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Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon film was the greatest movie never made. This is its story.

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Napoleon Bonaparte, the historical subject of the Ridley Scott directed movie starring Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby, was a human powerhouse who inspired tens of film adaptations.

For four years, Stanley Kubrick attempted to make his own Napoleon movie.

He developed NASAgrade lenses, hired 20 Oxford assistants and secured thousands of Romanian troops, but the movie failed.

Stanley Kubrick gave director Ridley Scott footage from The Shining to use on Blade Runner, but he never gave up his script or research for Napoleon.

This inspired Alison Castle to write her book ‘Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon: The Greatest Movie Never Made’, from which this behind the scenes video draws much of its inspiration. This book chronicles the way Kubrick’s failed Napoleon movie eventually led to Barry Lyndon.

Other Stanley Kubrick movies include The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut, A Clockwork Orange and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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