Napoleon

Born in 1769 to a poor but aristocratic Corsican patriot family, 6 year old Napolon Bonaparte is enrolled in a French academy, where his military career begins. His capabilities are amply demonstrated with a series of dazzling victories in Revolutionary France's Italian campaign. He becomes obsessed with and marries Josephine, a widow, and begins a meteoric rise to power. He gradually compromises his egalitarian ideals and crowns himself emperor in 1804. After he establishes himself as master of Europe with victories in battles like Austerlitz and diplomatic alliances, he embarks on a series of decisions that mark his decline and fall: an ill-advised occupation of Spain, his divorce of Josephine and marriage into the Hapsburg family, and his disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. After a failed attempt to return to power culminating in final defeat at Waterloo in 1815, he spends his remaining years defining his legacy with his memoirs.

Cast

• David McCullough

• Season 1
• Episode 1: To Destiny
  USA:2000...
• Episode 2: Mastering Luck
  USA:2000...
• Episode 3: The Summit of Ambition
  USA:2000...
• Episode 4: The End
  USA:2000...

• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Napoleon - Ani Difranco
• Napoleon - Sloppy Meateaters
• Napoleon - Race The Sun
• How Far I'll Fly - Napoleon

they told you your music
could reach millions
that the choice was up to you
you told me they always
pay for lunch
and they believe in what i do
and i wonder
if you miss your old friends
once you've proven what you're worth
yeah i wonder
when you're a big star
will you miss the earth
and i know you would always want more
i know you would never be done
'cuz everyone is a fucking napoleon
yeah everyone is a fucking napoleon
and the next time
that i saw you
you were larger than life
you came and you conquered
you were doing alright
you had an army
of suits behind you
and all you had to be was willing
and i said i still
make a pretty good living
you must make a killing
a killing
and i hope that you are happy
i hope at least you are having fun
'cuz but everyone is a fucking napoleon
yeah everyone is a fucking napoleon
now you think, so that is
the way it's gonna be
that's what this is all about
i think that that is
the way it always was
you chose not to notice until now
yeah now that there's a problem
you call me up to confide
and you go on for over an hour
'bout each one that took you for a ride
and i guess that you dialed my number
'cuz you thought for sure that i'd agree
i said baby, you know i still love you
but how dare you complain to me
everyone is a fucking napoleon

There goes the band up in flames
Just like Napoleon
Zero self-esteem is what you suffer from
Your pride will choke you
the power to absolve is in your pocket
Deep in your pocket
Atonement in deployment
there is no sin,
neutral is my motion (in a godless universe)
time moves, I exist
Resting on his fists
scorched Earth politics
give more than ya got
altruistic plot, to undermine
our very short time of existence
don't resist it
Blinded by his vanity
Crippled by insecurity
That’s me
And you're better than you know
You’re better than you know
you're better than you show

It's your game
you have managed to grab everyone's attention
the spotlight scorching your flesh
caught between the pedestal and ceiling
I can't just stand there to watch it as it raises
soon it will crush you entirely
and you know I would pull every arm and leg
from socket of my own to just reach you
and with all my force and weight I'd tip you over
because I know you would land feet first
I'd Expect your glare
Oh how my hand shakes from satisfaction
this ink I drain dries like the salt on your wound
don't forget to buy them out
burn the, burn the confession box
don't forget to win their hearts
and level the chapel
Sweet irony, sarcasm always had its plague upon me
can we humor this just for now?
caught between the salted wound and punchline
funnier then than now
I've always, how I've missed it
this value called value
Oh how my hand shakes from satisfaction
this ink I drain dries like the salt on your wound
at this my voice is dry
as you dissect my words
and the knots that form
may you press them against your worth
don't forget to buy them out
burn the, burn the confession box
don't forget to win their hearts
and level the chapel

How far I'll fly
Napoleon Movie 1995
Music by Bill Conti
Threes a new world out there,
Coming to find me
Everything's waiting up ahead
Nothings behind me,
If I don't dream
If I don't try,
How will I know how far ill fly?
I'm high flying and free
There's a sun rising for me,
There may be cities beyond the roof tops
Oceans beyond the seas
Ill fly out to a far away sky,
No one has travelled so far
Out to a far away star
Maybe farther.
There's a new world out there,
Coming to find me
Everything's waiting up ahead
Nothings behind me,
If I don't dream
If I don't try,
How will I know how far ill fly?
There may be mountain peaks,
I want to slide down,
There may be rivers fast and wide
I want to ride down
If I don't dream
If I don't try