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Discover Ridley Scott's epic film Napoleon, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby, now streaming on Apple TV+ after a lukewarm theatrical run.

Discover Ridley Scott's epic historical film Napoleon on Apple TV Plus. Follow the rise and complicated love story of Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine.

In his epic historical drama, Ridley Scott depicts Napoleon Bonaparte’s career not only through a military lens but a romantic one, suggesting that Napoleon’s global conquests were driven by a desire to conquer his wife Josephine’s heart.

Is Napoleon streaming or is it just playing in movie theaters? Here's what you need to know on how to watch Napoleon right now.

After "Alien", "Gladiator" and "Thelma and Louise", director Ridley Scott presents "Napoleon" to the French, with Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix in the title role and Vanessa Kirby as his Josephine. The filmmaker talks about his fascination with the brilliant and destructive emperor of France. From the final resting place of Napoleon,…

When Vanessa Kirby was announced to play Josephine in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, it caused a ripple of surprise among historians. Kirby is considerably younger than the actor in title role, Joaquin Phoenix (14 years her senior), but in fact, Josephine was six years older than Napoleon.

The film reveals the dark past and motives of the French revolutionary.

Directors of historical feature films face a difficult task. How can they make the characters familiar to an audience without reducing them to caricature? How can they make sure that knowledge of the outcome – battles won or lost, empires built then ruined – doesn’t make the story seem like…

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