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Furthermore the battle appears to go exactly how historians would have wanted with plenty of emphasis put on every area of the battlefield.
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Another quote from the movie which embodies the respect and honour associated with this period of military history Wellington is observing the French preparations for the commencement of battle, watching over the pomp and ritual somewhat contemptuously but also in admiration, "Dramatic fellows, these French, music and banners, quite beautiful." As far as I am aware the historical attention to detail is second to none with all the main areas included such as the lead-up to the battle at Ligny and Quatre Bras. Wellington knew this would be the battle that would make or break him, and he wanted Napoleon there operating at his best. Napoleon was the man to beat in 1815 and Wellington had his eyes very much set on that prize, this is well exemplified just before the battle commences when a soldier asks Wellington to fire a cannon shot when Napoleon rides into range, to which Wellington replies somewhat aghast "Certainly not, commanders of armies have something better to do than to fire at one another". These 2 generals had a special rivalry in 19th century military history and the way real quotes are dropped in at certain points during the movie is top class. The two main protagonists Napoleon and Wellington are portrayed superbly by Rod Steiger and Christopher Plummer respectively, as we get a really detailed insight into both men's characters. I only discovered Waterloo a couple of years ago and that was after buying the DVD for £4 in Asda! What a bargain buy it turned out to be, a true classic in every sense of the word. Richard Heffer who play a major featured role in the film says the script as filmed was much longer than the film that came out that many of the cast had huge chunks of their roles deleted. Columbia Pictures also shortened CROMWELL for the same reason. The film was planned as a Road Show release but by 1970 the practice had lost favor with the studios. It is clear from the cast list that many characters were cut. So this 'cut' will never see the light of day. He also says he stupidly didn't make a dupe of this rough cut, a usual process in post production. But after much discussion the present length was agreed on. The myth may derive from an earlier part of Meyer's article when he states that the rough cut was 4 hours long - not unusual for a film of this scope and scale. He says that they only have the 132m version in their vaults and no longer 4 hours version ever existed. This has been confirmed by Vladimir Dorsal, the film's First Assistant and later the head of Mosfilm in Moscow. Meyer, the longest version is the 132 minute version. According to an article written by the film's editor and associate producer Richard C.