The Last Legion (2007)

Director:

Doug Lefler

Writers (WGA):

Jez Butterworth (screenplay) &
Tom Butterworth (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

17 August 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | War

Tagline:

Before King Arthur, there was Excalibur.

Plot:

As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.

Plot Keywords:

Battle | Barbarian | Britain | Female Warrior | Sword

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Colin Firth	...	Aurelius
Ben Kingsley	...	Ambrosinus / Merlin
Aishwarya Rai	...	Mira
Peter Mullan	...	Odoacer
Kevin McKidd	...	Wulfila
John Hannah	...	Nestor
Iain Glen	...	Orestes
Thomas Sangster	...	Romulus Augustus
Rupert Friend	...	Demetrius
Nonso Anozie	...	Batiatus
Owen Teale	...	Vatrenus
Alexander Siddig	...	Theodorus Andronikos
Robert Pugh	...	Kustennin
James Cosmo	...	Hrothgar
Harry Van Gorkum	...	Vortgyn
Beata Ben Ammar	...	Flavia
Murray McArthur	...	Tertius
Ferdinand Kingsley	...	Young Druid
Rory James	...	Young Arthur
Lee Ingleby	...	Germanus
Andrew Westfield	...	Marcallis
Alexandra Thomas-Davies	...	Ygraine
Zarrouk Brahim	...	Slave
Robert Brazil	...	Scorpion Commander
Ouerghi Chedly	...	Fisherman
Kathleen Segal	...	Flirting Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tasha Bertram	...	Egeria (uncredited)
Igor De Laurentiis	...	Septimus (uncredited)
Vladimir 'Furdo' Furdik	...	Executioner (uncredited)
Trevor Lovell	...	Orosius (uncredited)
Mark Sangster	...	Metellus (uncredited)

Directed by
Doug Lefler

Writing credits (WGA)
Jez Butterworth		(screenplay) &
Tom Butterworth		(screenplay)
Carlo Carlei		(story) &
Peter Rader		(story) and
Valerio Manfredi		(story)

Produced by
Tarak Ben Ammar	....	producer
James Clayton	....	executive producer
Chris Curling	....	co-producer
Dino De Laurentiis	....	producer
Martha De Laurentiis	....	producer (as Martha De Lauentiis)
Raffaella De Laurentiis	....	producer
Lorenzo De Maio	....	co-producer
Hester Hargett	....	line producer
Salvatore Morello	....	co-executive producer
Duncan Reid	....	executive producer
Phil Robertson	....	co-producer
Lucio Trentini	....	line producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Patrick Doyle

Cinematography by
Marco Pontecorvo

Film Editing by
Simon Cozens

Casting by
Lucy Bevan
Lenka Stefankovicova

Production Design by
Carmelo Agate

Art Direction by
Roberto Caruso
Viera Dandova		(co-art director)
Elio Luciano		(co-art director)
Giorgio Postiglione		(supervising art director)
Ján Svoboda		(co-art director)

Set Decoration by
Francesco Postiglione
Alberto Tosto

Costume Design by
Paolo Scalabrino

Makeup Department
Jana Carboni	....	makeup artist
Federico Carretti	....	makeup artist
Giannetto De Rossi	....	key makeup designer
Lorella De Rossi	....	makeup artist
Mirella De Rossi	....	key hair stylist
Anna De Santis	....	hair stylist
Blazena Dollingerova	....	makeup artist
Alessandro Durante	....	hair stylist
Katka Horska	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Amel Becharnia	....	production manager
Aziz Ben Chaabane	....	production manager
Viliam Richter	....	production manager
Piergiuseppe Serra	....	production manager
Stefano Spadoni	....	production supervisor
Milan Stanisic	....	production supervisor
Simona Vescovi	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Senda Anane	....	first assistant director: Tunisia
Moez Ben Hassen	....	crowd director
Gerry Gavigan	....	first assistant director
Steve Griffin	....	action unit director
Sallie Anne Hard	....	second assistant director: re-shoots
Peter Palka	....	first assistant director: Slovakia
Gemma Powley	....	trainee assistant director
Emma Stokes	....	third assistant director
Gareth Tandy	....	first assistant director
Paul Taylor	....	second assistant director
Paula Turnbull	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Absi Anis	....	assistant property master
Peter Balogh	....	set designer
Ron Downing	....	supervising property master
Terry Royce	....	stand-by props: additional unit
Fero Turna	....	property master

Sound Department
Josh Allam	....	foley boom operator
Ed Colyer	....	adr mixer
Iain Eyre	....	adr editor
Glen Gathard	....	assistant foley mixer
Stefan Henrix	....	supervising sound editor
Andy Kennedy	....	sound designer
Anne Le Campion	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alexis Leverve	....	post-synchronisation engineer
Steve Little	....	dialogue editor
Jed Loughran	....	sound effects editor
James McWilliam	....	programmer
Jack Stew	....	foley artist
Mark Taylor	....	foley editor
Mark Taylor	....	sound re-recording mixer
George Trevis	....	sound maintenance engineer
Martin Trevis	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Simon Cockren	....	special effects senior technician
Raymond Ferguson	....	workshop supervisor
Miroslav Miclik	....	special effects technician
Stefano Pepin	....	special effects floor supervisor
Pavel Policar	....	special effects technician
Trevor Wood	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Thierry Ardiller	....	animator
Jerome Billet	....	matte painter
Alain Carsoux	....	visual effects supervisor: Duboi
Corentin De Saedeleer	....	digital compositor
Bertrand de Saint Seine	....	assistant visual effects editor
Séverine De Wever	....	visual effects coordinator
François Dupuy	....	digital intermediate technical director
Jerome Fournier	....	additional photgraphy for visual effects
Thibaut Granier	....	digital compositor
Nicolas Guiraud	....	digital effects artist
Soline Guyonneau	....	visual effects editor
Amélie Guyot	....	matchmover
Arcier Hugo	....	digital artist
Élodie Ichter	....	Lustre assistant
Abdel Ali Kassou	....	I/O manager
Abdel Ali Kassou	....	imaging manager
Hamery Laurent	....	visual effects
Emmanuel Le Courbe	....	digital compositor
Guillaume Le Gouez	....	digital compositor
Jeremie Leroux	....	visual effects supervisor: Duboi
Sergeï Lourié	....	digital compositor
Damien Macé	....	matte painter
Pascal Nowak	....	colorist
Joel Pinto	....	digital compositor
Sebastien Rame	....	digital compositor
Olivier Ryard	....	digital compositor
Haure Sebastien	....	senior character modeler: DUBOI
Rossi Sébastien	....	visual effects
Bruno Sommier	....	CGI supervisor
Georges Tornero	....	digital compositor
Daniel Trujillo	....	compositing supervisor
Edouard Valton	....	visual effects producer: Duboi
Guillaume Carniato	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Nina Armstrong	....	stunts
Ben Cooke	....	stunt double: Colin Firth
Martin Csiaki	....	stunts
Ivailo Dimitrov	....	stunts
Vladimir 'Furdo' Furdik	....	stunts
Steve Griffin	....	stunt coordinator
David Holmes	....	stunt double: Thomas Sangster
Peter Hric	....	stunts
Roman Jankovic	....	stunt double
Roman Jankovic	....	stunts
Todor Lazarov	....	stunts
Miroslav Lhotka	....	stunts
Branislav Martinak	....	stunt double: Sir Ben Kingsley
Lubomir Misak	....	stunt coordinator: Slovakia
Radoslav Parvanov	....	stunts
Velizar Peev	....	stunts
Dusan Prvy	....	stunts
Richard Ryan	....	sword master
Roman Spacil	....	stunts
Stanimir Stamatov	....	stunts
Georgi Stanislavov	....	stunts
Vencislav Stojanov	....	stunts
Kaloian Vodenicharov	....	stunt performer
Rudolf Vrba	....	stunts
Peter White	....	horse master
Lubomir Misak	....	horse master: Tunisia (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Kate Filby	....	clapper loader: "b" camera
Keith Hamshere	....	still photographer
Alice Hobden	....	assistant camera
Brad Larner	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Oliver Loncraine	....	focus puller: main camera
Jay Maidment	....	still photographer: Slovakia
Goran Mecava	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Ray Meere	....	second assistant camera
Nic Milner	....	additional photographer
David Morgan	....	camera operator
Alessandra Sangermano	....	central loader
Luciano Teolis	....	first assistant camera

Casting Department
Abigail Barbier	....	adr voice casting
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting
Alice Searby	....	casting assistant
Eva Stefankovicová	....	casting: Slovakia
Lenka Stefankovicova	....	casting: Slovakia
Zuzana Stefankovicova	....	casting: Slovakia

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Stefano De Nardis	....	assistant costume designer
Maurizio Torti	....	key set costumer

Editorial Department
Alex Anstey	....	trainee assistant editor
William Blunden	....	assistant editor
Sara Janasz	....	post-production coordinator
Jason Pelham	....	first assistant editor
Jon Thompson	....	post-production consultant

Music Department
Christopher Benstead	....	music editor
Lucy Evans	....	assistant music producer
James McWilliam	....	additional orchestrator
Lewis Morison	....	assistant to composer
Michael Price	....	music editor: temp music
Steven Price	....	music editor: temp score
James Shearman	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Catherine Allinson	....	script supervisor
Jordan Bahat	....	assistant to producers
Nic Benns	....	prologue and titles designer
Mark Birmingham	....	supervising production accountant
Charles Bodycomb	....	supervising armorer
Robert-James Bova	....	operator: remote head
Emma Brazier	....	assistant accountant
Matthew Button	....	armory department
Luke Carey	....	assistant to producer: UK
Claudia Cimmino	....	production coordinator
Dino De Laurentiis	....	presenter
Peter Eardley	....	location accountant
Dave Evans	....	armorer
Paul Hornsby	....	senior military advisor
Moira Houlihan	....	unit publicist
Charles Howes	....	tutor
Christian Howes	....	recording assistant
Peter Hric	....	horse master
Georg Juda	....	assistant supervising armorer
Dion Lam	....	fight consultant
Michael Lichtenegger	....	assistant production coordinator
Lubomir Misak	....	horse master: Tunisia
Julian Murray	....	location accountant
Hilde Odelga	....	production coordinator
Jae-sung Oh	....	set production assistant: re-shoots
Richard Ryan	....	sword master
Lori Wyant	....	script supervisor
Gianluca Nardulli	....	public relations: Dino De Laurentiis, Italy (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Dino De Laurentiis Company
• Ingenious Film Partners
• Quinta Communications
• Zephyr Films

Distributors

• Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Benelux Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Paradise Group (2007) (Russia) (all media)
• Quinta Communications (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• TOBIS Film (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Video Film Express (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Weinstein Company, The (2007) (USA) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Duboicolor

Other Companies

• ARRI Lighting Rental  lighting equipment: Tunisia
• ARRI Media Grip  grip equipment: Tunisia
• Dennis Davidson & Associates Public Releations (DDA)  unit publicity
• Malde & Co.  production auditors
• Momoco/Maguffin  titles and prologue design
• Salon  editing equipment
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Dernière légion, La (France)
Ultima legione, L' (Italy)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action violence.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

UK | Italy | France | Slovakia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M | Ireland:12A | France:Unrated | Malaysia:U | Singapore:PG | Germany:12 | UK:12A | Portugal:M/12 | USA:PG-13 | Finland:K-13

Filming Locations:

Cerveny Castle, Pezinok, Slovakia

Company:

Dino De Laurentiis Company

Trivia:

The title is translated as 'The Legend of King Arthur's Sword' in Thai.

Quotes:

[after Wulfila kills Orestes]
Hrothgar: Odoacer wants the boy alive!
Wulfila: I'll do my best.

Last Legion is not that bad!

Well, i just read the previous comment and i can't say I'm quite happy with it :( I mean, the movie was not that bad at all!! Everything was in the right place: the music, actors, the plot and all... No, really... I just don't get why he said (I mean that guy) the actors were bad. They were just brilliant! Well, maybe to watch this movie u gotta have a sense of humor because many scenes in it were quite funny. Ben Kingsley, Colin Firth and Thomas Sangster were really good it seemed to me. Well Aishwarya Rai could of acted better probably... But anyways I reckon there are so many really bad movies and I don't think this one is just watch-it-once-and-then-forget-it film! Besides, the whole thing was real: I mean the castle, all the decorations, they shot it on location, and if you see throngs of people running on the battlefield you know this is all real! I guess u gotta appreciate it because they could of made in on computers... I mean, it's such a rare thing nowadays... Speaking about the plot... Yeah, maybe it's a bit naive and even silly (remember this when you watch the final scene) but overall it was quite dynamic and everything. Finally it was Dino De Laurentis production, they've been writing the script for 6(!) years so do you really think they didn't notice it was crap or something? Well maybe it's not that great compared to '300' but it's good enough anyway My conclusion is: you gotta watch the movie especially if you like Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley or Thomas Sangster or if you like adventures. And it seemed to me it's a kind of a teen movie rather than a serous one (i suppose it's for people of 12-25). And one more thing to say: though it's a historic movie (and i really hated history at school!!!) somehow i liked it and I've seen enough movies to tell a good one. Enjoy!