Talk:Kevin Brownlow

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Problem with the David Gill link. When one clicks on it, you go to the astronomer David Gill. When one then clicks on the disambiguation link on that page, the film historian David Gill is NOT listed as one of the people. A page for film historian David Gill needs to be created and linked to the Kevin Brownlow page.

I have made a David Gill (film historian) page and linked through. AndreaUKA (talk) 20:54, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Scrambled Napoleon
The material about showings of the Napoleon restorations is scrambled as of this date. The "new score by Carl Davis" presumably refers to the 2000 restoration, not the 1980 restoration, as the text currently indicates: the 1980 version was scored by Carmine Coppola. Live-orchestra-accompanied showings of the 1980 version were not confined to NYC and London, as implied, it was a traveling roadshow. I caught it in 1981 at the same Oakland Paramount that hosted the later restoration in 2012, and the film's article currently includes a photo that nicely documents its 1981 stand in Chicago. A 2013 London screening, which was presumably NOT of the 1980 version, is mentioned out of sequence, before note is made of Gance's death (in 1981), the 2000 restoration, and the 2012 Oakland showing. Someone with a more acute interest in this article than mine needs to check facts, perform surgery, maybe even supply another cit or two. 66.249.175.249 (talk) 22:46, 17 August 2014 (UTC)


 * No, there were two scores because of a messy rights situation. Carl Davis' version does originate from 1980. See his and Brownlow's comments in this Guardian article: "How we made – Napoleon", 29 November 2013. Philip Cross (talk) 05:49, 18 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Added the above source to try and clarify the situation in 1980 without going into unnecessary minutiae. For this reason it was necessary to remove the mention of New York! Philip Cross (talk) 06:09, 18 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Definitely clearer now. I had not realized there were already two different scores in 1980-81: Carmine Coppola certainly composed and conducted the one I heard at the 1981 Oakland showing. It still seems that the apparently much longer 2000 version of the film must demand a sufficiently expanded and reworked version of either 1980 score that the result should be distinguished as "new" or at least "revised", although not in this article's brief passing mention, and unclarity about such a distinction may in itself be a source of some confusion to readers of the other related articles. 66.81.241.109 (talk) 07:13, 18 August 2014 (UTC)