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Music will become a time machine when the Mercury chamber orchestra relives the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. A battlefield defeat near Leipzig, Germany, in 1813, two years before the onetime ...

(Reuters) - Cannons roared and horses' hooves pounded across the battlefield on which French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte won one of his most famous victories as hundreds of people took part in a ...

An extremely rare ‘bicorne,’ or 2-pointed hat, that was worn by Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo was sold at auction in France for $325,000 on Monday. The hat went under the hammer for €280,000 ...

David Scarpa’s screenplay covers three decades of European history as the military commander triumphs in the Revolutionary Wars and rises to Emperor of France, only to end his life in exile. By David ...

Numerous times in Napoleon, the mist settles over wintry landscapes, delicately summoning visual echoes of The Duellists, the 1977 debut feature set during the same period that put Ridley Scott on the ...

Unlike its subject, the success of Napoleon has been anything but romantic. Almost a full year after Ridley Scott's epic biopic hit theaters, the iconic director's film is still bogged down by its ...

PARK CITY — The most pronounced difference of opinion at this year’s Sundance Film Festival is not one among critics — there is actually a pretty solid consensus among professional observers as to the ...

Scott has no delusions about the difficulties that come with directing period epics, but he can't resist returning to the genre again and again. “I can read all the books in the world on him, but ...

Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Joaquin Phoenix, 'Napoleon' is doing far better than expected for a historical epic catering to older adults. By Pamela McClintock Senior Film Writer From Apple ...

Even by Hollywood’s formidable location-swapping standards, Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” deserves some kind of medal for cinematic sleight-of-hand. The French conqueror never invaded Britain, whereas the ...