Stanley Kubrick's "Napoleon" : the greatest movie never made / editor, Alison Castle ; design, M/M (Paris) ; German translation, Thomas J. Kinne ; French translation, Alice Petillot].

Includes facsim. of the final draft of Napoleon : a screenplay / by Stanley Kubrick, dated Sept. 29, 1969 (p. 647-839).

Screenplay and source material for an unproduced motion picture.

This single-volume publication is based on the original limited collector's edition, which featured 10 books hidden inside a carved-out reproduction of a Napoleon history book. Herein are reproduced all of the books from the original edition in facsimile--Prelim page.

Picture file -- Text -- Production -- Location scouting -- Chronology -- Costumes -- Correspondence -- Notes -- Script -- Reference -- German translation -- French Translation.

Features the complete original treatment, essays examining the screenplay in historical and dramatic contexts, an essay by Jean Tulard on Napoleon in cinema, and a transcript interview Kubrick conducted with Oxford professor Felix Markham.Includes approximately fifteen thousand location shooting photographs and seventeen thousand slides of Napoleonic imagery, selection of Kubrick's correspondence, various costume studies, scrift drafts etc.. Offers readers a chance to experience the creative process of one of cinema's greatest talents as well as fascinating exploration of the figure of Napoleon Bonaparte.