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Title: AN EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE
Review: These are the pros: an excellent performance by Clavier!, gorgeous costumes, beautiful location and set photography, and the amazing story of a man who fought one war after another, changed the course of history, and ended, as all mortals, alone to face his maker. The cons? Very few. The Egypt and Waterloo sequences were much too brief, considering how important they are historically. I saw the complete series on DVD back to back, which is something I rarely do. It was compulsively watchable: thoroughly enjoyable and involving. The Abel Gance silent movie may be more "cinematic", but this one, by being straightforward, conveys more and is less distracting visually. The minisieries is not a work of art, but it is great entertainment.
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