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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 (.. Read more

Starring Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest
Director Francis Ford Coppola
Genres Action/Adventure, Drama

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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 WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 3 hrs 14 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 15.gif
Collections 100 must-see movies
Genres Action/Adventure, Drama
Language English
Dubbed Italian
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles English, Italian
Released DVD: 22 Apr 2002
Production year: 1979
Format DVD
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  • 5 stars out of 5

    Direcor Francis Coppola inherited a modest movie about the Vietnam War from writer John Milius, and turned it into a phantasmagorical ride, in which Martin Sheen travels up the Mekong river to terminate Marlon Brando's rebel command “with extreme prejudice”. Working under difficult conditions in the Philippines and running way over budget, Coppola delivered a harrowing masterwork that bursts with malarial, mystical images, such as Playboy playmates in the jungle and the Wagnerian helicopter attack that ends with marines surfing and Robert Duvall famously saying, “I love the smell of napalm in the morning.” Notable faces in support include Harrison Ford and Dennis Hopper, the latter playing a photographer among the fanatical Brando followers. Now, after twenty years, comes Apocalypse Now Redux in which Coppola hasn't just tinkered with his beloved epic, he's restored a whopping 50 minutes of extra footage. Along with more scenes featuring Duvall and Brando, there's another sequence involving the Playboy girls. Longest of all, however, is a meeting between the crew and the French inhabitants of a dilapidated colonial plantation that allows the laconic Sheen to have something of an emotional moment with wistful widow Aurore Clément. Whether the additional scenes greatly enhance an already exhilarating experience is debatable, but they are certainly worth the wait.

    • Radio Times
  • 3 stars out of 4

    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

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
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  • 31 out of 37 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Still brilliant but mixed feelings

    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 maybe slightly contrived stop-offs for the riverboat crew, there's no denying that rarely in the relatively short history of director's cuts has there been such an exciting expansion of a classic movie like there has been in Redux. I'm still not sure which version I prefer but I am one hundred percent sure the extra scenes were worth seeing. An absolute must for fans of the original.

      • imran from London
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  • 17 out of 21 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Apocalypse No!

    I saw the original version years ago and loved it - one of my favourite films - and rented this one so I could introduce my dad to the film.

    I wish I hadn't!

    This version is appalling! It's now FAR to long and the new scenes, which add absolutely nothing to the film, destroy the film's pacing. Really disappointing.

    I can't stress enough that if you haven't seen Apocalypse Now, DO NOT watch this version. Track down the original instead, and you will be in for a treat!

      • Oliver from Stroud
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