This past weekend, and the one coming up, the Paramount Theater in Oakland, California will screen the rarely seen 5 1/2 hour restoration of Abel Gance's 1927 masterpiece, Napoleon. With live accompaniment by the Oakland East Bay Symphony conducted by Carl Davis and using his original score, it was an impressive presentation. DVDTalk's John Sinnott was there on opening night and has filed his report on the event. Since the film has been tied up in legal disputes for years, is doubtful that it will ever be released to home video. Even if it is released, it won't be possible to reproduce the finale, a 20-minute panoramic sequence with three projectors casting a connected image across three screens. It's truly a once-in-a-lifetime event. Read DVDTalk's full coverage!