On Blu-ray for the first time, this edition contains Apocalypse Now and
Apocalypse Now Redux and over 5 hours of bonus material exclusive to Blu-ray,
including new interviews with on-screen and behind-the-scenes talent, all in
deluxe metal slipcase packaging!
Heralded by many as the film that crystallises most perfectly the experience
of the Vietnam War, Francis Ford Coppola's hallucinatory masterpiece
APOCALYPSE NOW has been painstakingly restored by his own Zoetrope studios under
his close supervision.
Martin Sheen (TV's The West Wing) stars as Army Captain Willard, a troubled
man sent on a dangerous top-secret mission into Cambodia to assassinate a rogue
Green Beret, Col. Kurtz (Marlon Brando, The Godfather, On the Waterfront, Last
Tango in Paris), who has barricaded himself in a remote outpost. As Willard
ventures deeper and deeper into the wilderness of the jungle, he embarks on a
strange journey that leads him to Kurtz – but also forces him to come face to
face with the terrifying vision of the heart of darkness in us all.
With an all-star critically acclaimed cast that also includes Robert Duvall
(The Road, Crazy Heart, The Godfather Pt I & II), Dennis Hopper (Easy Rider,
Blue Velvet), Harrison Ford (The Indiana Jones series) and Laurence Fishburne
(The Matrix Trilogy), APOCALYPSE NOW so impressed the Cannes jury when shown as
only a work in progress that it won the Palme D'Or that year (tied with Tin
Drum). Vittorio Storaro's stunning cinematography and masterful sound editing
from the genius Walter Murch won the film deserved Oscars and were just two of
many awards the film has won over the years.
This highly anticipated Blu-ray Disc premieres in 1080P High Definition
Widescreen. Also for the first time, these movies will be presented for home
entertainment audiences in their original theatrical aspect ratios.
Special Features:
- An Interview with John Milius by Francis Ford Coppola
- A Conversation with Martin Sheen
- Fred Roos: Casting Apocalypse
- The Mercury Theatre on the Air: Hearts of Darkness
- Apocalypse Now: The Synthesisizer by Bob Moog
- 2001 Cannes Film Festival: Francis Ford Coppola
- “The Hollow Men”, Video of Marlon Brando
- Reading T.S. Eliot's Poem
- Monkey Sampan “Deleted Scene”
- Additional Scenes
- The Birth of 5.1 Sound
- Ghost Helicopter Flyover: Sound Effects Demonstration
- A Million Feet of Film: The Editing of Apocalypse Now
- The Music of Apocalypse Now
- Heard Any Good Movies Lately-
- The Sound Design of Apocalypse Now
- The Final Mix
- The Color Palette of Apocalypse Now