The real Legend of the Fall
Like most legends this one is purely fictional. The core character,General William Ludlow, never settled in Montana on a ranch near Choteau, had three Bonanzaesque sons who fought in WWI , a wife in Boston and a globetrotting wayward son Tristan played by a younger Brad Pitt so ably. Jim Harrison sure fooled me. I never thought to look until finishing the 1979 novella last night.
Like the great novelist he is, he made it up.
Like the great novelist he is, he made it up.
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posted by Mark at 5:33 PM
2 Comments:
Hello Mark,
Do you know the name of the ranch in the movie "Legends of the fall"? I would be grateful if you could tell me.
So long.
Franz, Sweden
There isn't one in Choteau, Montana. He made it up. The one in the movie was in Alberta, Canada somewhere. The real Ludlow was Harrsion's wife's great grandfather, who only visited Montana in the army.
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