Napoleon's Greatest Battles with Ridley Scott
Dan Snow's History Hit
History Hit
4.7 • 13.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the most accomplished military commanders in world history. He rose to become Emperor of the French after a series of spectacular battlefield victories and continued this success until the very end of his rule.
On this episode, Dan is joined by the famed filmmaker Ridley Scott to discuss his recent blockbuster, Napoleon, and go through some of the film's epic battlefield scenes. What were the conqueror's greatest battles? How did Joaquin Phoenix capture the essence of the man? And how do blockbuster epics balance historical fact with historical fiction? Tune in to find out.
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| 0:38.0 | However, welcome to Dan Snow's history hit. |
| 0:44.0 | Unless you are living in St Kilda with the internet turned off for the last six months, |
| 0:49.0 | you will know that Sir Ridley Scott's new film, Napoleon, is about to hit the big screen. |
| 0:55.0 | And friends, the big screen is the place to see it. |
| 0:59.0 | Let me tell you. |
| 1:00.0 | Ridley Scott, the man, the legend, is 85 years old. He is smashing out movies at a prodigious |
| 1:07.8 | rate. He makes 100 million dollars movies like I make $100 podcasts. He is the man who brought you |
| 1:15.2 | Gladiator, Blade Runner, Alien, The Martian, Black Hawk Down, he's one of the |
| 1:22.3 | greatest directors of all time. |
| 1:26.0 | Ridley Scots had an extraordinary life. |
| 1:28.0 | Father was away with the army. He was born in South Shields and the north of England, moved around constantly. |
| 1:34.8 | He developed a fascination for cinema from his great uncle who was a pioneer of cinema and opened |
| 1:39.5 | many movie theatres around Tyneside. |
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