Q 01/05

Who plays Tristan Ludlow?

A) Henry Thomas

B) Brad Pitt

C) Aidan Quinn

D) Matthew McConaughey

Answer · why

B) Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt earned a Golden Globe nomination for the part, and Rolling Stone's review said it proved him 'a bona fide movie star'.

Q 02/05

Who plays the patriarch, Colonel William Ludlow?

A) Sam Shepard

B) Tommy Lee Jones

C) Robert Duvall

D) Anthony Hopkins

Answer · why

D) Anthony Hopkins

Anthony Hopkins was three years past The Silence of the Lambs; the director later recalled that the classical stage actor had always wanted to do a we...

Q 03/05

Who directed Legends of the Fall?

A) Edward Zwick

B) Lawrence Kasdan

C) Ron Howard

D) Robert Redford

Answer · why

A) Edward Zwick

Edward Zwick wrote in his 2024 memoir that his rows with his leading man grew so heated the crew learned to walk away and let them have it out.

Q 04/05

Legends of the Fall is based on a 1979 novella by which American writer?

A) Larry McMurtry

B) Cormac McCarthy

C) Thomas McGuane

D) Jim Harrison

Answer · why

D) Jim Harrison

Jim Harrison said he wrote the novella in under two weeks, after turning the story over in his head for years.

Q 05/05

In which US state does Colonel Ludlow build his ranch?

A) Colorado

B) Wyoming

C) Idaho

D) Montana

Answer · why

D) Montana

Montana is the setting, though the ranch seen on screen was actually filmed across the northern border.