Kubrick had wanted Jack Nicholson, andJoaquin Phoenixdoesnt fall far from that tree.
The public is delighted, but behind the scenes, the French government is in crisis.
How can it possibly keep up the pace for the next 2 hours 30?
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Josephine catches him staring at her at a society ball and immediately confronts him.
Bonaparte is in all his military finery, but Josephine is withering.
What is this costume you have on?
He ends the scene by begging her: Do not tell me your name.
But he finds out anyway, when she sends her young son to retrieve his late fathers saber.
Josephine is a dichotomy that fascinates Bonaparte.
When you look at me, do you see an aristocrat?
