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 ...

Restraint was a guiding light for cinematographer Dariusz Wolski while photographing Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon,” an epic saga that explores the French emperor’s (Joaquin Phoenix) rise to power and his ...

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 ...

The director and his collaborators talk about their approach to the large-scale action of "Napoleon" and the careful planning that made it come to life. As on “The Duellists,” Scott meticulously ...

A coup attempt by Napoleon on his way to becoming emperor is almost thwarted in "Napoleon" until the general returns with the devout French army at his side. Restraint was a guiding light for ...

Restraint was a guiding light for cinematographer Dariusz Wolski while photographing Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon,” an epic saga that explores the French emperor’s (Joaquin Phoenix) rise to power and his ...

Filmmaker Ridley Scott is a master of the historical epic, having directed several – 1492: Conquest of Paradise, Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, Exodus: Gods and Kings (even Robin Hood and The Last Duel ...

Keeping track of all of these would be a challenge for even an experienced director, Wolski notes, but in Scott’s case, he actually films them all at once – while also ensuring he gets every shot and ...

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 ...

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 ...

He fired cannon on his own countrymen, wooed the mistress of a formidable opponent and even threatened the Pope. He was Napoleon, one of the most brilliant and complex figures in history. This ...