The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Alan Taylor

Writers:

Simon Leys (novel)
Kevin Molony (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

7 November 2002 (Australia)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

The world's most powerful man is about to fight his greatest battle... between love and glory.

Plot:

Napoleon, exiled, devises a plan to retake the throne. He'll swap places with commoner Eugene Lenormand...

Plot Keywords:

Paris | Emperor | St. Helena | Impostor | Belgium

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Ian Holm	...	Napoleon Bonaparte / Sergeant Eugene Lenormand
Iben Hjejle	...	Nicole 'Pumpkin' Truchaut
Tim McInnerny	...	Dr. Lambert
Tom Watson	...	Gerard
Nigel Terry	...	Montholon
Hugh Bonneville	...	Bertrand
Murray Melvin	...	Antommarchi
Eddie Marsan	...	Louis Marchand
Clive Russell	...	Sergeant Justin Bommel
Bob Mason	...	Captain Nicholls
Trevor Cooper	...	Leaud
Chris Langham	...	Maurice
Russell Dixon	...	Dr. Quinton
George Harris	...	Papa Nicholas
Niall O'Brien	...	Bosun
Hayley Carmichael	...	Adele Raffin
Philip McGough	...	English tourist
Tim Barlow	...	Bargee
Tony Vogel	...	British sergeant
Russell Tovey	...	Recruit
John McGlynn	...	Gendarme
Clive Mendus	...	Senior orderly
Ashley Artus	...	Junior orderly
Roger Frost	...	Bookseller
Tom Hunsinger	...	Customer
Matthew Sim	...	Ticket seller
Phil Hearne	...	Man
Moya Brady	...	Woman
Caterina Venturini	...	Barmaid
Stefano Gragnani	...	Bailiff
Hervé Ducroux	...	Brest contact
Giovanni Gianasso	...	Philippe
Francesco Guzzo	...	Sentry at garrison
Sergio Ballo	...	Lieutenant Truchaut
Piero Lorenzo Ferrero	...	Tailor

Directed by
Alan Taylor

Writing credits
Simon Leys		(novel "The Death of Napoleon")
Kevin Molony		(screenplay) &
Alan Taylor		(screenplay) &
Herbie Wave		(screenplay)

Produced by
Roberto Cicutto	....	executive producer
Hanno Huth	....	executive producer
Polly Leys	....	co-producer
Kevin Molony	....	associate producer
Uberto Pasolini	....	producer
Marco Valerio Pugini	....	co-producer
Paul Webster	....	executive producer
James Wilson	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Rachel Portman

Cinematography by
Alessio Gelsini Torresi		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Masahiro Hirakubo

Casting by
Leo Davis

Production Design by
Andrea Crisanti

Art Direction by
Carlo Rescigno

Costume Design by
Sergio Ballo

Makeup Department
Giancarlo Del Brocco	....	key makeup artist
Anna De Santis	....	additional hair stylist
Elda Magnanti	....	key hair stylist
Antonio Maltempo	....	makeup artist
Alessandra Molinari	....	additional hair stylist
Cesare Paciotti	....	additional hair stylist
Alvaro Rossi	....	makeup assistant
Alfredo Tiberi	....	makeup artist
Gianna Viola	....	additional hair stylist

Production Management
Fabiomassimo Dell'Orco	....	unit production manager
Caroline Hewitt	....	executive in charge of production: Film Four

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Luca Brignone	....	second assistant director
Sergio Ercolessi	....	first assistant director
Emanuela Minoli	....	third assistant director (as Manuela Minoli)

Art Department
Paolo Alaggia	....	set dressing labour
Gianluca Aloi	....	laborer
Palmiro Aloi	....	carpenter
Bruno Amalfitano	....	set dresser
Antonio Amato	....	carpenter
Giovanni Anzalone	....	set dressing labour
Alberto Arpinelli	....	carpenter
Nicola Caffarelli	....	laborer
Paolo Cameli	....	painter
Manuel Carlucci	....	unit department coordinator
Emilio Cirulli	....	laborer
Mariano Colace	....	carpenter
Sabrina Coppolecchia	....	assistant set dresser
Paolo Curci	....	laborer
Romano di Chio	....	carpenter (as Romano Di Chio)
Fabrizio Di Marcello	....	carpenter
Angelo D'Offizi	....	carpenter
Stefano D'Offizi	....	carpenter
Stefano Fiorino	....	carpenter
Massimiliano Frondaroli	....	assistant construction coordinator
Fabio Gentili	....	set striking
Giovanni Giannini	....	carpenter
Gioacchino Paolo Giardina	....	carpenter
Samuele Giardina	....	laborer
Adilia Ismailova	....	construction nurse
Barbel Elizabet Krisel	....	assistant art director (as Barbel Kreisl)
Mauro Lucantoni	....	laborer
Vincenzo Mancini	....	carpenter
Paolo Marasciulo	....	carpenter
Piercarlo Mauri	....	carpenter
Massimo Minna	....	laborer
Antonio Murer	....	stand-by props
Tiziano Nardoni	....	carpenter
Antonino Nastasi	....	carpenter
Biagio Nastasi	....	carpenter
Matteo Antonino Nastasi	....	carpenter
Daniel Nati	....	props labour
Marcellino Nolfo	....	on-set dresser
Giovanni Nucera	....	carpenter
Edoardo Pantanella	....	period artwork
Fabrizio Pennacchioli	....	laborer
Fiorino Persichetti	....	carpenter
Valentino Della Posta	....	carpenter
Oreste Quercioli	....	stand-by painter
Giuseppe Rickmann	....	set striking
Iolando Rocchetti	....	construction manager (as Jolando Rocchetti)
Saverio Sammali	....	draughtsman
Alessio Schenone	....	assistant stand-by props
Giovanni Schifano	....	carpenter
Franco Staltari	....	carpenter
Mario Tasciotti	....	art department assistant
Antonio Tedesco	....	stand-by painter
Daniele Valabrega	....	laborer

Sound Department
Emiliano Acciaresi	....	cable person
Peter Burgis	....	foley artist
Andie Derrick	....	foley artist
Chris Dibble	....	sound recording engineer
Robert Farr	....	sound re-recordist
Stewart Henderson	....	adr editor
Stewart Henderson	....	dialogue editor
Claire Mahoney	....	foley artist (as Clare Mohoney)
Barry O'Sullivan	....	sound maintenance
Jim Roddan	....	foley editor
Jupiter Sen	....	sound editor
Clive Winter	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Gastone Callori	....	special effects technician
Marco Moneta	....	special effects technician
Stefano Nofroni	....	special effects technician
Dante Precetti	....	special effects technician
Claudio Quaglietti	....	special effects foreman
Ercole Francesco Quaglietti	....	special effects technician
Claudio Savassi	....	special effects technician
Franco Simeone	....	special effects technician
Kenneth Cassar	....	special effects crew (uncredited)
Maurizio Corridori	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Simon Cox	....	data operator: MPC
Ditch Doy	....	CG animator: MPC
Paddy Eason	....	supervising compositor: MPC
Michael Elson	....	head of production: MPC
Richard Etchells	....	data operator: MPC
Kayser Foyz	....	data operator: MPC
Ed Hawkins	....	plate supervisor: MPC
Martin Hobbs	....	visual effects producer: MPC
Merrin Jensen	....	visual effects assistant producer: MPC
Douglas Larmour	....	digital compositor: MPC
Charlotte Loughnane	....	data operator: MPC
Jessica Norman	....	digital compositor: MPC
Matthew Packham	....	data operator: MPC
Sandra Roach	....	digital compositor: MPC
Jelena Stojanovic	....	digital compositor: MPC
Tim Baxter	....	film recording (uncredited)
Christopher Otto Gallagher	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
David Ambrosi	....	stunt coordinator: second unit
Omero Capanna	....	stunt double
Katia Crispino	....	stunt double
Riccardo Mioni	....	stunt coordinator
Ferdinando Stazzone	....	stunt double
Giuseppe 'Peppinello' Vivenzio	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Orlando Graupiera Acosta	....	rigging/strike grip
Alejandro Rosas Allain	....	grip
Marco Alzetta	....	rigging/strike grip
Philippe Antonello	....	still photographer
Stefano Biscaro	....	key grip
Francesco Colangeli	....	electrician
Marco De Leonibus	....	rigging/strike electrician
Andrea Di Giacomo	....	rigging/strike electrician
Otello Diodato	....	rigging/strike electrician
Stefano Fenocchi	....	second focus puller
Claudio Frollano	....	rigging/strike gaffer
Fabrizio Libertini	....	generator operator
Simone Lucchetti	....	rigging/strike electrician
Enzo Massoli	....	generator operator
Maurizio Micalizzi	....	rigging/strike grip
Alessio Righini	....	video assistant
Alessandro Rossi	....	electrician
Pietro Santarelli	....	rigging/strike key grip
Massimiliano Sardini	....	rigging/strike electrician (as Massimiliano Sordini)
Enrico Stella	....	grip
Mario Stella	....	grip
Raffaele Stella	....	grip
Marco Sticchi	....	gaffer
Massimiliano Sticchi	....	electrician
Mario Tipi	....	rigging/strike electrician
Emiliano Topai	....	clapper loader
Raoul Torresi	....	second camera operator
Riccardo Umetelli	....	focus puller
Fabrizio Vicari	....	camera operator

Casting Department
Vanessa Baker	....	adr casting
M. Rosaria Caracciolo	....	casting: children (as Maria Rosaria Caracciolo)
Brendan Donnison	....	adr casting
Pippa Hall	....	casting: children
Melissa Holm	....	casting assistant
Guglielmo Pricolo	....	casting: children
Shaila Rubin	....	casting: Italy
Di Torchiarolo	....	casting: children

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Simona Boccanfuso	....	seamstress
Stefania Corsetti	....	assistant costume designer
Paolo Faenzi	....	wardrobe supervisor
Erminia Melato	....	wardrobe assistant
Giacoma Mellini	....	seamstress
Filomena Monterisi	....	seamstress
Rosa Moschella	....	seamstress
Alice Persano	....	wardrobe assistant
Gisa Rinaldi	....	seamstress
Giordana Russo	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
Denton Brown	....	second assistant editor
Chantal Carmellini	....	editing runner: Italy
Peter Hunt	....	color grader
Sylvia Wheeler	....	negative cutter
Neil Williams	....	first assistant editor
Liberata Zocchi	....	second assistant editor: Italy

Music Department
Jeff Atmajian	....	orchestrator
Matt Cullen	....	assistant recording engineer
George Hamer	....	orchestral contractor
Rachel Portman	....	orchestrator
Bill Silcock	....	music copyist
David Snell	....	conductor

Transportation Department
Daniele Abeille	....	transportation captain
Antonio Angiuoli	....	driver
Andrea Atzu	....	driver
Luigi Buldrini	....	driver
Lorenzo Ceccarini	....	driver
Giovanni Cosi	....	driver
Antonino Cucillo	....	driver
Luigi D'Abrosca	....	driver
Mauro De Vito	....	driver
Mauro Fiori	....	driver
Pietro Leone	....	driver
Luigi Lumbari	....	driver (as Luigi Lombari)
Massimo Mazzoni	....	driver
Stefano Orabona	....	driver
Sergio Paladina	....	driver
Luciano Plescia	....	driver
Pietro Procaccianti	....	driver
Massimiliano Rocchetti	....	assistant transportation captain
Giuliano Troiano	....	driver
Camillo Sagarriga Visconti	....	driver

Other crew
Maurizio Aquilanti	....	crew: Tarquinia
Kim Ballard	....	production finance: FilmFour
Renato Bartolucci	....	crew: Malta
Claudio Bassignana	....	crew: Turin
Rachel Bennette	....	script editor
Mona Bernal	....	production coordinator (as Maria Graciella 'Mona' Bernal)
Francesca Birri	....	production secretary
Marco Bonaudo	....	crew: Turin
Marcantonio Borghese	....	location manager: Malta
Giulia Botto	....	crew: Turin
Martella Bugeja	....	crew: Malta
Lucia Bugoloni	....	cashier
Roberta Butti	....	assistant to director
Mario Camilleri	....	crew: Malta
Francesca Campanella	....	crew: Turin
Alberto Carmellini	....	security officer
Enrico Casadei	....	rider
Marta Cipriani	....	office runner
Alfredo Colangeli	....	rushes runner
Vito Colazzo	....	location manager
Carmela Compagnone	....	payroll accountant
Luigi Conversini	....	crew: Tarquinia
Chris Cozens	....	auricle operator
Maura Cuda	....	crew: Turin
Maurizio Cusano	....	crowd marshall
Roberto Danesi	....	horse/carriage wrangler
Severo Danesi	....	rider
Joannah Simone Daniell	....	chaperone
Hannah Davies	....	assistant: Rachel Portman
Andrew Debono	....	crew: Malta
Mario De Cinti	....	crew: Malta
Michele De Leo	....	cashier
Carlo De Rocco	....	crew: Malta
Alessandro Macchi Di Cellere	....	assistant location manager
Mattia Donna	....	crew: Turin
Anna Edlebi	....	crew: Malta
Pierre Ellul	....	crew: Malta
Francesco Esposito	....	stand-in
Maurizio Faloci	....	crew: Malta
Marco Federici	....	floor runner
Giorgio Ficarra	....	crew: Turin
Annabel Fleri-Soler	....	crew: Malta
Rita Galea	....	crew: Malta
Giovanni Gebbia	....	crew: Turin
Marcelle Genovese	....	crew: Malta
Chiara Gentile	....	crew: Tarquinia
Beniamino Gigli	....	rider
Christian Giuliani	....	assistant production coordinator
Luca Grivet Brancot	....	crowd marshall
Cecilia Gurlino	....	crew: Turin
Jim Hajicosta	....	production accountant: UK
Mike Higgins	....	unit location manager: Malta
Andrew Hildebrand	....	business affairs: FilmFour
Enrico Latella	....	unit location manager
Dino Mancini	....	crew: Tarquinia
Mauro Mancini	....	crew: Tarquinia
Dante Marcoaldi	....	crew: Tarquinia
Sabrina Marocchini	....	stand-in
Pasquale Martino	....	animal handler
Alessandro Merluzzi	....	crew: Tarquinia
Andrea Missa	....	animal handler
Giorgia Onofri	....	script supervisor
Gino Parisi	....	teacher
Patrizia Pierucci	....	cashier
Stefano Pirri	....	crew: Tarquinia
Joe Pisani	....	crew: Malta
Angelo Poretti	....	crew: Turin
Patrizia Roletti	....	production secretary
Pietro Rosella	....	rider
Annalisa Schmid	....	production secretary
Susan Schrader	....	assistant accountant
Debbie Scicluna	....	crew: Malta
Umberto Secchi	....	crew: Tarquinia
Amedeo Segatori	....	rider
Massimiliano Spinelli	....	crew: Turin
Laura Storoni	....	crew: Tarquinia
Ron Taylor	....	laboratory contact: Eurolab
Giorgio Tregnaghi	....	production accountant: Italy
Day Trinh-Dinh	....	projectionist (as Trinh Dinh Day)
Helen Tulley	....	business affairs: FilmFour
Eugenia Valente	....	crew: Tarquinia
Attilio Vallucci	....	rider
Alessandro Vivenzio	....	rider
Benedetta Von Normann	....	production secretary
Julia Wilson Dickson	....	dialogue coach (as Julia Wilson-Dixon)
Claudio Zamarion	....	crew: Tarquinia
Andrea Zanini	....	crew: Turin
R.H. Davies	....	marine coordinator (uncredited)

Thanks
Olivia Barker	....	thanks
Angelique Berès	....	thanks
Aída Bortnik	....	thanks
Mama Cazort	....	thanks
James Clayton	....	thanks
Francesco De Biase	....	thanks
Joe De Marco	....	thanks
Elizabeth Dench	....	thanks
Anna Domino	....	thanks
Nicki Ledermann	....	thanks
Michael Lubin	....	thanks
Ruth McCance	....	thanks
Bob McLarty	....	thanks
Charles Moore	....	thanks
Abigail Morgan	....	thanks
Luigi Musini	....	thanks
Vanessa Pereira	....	thanks
Tina Rathborne	....	thanks
Lisbeth Savill	....	thanks
Par Taylor	....	thanks

Production Companies

• FilmFour
• Mikado Films
• Panorama Films (co-production)
• Rai Cinemafiction (as Rai Cinema)
• Redwave Films (as Redwave Films Limited)
• Senator Film Produktion (as Senator Films)

Distributors

• Film Four International (2002) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
• FilmFour
• Paramount Classics (2002) (USA)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2003) (Brazil) (VHS) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment
• United International Pictures (UIP) (Argentina)
• United King Films

Special Effects

• Corridori G & A Cinematografica S.r.l. (special effects) (as Corridori G & A Cinematografica)
• Moving Picture Company (MPC) (digital visual effects)

Other Companies

• Acea S.p.a.  thanks
• Agence Photographique de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris  thanks
• Aglie e Roviano  thanks
• Air Malta  thanks
• Angels  costumes (as Angels the Costumiers London)
• Annamode 68  costumes (as Annamode 68 - Roma)
• Anselmo Bonora  set dressing supplied by
• Arredamenti Cineteatrali G.R.P.  set dressing supplied by (as Arredamenti Cineteatrali GRP Di Renato Postiglione & C. S.r.l.)
• Asse e Orato Alla Viabilita e Protezione Civile di Tarquinia  thanks (as Asseeorato Alla Viabilita e Protezione Civile di Tarquinia)
• Atlante  script translation
• Blue Film Milano  stills processing
• Brancato  costumes
• Bucks Music Group  administration: Berkely Music Ltd.
• CT Catering on the Road  catering
• Capital FX, London  titles and opticals
• Cinecittà  sound laboratory
• Cinesicurtà  insurance services
• Colorzenith  stills processing
• Comando di Polizia Municipale di Tarquinia  thanks
• Comune di Collegno  thanks
• Corbett & Keene  unit publicity (as Corbett & Keene)
• Cornejo  costumes (as Sastreria Cornejo S.A.)
• Costumi d'Arte  costumes (as Costumi d'Arte - Roma)
• Ditta Pompei  costumes (as Calzatore Pompei)
• Ditta Rancati  costumes (as E. Rancati S.r.l.)
• Ditta Rancati  set dressing supplied by (as E. Rancati S.r.l.)
• Emme  location services: Turin (as Emme Produzione S.r.l.)
• Extempora  set dressing supplied by
• Favoltà di Architettura di Torino  thanks
• Film Commission Regione Piemonte  thanks
• Gioielli L.A.B.A. Roma  jewelry
• Goldcrest Post Production London  sound recording (as Goldcrest Post-Production)
• Il Comune di Tarquinia  thanks
• International Film Guarantors  completion guaranty (as International Film Guarantors)
• LVR  telecinema (as LVR S.r.l.)
• La Città di Nanza  thanks (as La Cittadinanza)
• La Città di Torino  thanks
• Les Ateliers du Costume  costumes
• Media Insurance Brokers  insurance services
• Mediterranean Film Studios Ltd.  studios: Malta
• Museo Napoleonico Roma  thanks
• Nouvelles Frontieres  thanks
• Olivetti - Canon Aglie  thanks
• Olswang  legal services
• Panalight  camera and grip equipment supplied by
• Panorama Films  production services: Italy
• Prefettura di Torino  thanks
• Punto Verde  greenery
• Rochetti & Rochetti  wigs
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script
• Sony Music Studios  music recorded at
• Square Sail Shipyard Ltd.  ship supplied by (as Square Sail Shipyard Limited)
• Studio Ajanì, Moracchioli  location permits: Turin
• Tirelli Costumi  costumes
• Trasporti Cinematografici Tranquilli (TCT)  transportation (as T.C.T. Tranquilli S.r.l.)
• Tribunale di Torino  thanks

Also Known As:

I vestiti nuovi dell'imperatore (Italy)
My Napoleon (UK) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for brief language.

Runtime:

Japan:107 min | Argentina:108 min | USA:107 min

Country:

Italy | UK | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | USA:PG | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

FilmFour

Trivia:

While the historical Napoleon never had the opportunity to say "They have changed my battlefield". It is reported that the Duke of Wellington said exactly that when he revisited the place after the huge Belgian memorial mound was erected there.

Quotes:

Eugene: My guts have been troubling me of late.
Montholon: Perhaps Your Royal Highness would not suffer such pains if he did not sit around on his fat arse all day, stuffing his face like a pig.
Eugene: [through a mouthful of sweets] I wish to consult a doctor.
Montholon: Do you indeed?
Eugene: An Italian doctor. No, German! The best there is!
Montholon: You'll have your doctor when you've done your duty, not before.
[Eugene reaches for another sweet]
Montholon: [shouts] And stop stuffing your damn face!
[Eugene stands up abruptly, gasping, and keels over]

A story of whimsy and the betrayal of fate.

First off I need to say that Ian Hom is amazing. To be able to play two different characters of two different persuasions and bearings is mind-blowing. This film is whimsical and fun and a very good "what if" of history. Parts of it are sad and parts are humorous and all of it is good. A human element is given to characters whom are known to history solely for their deeds and every character in the film has depth of field and a real personality. Many of the scenes are played out in textbook fashion with a beginning a middle and an end with rising and falling action and yet each scene propels the story line further and is a driving force to the film as a whole. My personal favorite moment in the film is the melon scene where Naploean as an exile in his own country still becomes a general of a an army of melon merchants. Sheer brilliance and very beautiful in its humanity. This film shows that although a person can't change whop they are, everyone can change direction and find love.