| Napoleon Collector's Edition |  | Director: Yves Simoneau
Actors: Christian Clavier, Isabella Rossellini, Gérard Depardieu, John Malkovich, Anouk Aimée
Studio: A&E Home Video
Category: Video
This item is no longer available
Format: Collector's Edition, NTSC, Import
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Media: VHS Tape
Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0767055403
UPC: 733961186208
EAN: 9780767055406
ASIN: B00008IOWT
Release Date: April 29, 2003
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| Editorial Reviews:
From Amazon.com
One of the Great Lives gets the full-scale miniseries treatment in this lavish international co-production (which aired on A&E). Even at a six-hour running time, there's barely room for all the extraordinary twists and turns of Napoleon Bonaparte's turbulent career as Emperor of France, from his brilliant early military victories after the Revolution to his megalomaniacal attempts to reign over all of Europe. While there are battle scenes galore, and court ceremonies staged with eye-popping pomp and circumstance, this production keeps returning to the intent, watchful face of Christian Clavier's Napoleon. The hawk-eyed, pint-sized actor appears born to play the role, and he draws out the humanity within the icon. Clavier dominates the film, although Isabella Rossellini's Josephine is heartfelt enough to convince you of the passion between these two, which later turned into a kind of pragmatic contract. (Hard to keep your love life straight when you're trying to rule the world.) John Malkovich, in his exquisite-decadent mode, provides amoral political advice as Talleyrand. Napoleon has the usual problems of international moviemaking, including the toneless line readings of supporting actors and the patchwork of accents. And it must move from A to B to C in predictable fashion, the curse of the historical biography. Abel Gance's silent epic Napoleon remains the cinematic standard for this life, but A&E's version gives a satisfying dramatic overview. --Robert Horton
Chronique Amazon.fr
Un générique aux allures de superproduction hollywoodienne, un casting international de qualité (Isabella Rossellini, John Malkovitch, Anouk Aimée), Le Napoléon écrit par Didier Decoin d'après l'œuvre de Max Gallo est une production internationale à gros budget et ça se voit : costumes, décors, vedettes, tout y est. La réalisation, si elle est efficace, usant de plans originaux pour une œuvre télévisée, reste très académique, à l'image du style artistique de l'époque, et n'efface pas l'impression d'un cours d'Histoire en images. La surprise vient de Christian Clavier qui incarne le petit caporal en en faisant un homme capable d'humour, au regard perçant et aux décisions tranchées, un fervent défenseur de la République et un amoureux des mathématiques. Subjugué par Joséphine, femme ambitieuse qui rêve d'un destin plus grand que celui d'une reine, il demeure un homme de libertés qui interdit les gazettes dérangeantes. Mais il manque à Clavier l'épaisseur dramatique nécessaire pour croire entièrement à cet ogre de Bonaparte. Napoléon, visionnaire ou dictateur, cette fresque historique survolée au pas de charge relance le débat. Aurélie Rochman
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