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Apocalypse Now - The Complete
Dossier - 2 Disc Special Collector's Edition
Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece about
the moral madness of the Vietnam War was inspired by Joseph Conrad's
novella, HEART OF DARKNESS. Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) is sent
into the Cambodian
jungle to "terminate with extreme prejudice" Colonel Kurtz
(Marlon Brando), who has become insane and now runs his own kingdom of
darkness.
Coppola nearly went bankrupt financing this film and Martin Sheen suffered
a heart attach while filming. Also stars Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest,
Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne and Dennis Hopper.
"...'Apocalypse Now' is the best Vietnam film, one of
the greatest of all films, because it pushes beyond the others, into
the dark places
of the soul. It is not about war so much as about how war reveals truths
we would be happy never to discover."---Roger Ebert
This collection presents both the 1979 original and the 2001 restored
and updated version, with 49 minutes of never-before-seen footage,
a Technicolor enhancement, and a six-channel soundtrack.
Selected for the Library of Congress National Film Registry of American
Film.
DVD - 2 Disc Set
- Contains both the 1979 and 2001 versions
- Available Subtitles: English, Spanish
- Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Commentary by: Francis Ford Coppola (both films) Dolby Digital
2.0
- Lost "monkey sampan" scene
- Outtake: Marlon Brando's complete reading of T.S. Eliot's poem "The
Hollow Men"
- 12 never-before-seen segments from the cutting room floor
- A/V Club featurettes: "The Birth of 5.1 Sound," "Ghost
Helicopter Flyover," "The Synthesizer Soundtrack
by Bob Moog,', and "Technical FAQ"
- The Post Production of Apocalypse Now featurettes: "A
Million Feet of Film: The Editing of Apocalypse Now," "The
Music of Apocalypse Now," "The Sound of Apocalypse
Now," and "The
Final Mix"
- "Apocalypse Then and Now" A retrospective
- "PBR Streetgang" - cast members' reunion
- "The Color Palette of Apocalypse Now"
- Redux Marker - special function to mark the added scenes and expanded
scenes of Apocalypse Now Redux
Curator's Comments:
Roger
Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.
Director: Francis Ford
Coppola
Color
355 minutes
Released: 1979/2001
Rated: R
Country: U.S.A.
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama/War
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