Legend (2015 film)

Legend
Legend
	British theatrical release poster
Directed by	Brian Helgeland
Screenplay by	Brian Helgeland
Based on	The Profession of Violence; by John Pearson
Produced by	Tim Bevan; Eric Fellner; Chris Clark; Quentin Curtis; Brian Oliver;
Starring	Tom Hardy; Emily Browning; David Thewlis; Duffy; Christopher Eccleston; Chazz Palminteri;
Cinematography	Dick Pope
Edited by	Peter McNulty
Music by	Carter Burwell
Production; companies	Cross Creek Pictures; StudioCanal; Working Title Films; Anton Capital Entertainment;
Distributed by	StudioCanal (International); Universal Pictures (North America);
Release date	September 9, 2015 (TIFF);
Running time	131 minutes
Countries	France; United Kingdom; United States;
Language	English
Budget	approx. $25 million
Box office	$43 million

Legend is a 2015 biographical crime thriller film^[6] written and directed by American director Brian Helgeland. It is adapted from John Pearson's book The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins,^[7]^[8] which deals with their career and the relationship that bound them together, and follows their gruesome career to life imprisonment in 1969.^[9]^[10]

This is Helgeland's fifth feature film. Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis and Christopher Eccleston star with Colin Morgan, Chazz Palminteri, Paul Bettany, Tara Fitzgerald and Taron Egerton as well as the singer Duffy featured in supporting roles.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Halligan, Fionnnuala (3 September 2015). "'Legend': Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
^ "Legend (2015) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
^ "LEGEND (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
^ "TIFF.net". Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Legend (2015)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
^ "First Photo of Tom Hardy As Both Ron And Reggie Kray". Empire. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
^ "Tom Hardy image as Kray twins released". BBC. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
^ "First Look: Tom Hardy as Infamous London Gangster Twins (Photo)". The Hollywood Reporter. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
^ "The Profession of Violence". Bloomsbury.
^ "The Profession of Violence (eBook): The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins". Waterstones. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014.

[screen-1] Halligan, Fionnnuala (3 September 2015). "'Legend': Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 25 May 2017.

[2] "Legend (2015) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

[3] "LEGEND (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.

[4] "TIFF.net". Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.

[bfi-5] "Legend (2015)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.

[6] "First Photo of Tom Hardy As Both Ron And Reggie Kray". Empire. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.

[BBC_News_13_June_2014-7] "Tom Hardy image as Kray twins released". BBC. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.

[8] "First Look: Tom Hardy as Infamous London Gangster Twins (Photo)". The Hollywood Reporter. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.

[9] "The Profession of Violence". Bloomsbury.

[10] "The Profession of Violence (eBook): The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins". Waterstones. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014.

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