Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon - WTF Happened to this (Unmade) Movie?!
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- Опубликовано: 19 июл 2020
- With so many epic and awesome movies at our disposal, how could we ever lament not having more? Well, that's what we explore in our new series, WTF Happened to this (Unmade) Movie, where we take a look at films that got deep into the planning, pre-production and sometimes actual production, only to never see the light of day. What happened? What went wrong? Are we better or worse off without it?
In this episode, we take a look at one of the more intriguing, never-made projects, Stanley Kubrick's planned epic, Napoleon. Viewers may be surprised to see just how much work Kubrick had put into his planned masterpiece, with elements from the un-produced film showing up in his BARRY LYNDON. Check it out!
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It's sad that most other film makers don't put even a fraction amount of this effort into making historical films, you get the "It's made for a contemporary audience" excuse.
Hollywood's all about who you know. Maybe filmmakers will be picked on merit someday.
I directed a pilot where we had genuine ww2 uniforms and cars and more from 1933. We even shot in period buildings and more. We strived for accuracy, we had so much Hugo boss lol 😅
Ridley scott
@@AtticTapes14 especially when Napoleon took Egypt and shot canon balls at the pyramids……
it’s not sad not everyone is a historian
This is probably the "movie that almost was" I most wanted to have seen and been made, Kubrick's Napoleon movie. His conviction for making this movie, I'm sure would have translated to another great film of his. I'm still curious also what his final cut of "Eyes Wide Shut" would have been, the missing footage that didn't make it into the film after he screened it for Warner Bros. producers and him dying shortly after that.
there are some conspiracy theories. some say that the original cut had some footage which was revealing shady stuff about "Illuminati", and the producers don't wanted to risk their life and the studio's reputation. some theories even go far and say that Kubrick was refusing to cut the footage, so they killed him
at the end of the day, these are just a bunch of stupid theories, found in internet... I don't think we will ever get to know the real reason regarding why they cut the footage
Dang it Kubrick he messed up.
@@v-trigger6137 according Katherine Kubrick(or Katrina something like that) who is a direct relative of Stanley, there was nothing cut from the film. She use to frequent the Stanley Kubrick subreddit, I suggest looking into it if you're a fan. She has some very interesting things to say. Also, most people close to Stanley believe that he died due to overworking himself on the set of Eyes Wide Shut. You probably already knew that, but just in case you (or others) didn't I figured I should share this.
we got barry lyndon because kubrick didn't get to make this. there are other napolean biopics, but there's only one barry lyndon.
@@plasticweapon Good point. I look forward to another viewing of Barry Lyndon, has been years. It's amazing how watching his films years later, one can have different interpretations or viewing experiences. I had totally different experience watching Full Metal Jacket when I was younger, but when watching it again a few years ago, it became my favorite war film and I saw so much more of what Kubrick was doing, and had a larger appreciation for it.
Started my day off with this. Coffee and Kubrick -- a winning combo!
Coffee, a bowl, & Kubrick. Even better!
Bill and Ted had the best Napoleon.
Would we have seen Napoleon eat a giant bowl of ice cream and go down the waterslide?
Eat the pig...eat the pig... Ziggy Ziggy Ziggy zig!
@@JoBloOriginals Im sad he didn't make it i would've enjoyed it, My soldiers, my IMPERIAL GUARD! my exile.... my.. LEGACY. Thank you for the video ;)
@@napoleonbonaparte45 VIVE L’EMPEREUR
I read Kubrick’s script for Napoleon. I was so excited and intrigued by the prospect of what could have been. Waterloo is one of my all-time fav movies. But after having read the script I wasn’t that impressed. But the amount of research that went in to the development such as uniforms is super interesting.
The opening shot would've included a teddy bear ("A well worn teddy-bear is cradled in the arms of Napoleon, age 4, who dreamily sucks his thumb"). Historians would've called him on that since toy bears - especially ones named after US president Theodore Roosevelt - weren't "a thing" until the early 1900s.
@@TheStockwell I find it interesting how a "perfectionist" such as Kubrick wouldn't have picked up on that detail. I suppose everyone makes mistakes, even Kubrick.
@@stratocaster-dn7gt If the film had gone into production, that anachronistic detail would've been discovered as soon as the properties department tried to track down an "authentic" teddy bear from the late 1700s - and discovered there was no such thing.
Researchers have a lot of fun. They get to walk onto a set, look at a bowel of fruit, and say tomatoes don't belong in ancient Rome.
Fussy director fun fact: Hitchcock had a San Francisco restaurant - Ernie's - faithfully recreated for "Vertigo." When the set was ready for inspection, he pointed out the sand in the ashtrays was wrong - and ordered it corrected. Blimey! 😬
Where can I find the script?
@@stratocaster-dn7gt yes indeed, very interesting observation.
Hey Joblo please do a video on “Batman: Year One”, a project that written by Frank Miller and was going to be directed by Darren Aronofsky. It was going to be a rated R Batman movie, but then for some reason Darren Aronofsky did not direct it and then Christopher Nolan came on board and gave us “Batman Begins”
With Joaquin phoenix as Batman.
In the meantime, you might find this interesting ruclips.net/video/GcsYhYsHwuM/видео.html Aronofsky left as Warners didn't want to do an R rated Batman film. Interestingly he says Joker is similar to what he wanted to do, including the depiction of Gotham.
You should do a video on Kubrick’s Aryan Papers. It’s one of his other unmade films
Kubes was planning to shot a Richard Spencer biopic? That's a project still worth committing to celluloid
@@MechaJutaro very funny
@Valkyrie The producers of such a film would be remiss if they failed to cast James DeBello as Carl Benjamin, then re-create dude getting his fat ass handed to him by Spencer in that now infamous debate. Depending upon the success of this biopic at the box office, they could even follow this film up with a movie which chronicles the semi-rise and stumble back down to oblivion of GamerGate
Bring back DeBello as Carl, and cast Adam Driver as MeTokur. Bring Josh Gad on to portray Matt Jarbo, and Jane Lynch, Melissa McCarthy, Hugh Laurie, and Gabriel Iglesias to portray that portion of The Honey Badger Brigade who decided to bring that shit up at the Calgary Expo, then subsequently ended up on the wrong end of a defamation suit
Richard Spencer is still a giant bitch.
No mention of the late Ian Holm? In his autobiography he talks about being courted by Kubrick for the role of Napoleon for ages and it never coming to anything. A nice twist then that he eventually got to play him in Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits.
He first played Napoleon in the TV series, Napoleon And Love (1974), and also played him in The Emperor's New Clothes (2001).
What a shame we missed this movie ..it sounded great..
This would’ve been one of the greatest epics ever made. Too bad that the feature never came to be in the end. Maybe one day someone will try to make a biopic on Napoleon like Kubrick wanted
Rdley
I have read somewhere that this project is back on the agenda but as a television miniseries by Steven Spielberg.
Spielberg needs to stick to his candy coated crap/fluff. He's not worthy to carry Kubrick's jockstrap.
@@robzilla730 The video states Spielberg is producing, not directing or writing. Supposedly the script would be Kubrick's original, so S's involvement would seem to be just getting it made.
Looks like it's been canned now. Hbo doesn't wanna put up the money. Either that or it's on a long ass hold. I remember fukunaga was supposed to direct it back In 2016. It's 4 years later and not a peep. Fukunaga has now moved on to other things. Like bond movies. Not to mention it was not based on my kubrick's script but on his research. The script was being rewritten.
Umm, no thanks
@@robzilla730 agreed
Nicholas Cage “Superman” and this Napoleon movie make me so sad it couldn’t get off the ground
Please do an episode on either Peter Jackson's 1996 draft of King Kong or the 1994 draft of the American Godzilla.
Yes my mother loved those two movies you mentioned at the end. She read and loved the novel. She for one is very grateful we got those movies that may not have happened if he made the Napoleon movie
If they do turn Kubrick's screenplay into a 10 episode miniseries, I think they should cast Timothée Chalamet as a young Napoleon. Not only is he an incredible actor who is around the same age as Napoleon when he shined as a young artillery officer during the Siege of Toulon (where he nearly lost his life), but he's also half French and is fluent in speaking French. Plus he already has experience in acting in biopics when he played a historical monarch in The King.
C'est vrai que Timothée Chalamet pourrait jouer le rôle de Napoléon jeune officier. Il un type de physique qui se rapproche de Napoléon jeune . Une série de 10 ou 12 épisodes de plus 1 heure semble est le format nécessaire pour couvrir le destin extraordinaire de l'empereur des français Napoléon Bonaparte.
He is also napoleon's height. But his hair is too dark and curly. But with the right wig it could work.
@@reviewgodusa9613 Wasn't Napoleon's hair dark?
@@barbiquearea if you look in the paintings he has brown hair not too dark. Not near black like timothy chalamet. Just take a look at this painting. www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/who-was-napoleon-bonaparte-the-early-years/. Of course paintings alone can't be completely reliable for an accurate physical description.
@@reviewgodusa9613 Practically every portrait or modern depiction I've seen of Napoleon shows he has very dark hair that is not so dissimilar to Timmy's.
As a fan of Kuburicks work it sounds interesting
I actually heard about this film on Wikipedia and thought that this was going to be a huge undertaking.
Is that Matthew Mcconaughey doing the voice over?
All right, all right, all right. BTW, the narrator's name is in the credits.
If some ever makes this they need to use the 1812 Overture
Thats pretty on the nose tho...
Sorry, no '1812 Overture' before 1880.
Maan,this and Paul Verhoeven's 'CRUSADE'....What could have been?Damn.
I think that would have been the greatest ever historical biopic ever made, by knowing Kubrick way of filming and directing.
When you are sad, because Kubrick did not make the movie about Napoleon: :(
When you learn, that the movie was set to be filmed in Yugoslavia: :'((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
Yeah JoBlo! Love the diversity of your material, great editing and narration, I love this channel
HOLY SHIT I wanna see this film!!! someone make it!
Ridley Scott is making this
Joaquin Phoenix in the lead role
Spielberg is working on Kubricks script for Napoleon!
@@teribradshaw-milling3164 thank you that's good news
@@darthvader2158 thank you thats good news
Saw what you did putting 1812 symphony in much of the video hehe.
Incredible video. Really enjoyed it. Thank you for making it.
I ve seen Barry Lyndon just the once. It is brilliant obviously however less easily accessible compared to his other films. His Napoleon film would have been a monumental achievement for the ages
I know HBO had discussed adapting the script into a miniseries with Spielberg and Cari Funkunga. However I haven’t read any recent updates on that project…..
I heard that Spielberg was taking Kubrick's original script and developing it into a TV series - I hope that still going ahead.
Yeah the guy who directed beasts of no nation was supposed to direct it as well
Heard that Jack Nicholson always tried to get it made
No way. He's too old
It should be blasphemy to even have the words "Kubrick". And spielberg in the same sentence.
Really? I thought so, too, when SS made 'A.I.' That was, for me, a pure, 'Oh, no!' However, his comment about 'channeling Stanley' rang true to my mind, especially after multiple viewings. Spielberg heavily stepped-on where he might have gone with the film to make it more palatable to already extant SS audiences. SS & SK worked for years on making this film together: 'You produce, I direct.' Then, later, 'No, no, you direct, I produce,' said Stanley. I trust Kubrick, so, trusting Spielberg, therefore, to make it after his death was only right and proper.
This one, along with David Lean’s Nostromo, are the two unfilmed movies I wanted to see.
With the Rings of Power being 50 hours, and reportedly a $1Bil budget, Kubrick's Napoleon is a possibility....
LOTR ROP was $500million for it’s first 9 episode season
Amazing that this set back didn't slow him down. Kubrick I mean, not Napoleon.
Not to be confused with the adult film actor, Napoleon Bonerparts
How dare u not mention bill and ted as one of the best napoleon roles? Lol
Napoleon Dynamite
Now it is actually happening as a TV series.
Lol
Fabulous video 🙏
That's too bad he never got the chance to make the movie he wanted to make.Hopefully that dream comes true.Im trying a movie about prophet Elijah hope to see that being a possibility.
I can't help but believe that in an alternate timeline this movie actually exists, along with the Aryan papers!!!
It wasn't a total loss. Kubrick's research into the period was used in "Barry Lyndon." If you want to see what his Napoleon film might've been like, watch "Barry Lyndon" - especially the military sequences. I'm willing to accept Barry Lyndon as Napoleon' s stunt double.
Oh yea. Absolutely sumptuous movie.
@@robzilla730 He also wrote the screenplay by himself - no co-writers, co collaborators. It was absolutely his.
As for his famous perfectionism, remember the opening duel? According to Jan Harlan, Kubrick had the actors use real bullets and 78 actors died of gunshot wounds before he was satisfied. In reality, they ran out of bullets. Kubrick was furious.
Okay, so I made that up, still . . . !
@@TheStockwell a mad genius! Like Ludwig Van!
@@robzilla730 What gets to me is how much WORK Kubrick and Beethoven would put into something that an audience would experience in two hours or less. A writer who had interviewed dozens of people who most of us would call geniuses said that, whatever their quirks, intelligence, and emotional make-up was, they all had one thing in common: the ability to keep working on something long past the point that most people would give it up as boring, tedious, and exasperating. They have a specific idea of what the final product has to be - and they keep working on it until it's there.
After Napoleon fell through, Kubrick wanted to film Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair, as The Battle Of Waterloo is featured in it. So he could have a reason to put it on film. Then The BBC announced an adaptation, so K felt he couldn't put out a film of it as well. Looking at Thackeray's other work, he found Barry Lyndon, and choose that, as it's set during the same period.
I heard Netflix and BBBC might pick it up with Boyega in the lead role.
LOL Risk 2 background music!
Be amazing to see
Great vid. Just one thing, please invest in a better microphone.
Hopefully the upcoming Napoleon film will at least take inspiration from Kubrick's idea
Couple have been the greatest film ever made. But hey I'll settle for Barry Lyndon. Which is my favorite Kubrick film and one of my ten favorite movies 🤷
Poor audio this one....shame.
New York...for some reason I keep thinking he's uber British....
Ziggy Piggy!! Lol
Fukunaga went on the record that Napoleon is happening soon after NTTD.
We may not have gotten Kubrick's Napoleon, but we did get the excellent Waterloo. :)
Waterloo managed to get the vast battle scenes Kubrick was after and then some, because they used the Soviet Army as extras, and there was then as now, a lot of them. Seeing aerial shots of the countless squares of troops is insane.
Not really a fan of Waterloo tbh. Seemed like there was too much of a focus on the battle itself and not much else. I guess it works if you like that sort of thing but I never felt invested in anything that was going on in that film. Seems like Kubrick's movie would have been more of a character study which sounds way more interesting.
and Barry Lyndon
Kubrick didn't like the movie and called it silly and didn't consider it much of a competition
@@maximilianschulz6455 Kubrick is also the guy who verbally and possibly mentally abused Shelly Duvall while making The Shining.
It would be interesting to see it done, Perhaps by the people who did Vikings. It could be done over a season or two
I don’t want this film to be made by anyone other than Stanley
someone could make a kubrick style movie about kubrick working on napoleon
Excellento
Make Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon happening!
wish this movie could have been made. Would have been great if he made it after Full Metal Jacket
Please what is the music at 13:29?
1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky
please do one about Night Skies, the canceled film directed by Steven Spielberg!
@@jimcameron1234 Not really, E.T. was spun from Night Skies, as was Poltergeist, but NS is still it's own thing.
Kept waiting for Danny Devito to bust out.
😂😂😂
Tom Cruise.
Your videos are excellent content. And I watch a lot of RUclips. Like a video version of going down the rabbit hole on Wikipedia.
I wish Kubrick made this and directed A.I.
What's the classical music playing in the background?
1812 Overture. Also referenced in V for Vendetta.
@@tophat2776 1812 overture is for the French invasion of Russia (1812-1813) and Sixting Coalition War (1813-1814).
_the thumbnail using Bill & Ted Napoleon_
I remember reading in an interview with Al jourgensen of "ministry" who is in the movie "A.I." and contributed to the soundtrack. Reading that he read a Stanley Kubrick written draft of the movie "A.I." Does anyone know if this is true? And if so.. Share a link to a website that might have it?
I heard that Kubrick did indeed want to direct A.I. and had completed screenplay. Kubrick felt the CGI at the time just wasn't sophisticated at the time to do justice to the project. He handed it off to Spielberg until the tech had evolved.
@@weirdshibainu That's what I heard too about that He kept putting off the project until CGI got sophisticated enough for the ideals that he had. Does anyone know where to get ahold of the original Kubrick screenplay?
@@maxmatson1578 Only thing I can suggest is to contact Leon Vitali (Kubricks long time assistant) and see if he can provide any direction for locating the script. Good luck.
Sometimes this guys voice sounds like Matthew McConaughey
Imagine if we could have seen this
Barry Lyndon is a masterpiece 👌
DESIREE(1954) with Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons
The greatest biopic never made
I don't doubt that, had this film ever got made, it would have been yet another one of Kubrick's masterpieces, but it simply wasn't meant to be. Happens to all of us.
WTF happened to Chris Tucker????
Actually Nap9lean thought he was on the Isle of Arse instead of Elba. This just goes to prove that he didn't know his Arse from his Elba 😃
This guy's voice reminds me of Joe Pera.
Should be more direct to make sure understand
Didn't Kubrick film the fake moon landing on location; the moon?
Lol.
Kubrick is without a doubt masterful at what he did.....but i dont think id ever would of wanted to work with him. He was far to crazy when it came to making movies. Although there are a good amount of geniuses who are a bit crazy i their own ways
Was Kubrick making a dig at the 1985 movie Revolution when he joked about casting Al Pacino was Napoleon?
He made the comment in 1980, in an interview to promote The Shining.
God bless everyone
Who could have played Napoleon?
Who’s here after the Napoleon movie Ridley scott
Welp
Dont forgot wtf happen to Gérard Deparduie..!
What ?
He turned nuts and moved to rusia. End of the story
Kinda hate that it's not just one guy doing all this lol.
Man the audio is really bad. Really hard to listen to
Interesting to watch this now that Ridley Scott is making the Napoleon movie. Wonder if anyone is going to give credit to Kubrick for wanting to make this movie.
Wasn't impressed by war & peace? Wow.
@Donovan Chilton I’m pretty sure he’s talking about the Tv series not the masterpiece book by Tolstoy.
@@hairypancake4425 Nah, pretty sure he meant the four part movie by Bondarchuk.
A truly potential masterpiece lost to fear of losing money... unlike some crappy cuts people won't shut up about. Please talk about "Aryan Papers", the real holocaust Kubrick film which was never produced because of Schindler's List... Great video, Thanx!!!
Imagine John Favreau picking this up with Mandalorian tech
*Jon
Why did nobody this film posthum for Kubrick? The Script exists, it could be done?! Peter Jackson could do it!
Sad
Kubrick is awesome.
Ridley scott
Waterloo (1970) wasn't that great of a film
It's rough around the edges, but it has moments of genius.
>jack nicholson as Napoleon
lol
This dude sounds like mcconohey. Idk he to spell his last name lol
Not tying to insult you. Just a heads up
Anyone else consider Barry Lyndon an underappreciated masterpiece?
SOVIET not Russian film series. Sergei Bondarchuk, the director was Ukrainian. The USSR =/= Russia.
Aryan Papers
Napoleon? Forget it. No one will ever top Abel Gance's masterpiece. And they recently made another Nap flick, for good measure Enough, already. The general himself was a sawed-off little runt with some kind of disorder, anyway.
It will stay in development hell for another 20 years or maybe 30, until even TV series will be completely CGI based with actors only delivering the basic concepts and facial expressions and everything else is out of a computer...