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- Destruction of the Kurtz Compound with commentary by Francis Ford Coppola
- Excerpts from the original theatrical programme
- Theatrical trailer
- Scene selection
- Interactive menus
Francis Ford Coppola's stunning vision of man's heart of darkness revealed through the madness of the Vietnam War. Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) receives orders to seek out a renegade military outpost led by the mysterious Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando). Willard's mission: "Terminate with extreme prejudice." One of the most powerful films of all time, Apocalypse Now was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won Two for Best Sound and Best Cinematography. Based on the novel, 'Heart of Darkness' by Joseph Conrad. Includes early performances by Harrison Ford and Laurence Fishburne.
Average rating (7 reviews)
I LOVE THE SMELL OF NAPALM IN THE MORNING
Charlie2810 | 20/06/2008 | See all Charlie2810's reviews (101) »
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This movie changed the art of film making, telling a complex story in a powerful new way. The film mixes brutal realism with fantasy, intercutting a modern war with strange scenes full of technicolour smoke. The film uses music not as a score laid in later, but as a practical part of the scene playing from speakers, radios etc. Coppola uses a classic piece of literature as inspiration, taking scenes and characters, and putting them into entirely different surroundings. That is a tricky and brave thing to do. Then he takes a superstar, Brando, pays him a fortune, and films him so that you can barely see his face. The pure guts that such a move requires is astounding, and it works beautifully. This movie belongs in the top ten. Stick with this not the redux.
Coppola at his most artistic
husified | 23/03/2008 | See all husified's reviews (5) »
Godfather, Outsiders, Rumble Fish, The Conversation...
The list is endless of this great directors fine work, but in my opinion this is in fact his finest piece. The greatest war film of all time? It has an array of great actors Brando, Hopper, Ford, Fishbourne, Duvall. A fine story line set on the background of one of the most vicious and terrifying wars.
If you have not seen this film then you haven't experienced Cinema.
Every time I see this movie the hairs on the back of my neck stand to attention.
Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Sam Bottoms, Aurore Clement, Laurence Fishburne, Harrison Ford, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Dennis Hopper, Christian Marquand & Tom Mason | |
18 years and over | |
1979 | |
Widescreen 16:9 | |
English - Dolby Digital (5.1) | |
English for the hard of hearing | |
2 hours and 27 minutes (approx) | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |
