Apocalypse Now (1979, 2001 Original Theatrical, Redux and Workprint versions) 2 x DVD5 Workprint, 2 x DVD9 Paramount The Complete Dossier, 3 Blu-Ray LionsGate Full Disclosure Edition (with Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse 1991), download for free

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Apocalypse Now (1979, 2001 Original Theatrical, Redux and Workprint versions) 2 x DVD5 Workprint, 2 x DVD9 Paramount The Complete Dossier, 3 Blu-Ray LionsGate Full Disclosure Edition (with Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse 1991)

by movieworld on January 23rd, 2017 at 14:10

Apocalypse Now (1979) is producer/director Francis Ford Coppola's visually beautiful, ground-breaking masterpiece with surrealistic and symbolic sequences detailing the confusion, violence, fear, and nightmarish madness of the Vietnam War.

The story is straightforward - Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), an experienced assassin, is sent on a mission up-river to find and kill decorated soldier Walter Kurtz (Marlon Brando), who has gone insane and started his own army deep in the jungle near the Vietnam-Cambodia border. The journey is a dangerous one, but as Willard sets out with his own personal demons and a small patrol boat crew up the river, he encounters a series of people and events that underline the madness of things ever more strongly. As he travels, he reads through a hefty dossier on Kurtz, and somewhere along the way he begins to understand the man and his reasons for abandoning his command...

After its first editing, the original version was six hours long and had to be severely edited. A documentary about the film's chaotic making, shot in part by Coppola's wife Eleanor and including interviews with most of the cast and crew, was titled Hearts of Darkness: A Film-maker's Apocalypse (1991). [Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness was an inspiration for the film.]

Since its 1979 release, Apocalypse Now has been widely regarded as one of the most powerful and influential films about the Vietnam War.
This war story's screenplay, written by John Milius and Coppola himself (with a separate credit for Michael Herr for Sheen's narration), became a metaphorical backdrop for the corruptive madness and folly of war itself for a generation of Americans.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Albert Hall, Harrison Ford, Dennis Hopper, Scott Glenn
Country: USA
Genre: Drama, War

Apocalypse Now (1979) Workprint
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2 x DVD5 | NTSC 4:3 | 02:39:32 + 02:27:21 | 2.66 Gb + 2.47 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: none

This is the incredibly rare 5 hour Apocalypse Now!! Forget about the Redux, this is the real deal taken from rare workprint of the film.
In many ways, this is almost a completely different movie; complete with new characters, new events and new, gloomy fates for a few of the cast. For fans of this film, this 2-disc set is a revelation of new found importance and interest that only adds to the pleasure of watching Apocalypse Now in any form.

Extras:
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