Abel Gance's Napoleon Presented by San Francisco Silent Film Festival

Coming in March 2012 to the magnificent Art Deco Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California: Abel Gance's legendary silent masterpiece NAPOLEON. The four performances (March 24, 25, 31 & April 1) mark the U.S. premieres of both the complete 5 1/2 hour Photoplay-BFI restoration by Academy Award-winner Kevin Brownlow and the monumental orchestral score by Carl Davis, who will conduct the 46-piece Oakland East Bay Symphony.

NAPOLEON will be presented with its original 3-screen Polyvision climax, with the screen dramatically expanding to three times its width (for this remarkable finale, two custom-built screens will flank the Paramount's normal screen). This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience: the first time in 30 years that Napoleon in any form has been performed in any form with orchestra and Polyvision. No screenings are being planned for any other city and there are no plans for DVD, BluRay, streaming, or television. It's only in Oakland... live!
Tickets are now available at silentfilm.org.

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