Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (2 Discs)

One of the great 1980's miniseries, on DVD at last!
I was delighted to find out that "Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story" is, 25 years after its original airing, finally on commercial DVD. I taped this to VHS way back in 1987 when it first broadcast, only (much to my dismay) to accidentally tape part of it over with something else. Over the years since, I've hunted down and traded for VHS and DVD-R copies of varying qualities from video collectors. That this classic has finally gotten an official release gives me a lot of hope that another great 1980's TV costume epic, Simon Langton's "Casanova", will soon receive the same treatment.

This miniseries is sumptuously produced, with affecting performances by Armand Assante (Napoleon) and Jacqueline Bisset (Josephine) at its core, fittingly so since the film is, after all, about the relationship of this legendary couple. The movie is overall quite accurate in its depiction of the story, reproducing many famous events both from Napoleon's life and that of the duo. This is...

Forgotten Sumptuous Production
This beautiful rendition of Napoleon and Josephine Love Story has been totally forgotten to be released in DVD-format, since 1987 when it was shown on TV as two-part miniseries. Since then, the French has stolen the show by releasing Napoleon in 2001, a more complete history on the rise and fall of Napoleon. Though, I still prefer the TV mini-series Production, with Armand Assante and Jacqueline Bisset over the french's Isalebella Rossellini and Christian Xavier?
Thorn-Birds, The Winds of War, War and Remembrance, Lonesome Dove, etc. have all been released in DVD-format, please consider releasing Napoleon & Josephine,a Love Story for cherished fans.

Classic 1980's miniseries frustratingly unavailable on U.S. VHS or DVD
This sumptuously-produced 4-hours-plus miniseries, featuring Armand Assante and Jacqueline Bisset in the title roles (with supporting performances by Stephanie Beacham, among others) is one of these movies that are, much to the frustration of classic video fans, still unavailable on any form of home video in the U.S. even decades after their release. It's very much to be hoped that, now that the various "vault" series such as Warner Brothers' and Universal's are finally releasing long-neglected movies and miniseries on DVD, this one - like, for example, "Lace" and "The Two Mrs. Grenvilles" - will finally get its long-overdue release on DVD.

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