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Waterloo

Waterloo (1970)

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Release Date: Oct 26, 1970 Wide

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Average Rating: 3.9/5
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This lavishly costumed historical epic had an estimated $100 million price tag. Spectacularly photographed battle action contrasts with often plodding individual scenes that bog down the plot. Fearing his growing power, European monarchs force Napoleon Bonaparte (Rod Steiger) to abdicate as Emperor and retire to Elba, and the French are concerned they will be outnumbered by a force of combined armies from many countries in Europe. Napoleon no sooner says goodbye to his loyalist troops than he

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Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics

Hal Craig

Oct 11, 2005

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Not bad for an old war movie. Funny and interesting.
January 5, 2011
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Curtis Lilly

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At first, King Louis XVIII(Orson Welles) is none too worried when Napoleon(Rod Steiger) begins his comeback tour from Elba with a thousand men. When that number becomes substantially much, much larger, the king figures it might be a good time for an extended vacation. That's okay because the Duke of Wellington(Christopher Plummer) is waiting patiently in Belgium for the emperor to make his move. In the meantime, he attends a gala or two.

"Waterloo" is a splendidly produced extravagansa, centered around the famed battle and turning point in history. While it is clearly apparent the huge amount of research that went into the making of this movie, it sadly never truly comes alive. Part of this comes down to the narrow focus on Wellington and Napoleon, especially about how different they may have been. In fact, the first half hour comes perilously close to becoming a one man show which is not entirely bad since Rod Steiger makes a surprisingly effective Napoleon. That's also at the detriment of almost everybody else which partially short circuits the movie's otherwise profound final statement.
August 21, 2012
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Walter M.

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    1. Napoleon: I have come back to make France happy! I am France and France is me!
    – Submitted by Michael H (13 months ago)
    1. Napoleon: Well, they've done it. All the great powers have declared war against me. Not against France -- against me!
    2. Marshal Michel Ney: They honor you by making you a country.
    3. Napoleon: Honor? They deny me the decency of law. They make it legal for any clown to kill me!
    – Submitted by Michael H (13 months ago)
    1. Lord Richard Hay: If you would take the men into your confidence....
    2. Wellington: If I thought my hair knew what my brain was thinking, I'd shave it off and wear a wig.
    – Submitted by Michael H (14 months ago)
    1. Louis XVIII: Ney, you will be the first to confront the werewolf. I know you love this man...
    2. Marshal Michel Ney: I did -- once. But I promise Your Majesty I will bring him back to Paris in an iron cage!
    – Submitted by Michael H (14 months ago)
    1. Napoleon: Never interrupt your enemy while he is in the process of making a mistake.
    – Submitted by Michael H (15 months ago)
    1. Wellington: I don't need a white horse to puff ME up, by God!
    – Submitted by Michael H (15 months ago)

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