Napoléon (1927 film)
Released versions and screenings

Napoléon (1927 film)

Section Title: Released versions and screenings
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Date	Title	Length	Editor	Score	Venues	Triptych	Format

April 1927	Napoléon	5400 m (4:10)	Marguerite Beaugé	Arthur Honegger	Paris Opera	toned	35 mm

May 1927	Napoléon (version définitive)	12,800 m (9:22)	Abel Gance	Arthur Honegger	Apollo Theatre, Paris	none	35 mm

October 1927	Napoléon (UFA)	under 3:00	Universum Film AG	Werner Heymann	Germany and Central Europe	toned	35 mm

November 1927	Napoléon	total 4:10, shown in two seatings, some scenes repeated	Abel Gance	Arthur Honegger	Marivaux Theatre, Paris	toned, shown twice	35 mm

Winter 1927–28	Napoléon	various	French provinces	35 mm

ca. 1928	Napoleon (version définitive as sent to the U.S. in 29 reels)	29,000 feet (8,800 m) (6:43)	Abel Gance	none	none	35 mm

March–April 1928	Napoléon (Gaumont)	Shown in two parts totaling about 3:00	Gaumont Film Company	Arthur Honegger	Gaumont-Palace	none	35 mm

June 1928	Napoleon (UK 1928)	11,400 m (7:20)	Abel Gance	Arthur Honegger	UK	toned	35 mm

January 1929	Napoleon (USA 1929)	8,000 feet (2,400 m) (1:51)	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	USA	none	35 mm

ca. 1928	Napoléon (Pathé-Rural)	17 reels	Rural France	none	17.5 mm

1928	Napoléon (Pathé-Baby)	9 reels	French homes	none	9.5 mm

1929	Napoléon (Pathescope)	6 reels	UK homes	none	9.5 mm

1935	Napoléon Bonaparte vu et entendu par Abel Gance	13,000 feet (4,000 m), later 10,000 feet (3,000 m)	Abel Gance	Henri Verdun	none	35 mm

1935	Napoléon Bonaparte (Film-Office version)	5,000 feet (1,500 m)	Abel Gance	Henri Verdun	none	16 mm 9.5 mm 8 mm

1955	Napoléon Bonaparte (Studio 28 version)	black and white	35 mm

1965	Napoléon	Henri Langlois	Cinematheque Francaise	none	35 mm

1970	Bonaparte et la Révolution	4:45 at 20 fps (4:00 at 24 fps)	Abel Gance	none	35 mm

1979	Napoléon (Brownlow)	4:55 at 20 fps	Kevin Brownlow	None: ad lib accompaniment on electronic piano	Telluride Film Festival, Colorado	black and white	35 mm

1980	Napoléon (Brownlow 1980)	4:50 at 20 fps	Kevin Brownlow	Carl Davis	Edinburgh Film Festival National Film Theatre, London	black and white	35 mm

1980	Napoleon (Coppola)	4:00 at 24 fps	Francis Ford Coppola	Carmine Coppola	USA	black and white, letterboxed inside 4:3	35 mm 70 mm

1983	Napoléon (Brownlow 1983)	5:13 at 20 fps	Kevin Brownlow	Carl Davis	Cinematheque Francaise	black and white	35 mm

1983	Napoléon (Brownlow 1983 TV cut)	4:50 at 20 fps	Kevin Brownlow	Carl Davis	Channel 4 (UK television)	none	35 mm

1989	Napoleon (Brownlow 1980)	4:50 at 20 fps	Kevin Brownlow	Marius Constant	Cité de la Musique, Paris	none	35 mm

1989	Napoléon (Brownlow 1989 TV cut)	4:50 at 20 fps	Kevin Brownlow	Carl Davis	Channel 4 (UK television)	toned, letterboxed inside 4:3	35 mm

2000	Napoléon (Brownlow 2000)	5:30 at 20 fps	Kevin Brownlow	Carl Davis	Royal Festival Hall	toned	35 mm

2004	Napoléon (Brownlow 2004)	5:32 at 20 fps	Kevin Brownlow	Carl Davis	Royal Festival Hall	toned	35 mm

2012	Napoléon (Brownlow 2004)	5:32 at 20 fps	Kevin Brownlow	Carl Davis	Paramount Theatre (Oakland, California)	toned	35 mm

2013	Napoléon (Brownlow 2004)	5:32 at 20 fps	Kevin Brownlow	Carl Davis	Royal Festival Hall, London	toned	35 mm

2014	Napoléon (Brownlow 2004)	5:32 at 20 fps	Kevin Brownlow	Carl Davis	Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam	toned	35 mm

2016	Napoléon (Brownlow 2004)	5:32	Kevin Brownlow	Carl Davis	Royal Festival Hall – London, BFI Southbank, Bristol Watershed	toned	DCP, DVD, Blu-ray

Sentence(s)

Napoléon was first released at the Paris Opera on April 1927.
Napoléon was first released in the Paris Opera on 7 April 1927.
Napoléon was first released at the Paris Opera in April 1927.

final_sentence: Napoléon was first released at the Paris Opera on April 1927.
final_sentence: Napoléon was first released in the Paris Opera on 7 April 1927.
final_sentence: Napoléon was first released at the Paris Opera in April 1927.