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Al Pacino to play Napoleon... which one is YOUR favorite?

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Victor Khomenko

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Napoleon occupies special place in my heart... no question about it.
With that in mind, the news of old man Al taking HIS stab at the great Emperor is not something to be ignored.
The film The Monster of Longwood will have to do with the last days of Napoleon, and his affair with a British girl.
Juliet Binoche will play in the film.
As I look through the long list of great actors who have at one time or another played Napoleon, I would have to select Rod Steiger in his unforgettable performance in Waterloo as being the best, the dearest to my heart.
Which one would be YOUR favorite?

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Rod Steiger was awesome as Napoleon - grinagog 19:44:58 03/29/04 (0)
I would have laughed at Rod Steiger being cast in that role had I not seen this film; it was as if he stepped into Napoleons boots(!)
Maybe Al Pacino will surprise us yet, but Rod Steiger in that role is the benchmark by which all other Napoleons will be compared
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Re: Please tell me that is untrue! - patrickU 09:34:16 03/29/04 (0)
I can NOT stand this actor.
Just have to think of " Scent of Women "......
Re: Al Pacino to play Napoleon... which one is YOUR favorite? - ldvictory 09:00:21 03/29/04 (0)
Marlon Brando in DESIREE, hands down!
Re: Al Pacino to play Napoleon... which one is YOUR favorite? - rico 08:49:42 03/29/04 (0)
Agree on Steiger. It's too bad Kubrick was never able to film his Napoleon.
Albert Dieudonne - Rob Doorack 08:42:52 03/29/04 (5)
In Abel Gance's 1927 Napoleon .
- Re: Yes! He had that unbashed sexuality.. - patrickU 09:30:10 03/29/04 (4)
  Nobody come close to him as young Napoleone.
  - Re: Yes! He had that unbashed sexuality.. - Rob Doorack 09:42:21 03/29/04 (3)
    I don't know what is holding up the DVD release of this movie, particularly since it came out on VHS long ago. I saw it in 1981 at Radio City Music Hall with Carmine Coppola conducting a live orchestra playing his score. The triple - width "Polyvision" sequences were overwhelming. It was apparently the first time that three synchonized projectors were used for the triptych effects since Napoleon's original release.
    - Re: Yes! He had that unbashed sexuality.. - patrickU 09:47:38 03/29/04 (2)
      It is so long that I saw it! I wish I could again, it was filmed in a way as you had the feeling to be there there.
      You are lucky to have been able to vision it the way it was though of. Must has been a great experiences!
      - It's been long time here too - Victor Khomenko 10:06:28 03/29/04 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Re: Yes! He had that unbashed sexuality.. posted by patrickU on March 29, 2004 at 09:47:38:
        
        His DVD is stated to be coming, so I got myself on waiting list.
        The tapes are $69 on Amazon for used ones, so I will look on ebay.
        
        I hope that it ISN'T the Coppola/Zoetrope version, but rather the latest Brownlow restoration. - Audiophilander 10:34:57 03/30/04 (0)
        
        In Reply to: It's been long time here too posted by Victor Khomenko on March 29, 2004 at 10:06:28:
        
        Carmine's score notwithstanding, the Zoetrope version is still butchered and has inferior quality footage. Brownlow has done three painstaking restorations of this film, finding more and better footage from various sources along the way and precisely reintegrating the footage to within 50 minutes of it's original release length. (See URL)
        Unfortunately, rights issues have held up an official DVD release of the longer, more complete version in this country as well as elsewhere; that's a real tragedy. Note: I believe that the film can be shown publicly, but that all private (i.e., software based) distribution rights are still firmly held by the Coppola family.
        AuPh
        Abel Gance's Napleon (Open in New Window)
At least - Crimson 08:04:08 03/29/04 (1)
Al will get the height right. He seems to be regressing in his old age. Napoleon with an American Italian accent.
- "Napoleon with an American Italian accent." I think we got the winner here, folks! - Victor Khomenko 11:16:17 03/29/04 (0)
  An accent is an accent is an accent.

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