rifles) which was later known as the The Calgary Regiment.
  
  

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