Apocalypse Now (Blu-ray) R
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Blu-ray Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 3 hours, 22 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 19, 2010
- Originally Released: 1979
- Label: Lions Gate
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall & Martin Sheen | |
Performer: | Frederic Forrest, Scott Glenn, Harrison Ford, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Albert Hall, G.D. Spradlin & Dennis Hopper | |
Directed by | Francis Ford Coppola | |
Edited by | Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Jerry Greenberg & Lisa Fruchtman | |
Screenwriting by | Francis Ford Coppola & John Milius | |
Original story by | Joseph Conrad | |
Composition by | Carmine Coppola & Francis Ford Coppola | |
Art Direction by | Angelo Graham | |
Produced by | Francis Ford Coppola | |
Director of Photography: | Vittorio Storaro |
Memorable Quotes and Dialog:
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning."
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1979 -
Best Cinematography: Vittorio Storaro
Cannes 1979 -
Palme d'Or: Not Applicable
Entertainment Reviews:
...A brilliant and bizarre film....An exhilarating action and adventure exercise....The cast is extraordinary, with Sheen extremely effective in laconic style...
Variety
Apocalypse has the expressive extravagance of a Wagner opera-and not merely because the swooping helicopter scene is set to the "Ride of the Valkyries."
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Village Voice
Apocalypse Now is not merely the greatest film to come out of the Vietnam experience but one of the great works about the madness of our times.
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Guardian
...One of the key films of the century. Most films are lucky to contain a single great sequence. APOCALYPSE NOW strings together one after another, with the river journey as the connecting link...
Chicago Sun-Times
Coppola says he wanted to get to the moral issues that are behind all wars, but I think he has done no more than demonstrate the obvious-that in Vietnam we fought a bad war.
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The Nation
Although Apocalypse Now is not a great movie, it shows a still-impressive, politically inspired ambition -- a reminder of why film culture matters... Mixing pessimism with astonishment, it expanded cultural unease on a grand 70mm scale.
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National Review
[Brando] hardly needed anything but his voice and his eyes to make a lasting impression.
Entertainment Weekly
Product Description:
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.
In August 2001, a new version of the film, title APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX, was released. The new version includes 49 minutes of never-before-seen footage, a Technicolor enhancement, and a six-channel soundtrack.
In August 2001, a new version of the film, title APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX, was released. The new version includes 49 minutes of never-before-seen footage, a Technicolor enhancement, and a six-channel soundtrack.
Keywords:
Big Battles
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Classic
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Psychodrama
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Vietnam
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War
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Assassination
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Jungle
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Recommended
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Military
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Disturbing
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Theatrical Release
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Essential Cinema