Apocalypse Now Redux
Released 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.
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.
| Starring |
Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms, Dennis Hopper, Tom Mason, Laurence Fishburne, Harrison Ford, Albert Hall |
| Director |
Francis Ford Coppola |
| Studio |
BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time |
DVD: 3 hrs 14 mins Blu-ray: 3 hrs 22 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 2 hrs 54 mins |
| Certificate |
DVD
LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Collections |
100 must-see movies, American Film Institute's top 100 |
| Genres |
Action/Adventure, Drama |
| Language |
DVD: English Blu-ray: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Dubbed |
Italian |
| Hearing-impaired |
English |
| Subtitles |
DVD: English, Italian |
| Released |
Production year: 1979
To Watch Online: LOVEFiLM Instant: 31 Dec 2011
To Rent: DVD: 22 Apr 2002 Blu-ray: 13 Jun 2011 |
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The film vividly captures the insanity of the Vietnam war and transfers to it the feeling of unimaginable horror that marked Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness, which was its first inspiration. It uses hyperbole and overstatement to convey in
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Even though I think the original film has been diluted due to the expansion of the Brando and Sheen characters, and with the addition of even more surreal and ...
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I love this film ! genius ...but this is an edited version without the french'es ......sham....still brilliant movie one of a kind !
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This it is not the Redux version of the film. It's the original cinematic release with the Redux ending without the airstrike bolted on
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So begins Captain Willard's journey up the Nung River in the remote Cambodian Jungle and possibly the most self contained and cool performance in cinema.read more »
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Overlooked by Oscar
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences is not infallible. Sometimes the wrong films win: Citizen Kane lost to How Green Was My Valley. Apocalypse Now lost to Kramer vs Kramer. Raging Bull lost to Ordinary People. Goodfellas lost to Dances with Wolves. Pulp Fiction lost to Forrest Gump. And Brokeback Mountain lost to Crash. But at least all those losers were nominated. How much worse to be overlooked entirely! I’ll give you an example: in 1958, the Academy ignored Alfred Hitchcock
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