Napoleon (2023) (1 Viewer)

[Alex...]

New pics

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

Think they knew the union negotiations would suddenly(?) be moving along fast enough for this release date when they recently decided not to bump it?

_Man_

 

[Keith Cobby]

If it comes in at 4 1/2 hours, I would rather watch it theatrically in two parts.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

If it comes in at 4 1/2 hours, I would rather watch it theatrically in two parts.

The 4 1/2 hour cut is likely only going to appear on disc and potentially/probably streaming. The theatrical cut is 2 hours and 38 minutes. Ridley seems to enjoy doing alternate/extended cuts for home viewing.

 

[YANG]

If it comes in at 4 1/2 hours, I would rather watch it theatrically in two parts.

as like Dead Reckoning? nah... i doubt Ridley Scott would do so...

 

[Alex...]

 

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The 4-hour cut will be released on Apple+

Ridley Scott says His 4-hour Director’s Cut of ‘Napoleon’ to be Released on Apple TV+ — World of Reel

In late August we broke the news that Ridley Scott was working on a director’s cut of “Napoleon” that would clock in at around 4.5 hours.

www.worldofreel.com

 

[Alex...]

First clip

 

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[Alex...]

Epic trailer imo.

 

[Alex...]

Six Minutes of 'Napoleon' Will Be Screened at select Regal theaters IMAX This Weekend.

Six Minutes of 'Napoleon' Will Be Screened in IMAX This Weekend

Audiences can now get a closer look at the Joaquin Phoenix-led epic.

collider.com

 

[YANG]

the theatrical version had been submitted to the authority for film classification in Singapore.
cleancut aka uncut version running time is 158mins inclusive of credits.

 

[Alex...]

 

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[Alex...]

Now that strike is over.. the promotion of films can begin.

 

[SD_Brian]

One thing I noted in the trailer is a scene that depicts Napoleon ordering his troops to blast the nose (I almost said "Blow the nose," but then thought better of it) off the Sphinx . That is historically inaccurate as the Sphinx was mutilated centuries earlier by religious zealots: Napoleon had nothing to do with it.

Hopefully the movie is just including that story as a way of illustrating the mythology surrounding Napoleon, and not the old, "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend" thing.

 

[David_B_K]

One thing I noted in the trailer is a scene that depicts Napoleon ordering his troops to blast the nose (I almost said "Blow the nose," but then thought better of it) off the Sphinx . That is historically inaccurate as the Sphinx was mutilated centuries earlier by religious zealots: Napoleon had nothing to do with it.

Hopefully the movie is just including that story as a way of illustrating the mythology surrounding Napoleon, and not the old, "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend" thing.

I have been explaining that inaccuracy to people for years. I saw there was a shot of Bonaparte on a horse before the sphinx. That is based on a fairly famous painting and I thought they were just trying to recreate that image. If they depict the myth of the French soldiers using the sphinx for target practice, then this movie is looking like it will be a frustrating experience.

The clip that shows the destruction of the retreating Russians in the frozen ponds at Austerlitz seems to show Napoleon giving commands that are immediately carried out. Who is he giving commands to? The people carrying out the operations would be far from Napoleon and would receive orders via couriers on horseback. Also, I Have never read of the frozen pond disaster as a planned trap. The Russians simply panicked and ran headlong into the frozen ponds.

We'll soon see if this turns out to be a cool movie or not.

 

[Alex...]

 

[SD_Brian]

I have been explaining that inaccuracy to people for years.

When I visited Egypt 6 years ago, our "Egyptologist" tour guide in Cairo presented the Napoleon-Shot-the-Nose-off-the-Sphinx legend as fact. I found myself fact-checking several of our guide's claims after I got home, and found that more often than not, he was "printing the legend."