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Napoleon - starring Joaquin Phoenix, directed by Ridley Scott


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Launches November 22nd in the USA and U.K.  

 

Anyone going?  

 

 

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One good thing I'll say about streamer distributing is that it's given directors more like him and Scorsese creative freedom while Paramount and Sony just distribute for theaters.  Ridley is no stranger to studios screwing him over.  Just look at what 20th Century Fox did to Kingdom of Heaven.

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20 minutes ago, blackhawkrush said:

Is he short enough? 

Chopped his legs off at the knee.

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2 hours ago, chemistry1973 said:

I will see it but it looks to be severely historically wrong.

 

 

Don't tell me they go through Romania instead of Poland.  :facepalm:

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2 hours ago, blackhawkrush said:

Is he short enough? 

 

According to pre–metric system French measures, he was a diminutive 5′2.”  However, the French inch ("pouce") of the time was 2.7 cm, while the Imperial inch was shorter, at 2.54 cm.

 

Three French sources—his valet Constant, General Gourgaud, and his personal physician Francesco Antommarchi—said that Napoleon's height was just over ‘5 pieds 2 pouces’ (5’2”).   Applying the French measurements of the time, that equals around 1.67 meters, or just under 5’6”, which is a little above average for a French man in the early 1800s.

 

https://www.history.com/news/napoleon-complex-short

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1 hour ago, chemistry1973 said:

I will see it but it looks to be severely historically wrong.

 

The story is supposedly his career through the eyes of his relationship with Josephine, so it may be quite fictional.      

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2 hours ago, Principled Man said:

 

According to pre–metric system French measures, he was a diminutive 5′2.”  However, the French inch ("pouce") of the time was 2.7 cm, while the Imperial inch was shorter, at 2.54 cm.

 

Three French sources—his valet Constant, General Gourgaud, and his personal physician Francesco Antommarchi—said that Napoleon's height was just over ‘5 pieds 2 pouces’ (5’2”).   Applying the French measurements of the time, that equals around 1.67 meters, or just under 5’6”, which is a little above average for a French man in the early 1800s.

 

https://www.history.com/news/napoleon-complex-short

Yeah, it would be in their interest to make Napolean as tall as possible. :wink: In fact, I just found a source where he's listed at 5'7''.  'The Little Corporal' title still remains. 

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4 hours ago, blackhawkrush said:

I see, and what about the girly voice? 

the 'nutcrackers' i'm afraid! :ohmy:

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3 hours ago, BastillePark said:

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It's not a documentary so it's historical accuracy isn't that important.

Dorf on France

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