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Based on Joseph Conrad's 'Heart Of Darkness'. An inside look at all the horrors, madness and moral dilemmas which was the Vietnam War. The story revolves around a captain who is sent to Vietnam to eliminate a mad colonel.

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ProducerFrancis Ford Coppola

EAN5055201819789

eBay Product ID (ePID)111284538

Product Key Features

ActorHarrison Ford, Tom Mason, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms, Martin Sheen, Albert Hall, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, Marlon Brando

Film/TV TitleApocalypse Now Redux

DirectorFrancis Ford Coppola

LanguageEnglish

Run Time202 Mins

FormatBlu-ray

Release Year2012

FeaturesIn a pristine new transfers supervised by Francis Ford Coppola\Presented in the original (2.35:1) theatrical aspect ratio\Contains both the original theatrical cut of Apocalypse Now and Apocalypse Now Redux\Hearts of Darkness: The Feature-Length Retrospective Making Of \Audio Commentary with Director Francis Ford Coppola\Interview with Francis Ford Coppola and Actor Martin Sheen\Video Interview with Francis Ford Coppola and Screenwriter John Milius\Fred Roos: Casting Apocalypse: featuring never-before-seen original screen tests\Original 1938 Radio Reading of Heart of Darkness by Orson Welles\2001 Video Interview of Francis Ford Coppola with Critic Roger Ebert - Presented in its entirety\Archival DVD Special Features\Audio Commentary With Eleanor and Francis Ford Coppola on HEARTS OF DARKNESS\John Milius Script Excerpts with Francis Ford Coppola\Storyboard Gallery\Marketing Archive

GenreWar

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate18

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerCarmine Coppola

Art DirectorAngelo Graham

Costume DesignerCharles James

Set DesignerGeorge Robert Nelson

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Director of PhotographyVittorio Storaro

Consumer AdviceContains strong bloody violence

Production DesignerDean Tavoularis

ReviewsUSA Today - "...The film now seems mellower and -- thanks in part to the most vibrant-looking prints in its 22-year history -- revitalized..." -- 4 out of 4 stars, Total Film - APOCALYPSE NOW is a reassuring rarity[...]A genuinely stronger film. That's right -- one of the best movies ever made just got better., Entertainment Weekly - ...APOCALYPSE NOW remains a majestic explosion of pure cinema. It's a hallucinatory poem of fear..., Variety - A brilliant and bizarre film[...]An exhilarating action and adventure exercise[...]The cast is extraordinary, with Sheen extremely effective in laconic style., Rolling Stone - A masterpiece[...]Nothing seems superfluous in this new APOCALYPSE[...]Coppola has reached the finish line at last. It smells like victory., New York Times - Coppola's APOCALYPSE NOW lives up to its grand title[...]The actors are superlatively right., Sight and Sound - ...There's a verisimilitude about it that no digital trickery could match....[The film] will continue to astound..., Los Angeles Times - ...A bravura piece of filmmaking...

Additional InformationReleased in August 2001, APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX, a restored and updated version of the 1979 film, includes 49 minutes of never-before-seen footage, a Technicolor enhancement, and a six-channel soundtrack.<BR>Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam epic, loosely based on HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad, tells the story of Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), a special agent sent into Cambodia to assassinate an errant American colonel (Marlon Brando). Willard is assigned a navy patrol boat operated by Chief (Albert Hall) and three hapless soldiers (Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms, and Larry Fishburne). They are escorted on part of their journey by an air cavalry unit led by Lt. Colonel Kilgore (Robert Duvall), a gung-ho commander with a love of Wagner, surfing, and napalm. After witnessing a surreal USO show featuring Playboy playmates and an anarchic battle with the Viet Cong at a bridge, Willard reaches Colonel Kurtz's compound. A crazed photo journalist and Kurtz groupie (Dennis Hopper) welcomes the crew, and Willard begins to question his orders to "terminate the colonel's command." The grueling production and Coppola's insistence on authenticity led to vast budget overruns and physical and emotional breakdowns. Considered to be one of the best war movies of all time, APOCALYPSE NOW features incredible performances and beautifully chaotic visuals that make it an absolute must-see.

ScreenwriterFrancis Ford Coppola

AuthorMichael Herr, John Milius, Joseph Conrad

Movie/TV TitleApocalypse Now Redux

EditorRichard Marks