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Herzog, Francis Ford Coppola approached the production of Apocalypse Now as if it was his own epic mission into the heart of darkness. On location in the storm-ravag...
Herzog, Francis Ford Coppola approached the production of Apocalypse Now as if it was his own epic mission into the heart of darkness. On location in the storm-ravag...
APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX
Original score composed by Carmine Coppola and Francis Copolla.Personnel includes: Randy
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Hansen (guitar); Carmine Copolla (flute); Patrick Gleeson, Richard Beggs, Benard L. Krause, Ed Goldfarb, Don Preston, Shirley Walker, Nyle Steiner (synthesizer); Mickey Hart (percussion); The Rhythm Devils.Includes liner notes by Francis Coppola.n
Herzog, Francis Ford Coppola approached the production of Apocalypse Now as if it was his own epic mission into the heart of darkness. On location in the storm-ravaged Philippines, he quite literally went mad as the project threatened to devour him in a vortex of creative despair but from this insanity came one of the greatest films ever made. It began as a John Milius screenplay, transposing Joseph Conrad's classic story "Heart of Darkness" into the horrors of the Vietnam War, following a battle-weary Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) on a secret upriver mission to find and execute the renegade Colonel Kurtz(Marlon Brando), who has reverted to a state of murderous and mystical insanity. The journey is fraught with danger involving war-time action on epic and intimate scales. One measure of the film's awesome visceral impact is the number of sequences, images and lines of dialogue that have literally burned themselves into our cinematic consciousness, from the Wagnerian strike of helicopter gunships on a Vietnamese village to the brutal murder of stowaways and the unflinching fearlessness of the surfing warrior Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore (Robert Duvall), who speaks lovingly of "the smell of napalm in the morning." Like Herzog's Aguirre: The Wrath of God, this film is the product of genius cast into a pit of hell and emerging, phoenix-like, in triumph. Coppola's obsession (effectively detailed in the riveting documentary Hearts of Darkness, directed by Coppola's wife, Eleanor) informs every scene and every frame, and the result is a film for the ages. --Jeff Shannon
Herzog, Francis Ford Coppola approached the production of Apocalypse Now as if it was his own epic mission into the heart of darkness. On location in the storm-ravaged Philippines, he quite literally went mad as the project threatened to devour him in a vortex of creative despair but from this insanity came one of the greatest films ever made. It began as a John Milius screenplay, transposing Joseph Conrad's classic story "Heart of Darkness" into the horrors of the Vietnam War, following a battle-weary Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) on a secret upriver mission to find and execute the renegade Colonel Kurtz(Marlon Brando), who has reverted to a state of murderous and mystical insanity. The journey is fraught with danger involving war-time action on epic and intimate scales. One measure of the film's awesome visceral impact is the number of sequences, images and lines of dialogue that have literally burned themselves into our cinematic consciousness, from the Wagnerian strike of helicopter gunships on a Vietnamese village to the brutal murder of stowaways and the unflinching fearlessness of the surfing warrior Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore (Robert Duvall), who speaks lovingly of "the smell of napalm in the morning." Like Herzog's Aguirre: The Wrath of God, this film is the product of genius cast into a pit of hell and emerging, phoenix-like, in triumph. Coppola's obsession (effectively detailed in the riveting documentary Hearts of Darkness, directed by Coppola's wife, Eleanor) informs every scene and every frame, and the result is a film for the ages. --Jeff Shannon
Advantages: Classic war movie in directors cut Disadvantages: Confusing conclusion
...obvious to those who saw Apocalypse Now, its hard to see any significant change to the pre-existing material Apocalypse Now Redux is a journey movie. US army Capt. Willard (Martin Sheen) is taken in a small patrol boat up river an a secret mission through Vietnam into Cambodia to meet Col Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a renegade US Colonel, and "terminate him with extreme prejudice." It's the height of what we call the Vietnam War and the victors call the ... ...joining Kurtz. Will Willard?
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Stunning visual scenes and a hallucinogenic portrayal of the madness and morality of war make this film appear on every 'best picture' list. The additional scenes add more layers of complexity. Major new scenes are the French plantation (mentioned above) and a reappearance of the Playboy bunnies. Their helicopter has run out of fuel and landed at an abandoned tent hospital. They trade their ...
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Advantages: Better flow than the original cut Disadvantages: A bit too long
...television, there was this film, Apocalypse Now. The history of the film is as fascinating as the characters who comprise the film (both on and off screen), as is also true of the subject matter -- the controversial and star-crossed venture of America into the dense jungles of southeast Asia. While the director, Francis Ford Coppola, will be remembered for his involvement in many major films (such as American Grafitti, the Godfather series), this ... ...of his works, but also of American war films. There is a darkness, an eerie mystery that is woven throughout the tale of Captain Willard (Sheen) going into the jungle on a mission he can't tell anyone about, and as we come to learn, this is not merely because he is sworn to secrecy, but discovers that he himself doesn't know what is happening much of the time. Even as confused and mysterious as the war seemed to the American people (and, as it turns ...
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Advantages: Restores legendary "lost" materials, more complete storyline Disadvantages: Tampering with classic film, length
...minutes) and resequenced version of Apocalypse Now. The “Redux” version ("Redux" means "returned," as from battle or exile) restores scenes, which have been debated, by film historians and experts to such an extent over the years that they have retained a near legendary status. The scenes, which have been restored, are the colonial French plantation scene, extended footage of the surf crazy Colonel Kilgore (brilliantly played by Robert Duvall), additional ... ...the Playboy bunnies in a rain drenched command post.
The classic Vietnam (anti) war epic takes us on a journey into the insane mind of Colonel Kurtz (a brilliant but possibly crazy Marlon Brando) as he is hunted by Captain Willard (an equally crazy Martin Sheen currently best known for “The West Wing”). The story is loosely based on Joseph Conrad's 1901 novel "Heart of Darkness". This novel tells a tale of cannibalism in colonial Africa full of ...
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Advantages: A great film made even better Disadvantages: It drags on a bit
The world's greatest war movie has been extended....and it's better than ever before. 50 minutes of extra footage have been added to Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece in this director's cut, every single minute worth it.
The story is not really like other Vietnam war films in that a lot of them 'glorify' the US army. Well, fortunately, this one doesn't. Martin Sheen stars as Captain Willard, a Green Beret who is given a mission to go up the Nung ... ...is a highly rated officer who goes insane due to the nature of war.
Capt. Willard sets off in a Navy patrol boat with a crew consisting of Phillips (the Chief), Lance (A famous Surfer from L.A.), Chef and Mr.Clean but needs more help than that to get into the river itself. His help comes from a chopper squadron led by Colonel Bill Kilgore (Robert Duvall) who is as insane as Kurtz, but in a different way. He takes over Vietcong coastline villages ...
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Advantages: Outstanding War Film Disadvantages: None
'Apocalypse Now' was released in 1979, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and stared Martin Sheen as lead character, Captain Willard. The extract of this film I shall be analysing is the opening scene in which the central characters, including Captain Willard, are introduced. This film attempts to reflect the brutal events of the Vietnam conflict as well as the trauma and anguish suffered by those involved. It was produced not just for profit or entertainment, ... ...in the Vietnam War during a period when the conflict was condemned by politicians, amongst many others.
The scene opens with a still camera shot of a vast expanse of jungle. Peaceful silence is disturbed only by the movement of various wildlife, and the quiet yet repetitive sounds, of what the viewer believes to be the wings of a bird, or something similar. The camera remains fixed as nothing moves except a thin haze of smoke in the distance. Everything ...
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Actor(s): Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms, Dennis Hopper, Tom Mason, Laurence Fishburne, Harrison Ford, Albert Hall
Director(s): Francis Ford Coppola
Genre: War
Classification: 15 years and over
Production Year: 1979
Running Time: 3 hours 14 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film
Country Of Origin: United States of America
Plot: 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.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINM; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
Release date: 22/04/2002
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: BED 888453
Editor: Richard Marks
Set Designer: George Robert Nelson
Barcode: 5017188884532
Production Designer: Angelo Graham, Dean Tavoularis
Screenwriter: Michael Herr, John Milius, Francis Ford Coppola
Cinematographer: Vittorio Storaro
Composer: Carmine Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola
Featured: Francis Ford Coppola
Executive Producer: Francis Ford Coppola
Director of Photography: Vittorio Storaro
Producer: Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Herr
Author: Joseph Conrad, Michael Herr, John Milius, Francis Ford Coppola
Art Director: Angelo Graham
Costume Designer: Charles James
Languages
Main Language: English
Subtitle Language: English
Hearing Impaired Language: English
DVD Description
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.
Technical information
Aspect Ratio: Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 English Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround English
Professional reviews
Review: "...APOCALYPSE NOW remains a majestic explosion of pure cinema. It's a hallucinatory poem of fear..." (Entertainment Weekly, p.48, 10/08/2001)
"...A bravura piece of filmmaking..." (Los Angeles Times, p.1, 11/05/2001)
"...A masterpiece....Nothing seems superfluous in this new APOCALYPSE....Coppola has reached the finish line at last. It smells like victory..." (Rolling Stone, p.115, 16/08/2001)
"...There's a verisimilitude about it that no digital trickery could match....[The film] will continue to astound..." (Sight and Sound, p.41-2, 01/12/2001)
"...APOCALYPSE NOW is a reassuring rarity....A genuinely stronger film. That's right -- one of the best movies ever made just got better..." (Total Film, p.94, 01/12/2001)
"...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 (USA Today, p.2E, 03/08/2001)
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