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===Filming=== [[File:HotelEuropeVancouver.jpg|thumb|Scenes depicting Helena, Montana were filmed on Alexander St. and in Hotel Europe in the neighborhood of Gastown, Vancouver, Canada. ]] ''Legends of the Fall'' was primarily filmed on location in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Principal photography began in mid-July 1993.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hopkins lines up Beethoven role|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5_ghAAAAIBAJ&dq=legends-of-the-fall&pg=2904%2C5435007|access-date=11 December 2012|newspaper=[[Reading Eagle]]|date=27 August 1993|page=51}}</ref> The [[World War I]] battlefield scenes took two weeks to film and were shot near [[Morley, Alberta]], with hundreds of locals and a few [[Canadian Forces]] soldiers recruited as extras.<ref name="Alberta">{{cite web|title=Reel Adventures Alberta Movie Maps|url=http://www.albertasouthwest.com/reel_adventure_movie_maps|publisher=Alberta SouthWest|access-date=11 December 2012|pages=1β9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925210141/http://www.albertasouthwest.com/reel_adventure_movie_maps|archive-date=2012-09-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Ghost River Wilderness Area]] in Alberta served as the filming location for the Ludlow ranch; additional outdoor scenes, as well as the funeral and cemetery scenes, were shot at the [[Bow River]] near [[Banff National Park]]. A historic harbour area in [[Vancouver]] called [[Gastown]] was augmented with period building facades for the Helena, Montana, street scenes. Hotel scenes were shot at the [[Hotel Europe (Vancouver)|Hotel Europe]] at 43 Powell Street in Vancouver. Additional scenes were shot at Maple Tree Square in Gastown, Vancouver, and Ocho Rios in [[Saint Ann, Jamaica]]. Filming wrapped up around January 1994.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ansen|first=David|title=The Flowering Of A Late Bloomer|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/1994/01/16/the-flowering-of-a-late-bloomer.html|website=[[The Daily Beast]]|access-date=11 December 2012|page=2|date=16 January 1994|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508075435/http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/1994/01/16/the-flowering-of-a-late-bloomer.html|archive-date=8 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2024, Zwick released his memoir, ''Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood'', in which he talked about his difficult experiences working with Brad Pitt, whom he described as volatile. Zwick claimed that they clashed over their visions for the film, and that Pitt was upset about the final cut.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/brad-pitt-legends-of-the-fall|title=Brad Pitt and the Wild Making of Legends of the Fall|date=February 6, 2024 |publisher=vanityfair.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/brad-pitt-wasnt-pleased-with-legends-of-the-fall-says-director-8559897|title=Brad Pitt 'wasn't pleased' with Legends of the Fall, says director Ed Zwick|publisher=EW}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/brad-pitt-legends-of-the-fall-ed-zedwick-b2491988.html|title=Legends of the Fall director reveals 'volatile' and 'edgy' Brad Pitt almost walked away from movie|date=February 7, 2024 |publisher=independent.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/brad-pitt-wasnt-volatile-on-legends-of-the-fall-set-source-exclusive-8567858|title=Brad Pitt Wasn't 'Volatile' on Set, Says Source, Slamming Director as 'Desperate for Attention' (Exclusive)|publisher=People.com}}</ref>
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