Napoleon (Kubrick's unmade film)

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Came from

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War and Peace: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (scale envy): War and Peace ⇒ Napoleon (Kubrick's unmade film) (the host's read). Kubrick is imagined looking at Bondarchuk's War and Peace and thinking he could stage battles like that.
    “He's just looking at that and being like, I could do this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:12:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Led to

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No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Barry Lyndon: 2 lines career ×1 unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (research reuse (denied)): Napoleon (Kubrick's unmade film) → Barry Lyndon. A host says the common belief that Kubrick moved his Napoleon research into Barry Lyndon is not true.
    “I think people have long thought that Lyndon like took his Napoleon research and started putting it into Linden, but that's not true at all.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:20:58 · Karina Longworth (0.40 sure it was them)

Jack Nicholson: 2 lines what-if ×1 unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (attached star): Jack Nicholson → Napoleon (Kubrick's unmade film). Nicholson was going to play Napoleon.
    “Jack Nicholson was going to play Napoleon, obviously.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:14:18 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

MGM: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (financier): MGM → Napoleon (Kubrick's unmade film). MGM was going to fund Napoleon but backed out as costume epics flopped.
    “But MGM, you know, was going to fund the Napoleon movie that didn't end up happening, obviously.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:19:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

War and Peace: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (scale envy): War and Peace → Napoleon (Kubrick's unmade film). Kubrick is imagined looking at Bondarchuk's War and Peace and thinking he could stage battles like that.
    “He's just looking at that and being like, I could do this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:12:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career sequence): Napoleon (Kubrick's unmade film) → Barry Lyndon. A host says Barry Lyndon comes out of Kubrick's failed attempt to make Napoleon; later the hosts deny the research was reused.
    “obviously, it's after Clockwork Orange, and right, it comes out of he's trying to make Napoleon.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:19:28 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (financier): MGM → Napoleon (Kubrick's unmade film). MGM was going to fund Napoleon but backed out as costume epics flopped.
    “But MGM, you know, was going to fund the Napoleon movie that didn't end up happening, obviously.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:19:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (3)

  1. unmapped (research reuse (denied)): Napoleon (Kubrick's unmade film) → Barry Lyndon. A host says the common belief that Kubrick moved his Napoleon research into Barry Lyndon is not true.
    “I think people have long thought that Lyndon like took his Napoleon research and started putting it into Linden, but that's not true at all.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:20:58 · Karina Longworth (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (scale envy): War and Peace → Napoleon (Kubrick's unmade film). Kubrick is imagined looking at Bondarchuk's War and Peace and thinking he could stage battles like that.
    “He's just looking at that and being like, I could do this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:12:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (attached star): Jack Nicholson → Napoleon (Kubrick's unmade film). Nicholson was going to play Napoleon.
    “Jack Nicholson was going to play Napoleon, obviously.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:14:18 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if casting): Jack Nicholson → Napoleon (Kubrick's unmade film). Kubrick wanted Jack Nicholson as Napoleon.
    “He wanted Jack Nicholson to play the role.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:20:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Napoleon (Kubrick's unmade film): Itemized Napoleon needs included 200,000 gallons of blood and 40,000 infantry; Kubrick asked France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Romania for armies.
    “We were going to need 200,000 gallons of blood.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:14:06 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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