Legends of the Fall "Legends of the Fall" was first released on DVD on April 29, 1997, and once again on October 17, 2000. The film was later released on Blu-ray on February 8, 2011, with bonus content that includes two audio commentaries, deleted scenes with optional commentary and two behind-the-scenes featurettes. Legends of the Fall Legends of the Fall is a 1994 American epic historical drama film directed by Edward Zwick and starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond and Henry Thomas. Based on the 1979 novella of the same title by Jim Harrison, the film is about three brothers and
William Ludlow form Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School. A story published in an 1884 issue of the "Engineering News and American Contract Journal" featured Ludlow as an example of integrity in Army and civil service. A highly fictionalized William Ludlow is featured in the movie Legends of the Fall. In one scene (at 25 min, 24 sec), the book "Report of a Reconnaissance of the Black Hills of Dakota" (which is an actual book authored by the real William Ludlow) is shown and referred to as the work of the fictional William Ludlow. William Ludlow William Ludlow (November 27, 1843 – August 30, 1901)