The Last Legion

The Last Legion (2007)

Timing: 1:42 (102 min)

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Release date

2007-04-19

Country

Bulgaria, France, Italy, Slovakia, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States

Production

Ingenious Media, Nimar Studios, Quinta Communications, Dino De Laurentiis Company, Zephyr Films, D.D.L., Carthago Films, Koliba Production & Services, Empire Productions

Genre

Action, Adventure, Fantasy, War

Budget

$67 000 000

Revenue

$25 303 038

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Director

Doug Lefler

Actors

Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Peter Mullan, Kevin McKidd, John Hannah, Iain Glen, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Rupert Friend, Nonso Anozie
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Scenario

Producer

Raffaella De Laurentiis, Tarak Ben Ammar, Martha De Laurentiis, Harvey Weinstein, James Clayton, Duncan Reid

Operator

Marco Pontecorvo

Composer

Patrick Doyle

Artist

Audition

Lucy Bevan, Lenka Jones Štefankovičová

Editing

Simon Cozens
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• The film is based on the novel of the same name by Italian historian and writer Valerio Massimo Manfredi, which was published in 2002. It was translated into a number of other languages, including English and Russian, with a total print run of over 6 million copies.
• The idea for this plot first emerged at Dino De Laurentiis' production company, which invited Valerio Manfredi as a historical consultant. He became very interested in the project, and when work on it stalled, he chose to partially use the idea himself and write a historical novel. The novel gained great popularity in Europe, which helped to secure the necessary funding for the film, after which the writer himself returned to his role as a consultant and helped adapt the screenplay.
• Several frames were removed from the American version of the film in order to achieve the desired PG-13 rating.
• In various scenes closer to the end of the film, all members of Thomas Sangster's family appear in cameo roles – his mother Anastasia (the woman who embraces Castennus, commander of the Ninth Legion, and Igraine's mother), father Mark (the blacksmith who delivers a speech about his vision of Romulus's life amongst them), and younger sister Ava (a Celtic girl in the scene where Ambrosinus explains the origin of Caesar's sword).
• Caesar's throne was constructed in such a way that the feet of the 15-year-old Thomas Sangster did not touch the floor. This was done to amplify the impression of a small child overwhelmed by the events unfolding around him.
• More than four hours of filmed material did not make it into the final version of the film, including a heroic crossing of the Alps and a crossing of the English Channel.
• Director Doug Lefler was suggested as a candidate by producer Raffaella De Laurentiis, who had previously worked with him on "Dragonheart: A New Beginning (2000)."