The Last Legion
2007 film by Doug Lefler / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Last Legion is a 2007 historical action adventure film directed by Doug Lefler and produced by Dino De Laurentiis. It is based on the 2002 novel of the same name by Valerio Massimo Manfredi. It stars Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya Rai, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Peter Mullan, Kevin McKidd, John Hannah, and Iain Glen. It premiered in Abu Dhabi on 6 April 2007.
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Directed by | Doug Lefler |
Screenplay by | Jez Butterworth Tom Butterworth |
Story by | Carlo Carlei Peter Rader Valerio Massimo Manfredi |
Based on | The Last Legion by Valerio Massimo Manfredi |
Produced by | Dino De Laurentiis Martha De Laurentiis Raffaella De Laurentiis Tarak Ben Ammar |
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Cinematography | Marco Pontecorvo |
Edited by | Simon Cozens |
Music by | Patrick Doyle |
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Distributed by | Momentum Pictures (United Kingdom)[1] 01 Distribution (Italy)[1] Quinta Communications (France)[1] SPI International (Czech Republic and Slovakia)[1] |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom Italy Tunisia France Slovakia |
Language | English |
Budget | $67 million[2] |
Box office | $25.67 million[3] |
The film is loosely inspired by the events of 5th-century European history, notably the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. This is coupled with other facts and legends from the history of Britain and fantastic elements from the legend of King Arthur to provide a basis for the Arthurian legend.