The old guard of directors in Hollywood have more freedom than they have in a long time – at least when it comes to the running time of their works. Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon is 206 minutes long. Ridley Scott (Gladiator) is following suit: his battle film Napoleon will also have a biblical length.
There are 2 versions of Ridley Scott’s Napoleon
In Napoleon, the legendary strategist and ruler Napoleon Bonaparte (Joaquin Phoenix) wants to become French emperor. His rise is happening rapidly. At the same time, his love for Joséphine (Vanessa Kirby) plays a crucial role in his life.
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Napoleon
To tell this comprehensive life story and a total of six battles To show Scott needs one thing above all else: time. And he gets it, as he confirmed to Total Film. There have been rumors about this for a long time enormous running time of the director’s cut, which is to be released separately after the theatrical release: Scott has now trimmed his film down to 250 minutes from 270 minutes, he says. It should stay that way.
We show the theatrical version first, and then the optimal case is that [der Director’s Cut] with 4 hours and 10 minutes will be released as a stream. […]
Also the Theatrical version By the way, Napoleon is already relatively huge: it lasts 160 minutes.
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When will Napoleon be in theaters and where will the director’s cut be released?
Napoleon is a co-production between Sony and the streaming service Apple TV+, so the film will initially have a regular theatrical release: on November 23, 2023. The longer streaming version will probably run exclusively on Apple TV+.
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