Cornish people although regular broadcast in Cornish is limited to a weekly bilingual programme on BBC Radio Cornwall. Daily life in Cornwall therefore is conducted in the English language, albeit with some regional peculiarities. "Legends of the Fall", a novella by American author Jim Harrison, detailing the lives of a Cornish American family in the early 20th century, contains several Cornish language terms. These were also included in the Academy Award winning film of the same name starring Anthony Hopkins as Col. William Ludlow and Brad Pitt as Tristan Ludlow. Early medieval Cornwall was associated with the Matter of Britain, a national
The Fall of the Roman Empire (film) novel of the film. The film had its World Premiere at the Astoria Theatre, Charing Cross Road, London on March 24, 1964 and ran there for 70 weeks. In spite of this the film was a costly financial failure for producer Samuel Bronston who, after making such epics as "John Paul Jones" (1959), "King of Kings" (1961), "El Cid" (1961), and "55 Days at Peking" (1963) had to stop all business activities. A bankruptcy notice in the "New York Times "on 6 August 1965, stated the cost of "The Fall of the Roman Empire" at $18,436,625. He announced his return