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Apocalypse Now: The Complete Dossier [DVD] [1979] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Martin Sheen (Actor), Marlon Brando (Actor), Francis Ford Coppola (Director) | Format: DVD
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (183 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms
  • Directors: Francis Ford Coppola
  • Writers: Francis Ford Coppola, John Milius, Joseph Conrad, Michael Herr
  • Producers: Francis Ford Coppola, Eddie Romero, Fred Roos
  • Format: AC-3, Collector's Edition, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English, French, Vietnamese
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Paramount
  • DVD Release Date: 15 Aug 2006
  • Run Time: 153 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (183 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000FSME1A
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 104,092 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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In the tradition of such obsessively driven directors as Erich von Stroheim and Werner Herzog, Francis Ford Coppola approached the production of Apocalypse Now as if it were his own epic mission into the heart of darkness. On location in the storm-ravaged Philippines, he quite literally went mad as the project threatened to devour him in a vortex of creative despair, but from this insanity came one of the greatest films ever made.

It began as a John Milius screenplay, transposing Joseph Conrad's classic story Heart of Darkness onto the horrors of the Vietnam War, following a battle-weary Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) on a secret upriver mission to find and execute the renegade Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), who has reverted to a state of murderous and mystical insanity. The journey is fraught with danger involving wartime action on epic and intimate scales. One measure of the film's awesome visceral impact is the number of sequences, images, and lines of dialogue that have literally burned themselves into our cinematic consciousness, from the Wagnerian strike of helicopter gun-ships on a Vietnamese village to the brutal murder of stowaways on a peasant sampan and the unflinching fearlessness of the surfing warrior Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore (Robert Duvall), who speaks lovingly of "the smell of napalm in the morning". Like Herzog's Aguirre: The Wrath of God, this film is the product of genius cast into a pit of hell and emerging, phoenix-like, in triumph. Coppola's obsession (effectively detailed in the riveting documentary Hearts of Darkness, directed by his wife, Eleanor) informs every scene and every frame, and the result is a film for the ages. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

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70 of 73 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Apocalypse Now 3 disc Bluray review 12 Jun 2011
By DeeJay
Format:Blu-ray
Normally I start with a review of the movie itself, but Apocalypse Now has been reviewed a million times and I imagine the majority of people reading this already know if they like it or not. For me, it is my favourite war movie that just got better with the Redux version, and this is the icing on the cake.

Anyway, onto what most people will be interested in, the Bluray stuff.

The original and the Redux versions are both included on disc 1, and both look very good, not perfect, but probably as good as they can get. Colours are vibrant and blacks are solid - which is exactly what you want when you think of the infamous/famous Brando scene. At times the image is a bit soft, but that is a trait many films made in the 70's share and in no way does it reflect a lazy or poor transfer. There is some minor print damage here and there which you'll see as black and white flecks. It's a minor trifle to be honest though, the detail in the film is very good, with just the right amount of grain. The Master Audio track also deserves a mention as it is superb, a standout bluray soundtrack if ever I heard it.

Spread over the other 2 discs we have everything we could ask for really. The Heart of darkness documentary, new video interviews with Coppola and Sheen, original screen tests, additional deleted scenes, 200 storyboard drawings, a look at Apocalypse Nows then revolutionary 5.1 soundtrack, and loads more.

The boxset includes 5 exclusive artcards, a collectible booklet and a copy of the original 1979 theatrical program, very cool. The discs have their own fold out cardboard case, and it's all held together in a hard cardboard box (like the Alien anthology), so it feels feels well made, and looks great.... Read more ›
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60 of 63 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars You know the film, so here's a look at all the extras. 18 July 2011
By DVDfever
Format:Blu-ray
I had a beef with the picture of the original DVD release, but it was not the fault of the distributor. Originally shown in cinemas at 2.35:1, any print intended for viewing at home had, at the time, been cropped to 2.00:1 at the insistance of cinematographer Vittorio Storaro. Most scenes were still fine, but nothing could beat the original ratio and to this day I've never understood his decision. I had seen a portion of this in the full widescreen ratio of 2.35:1 on ZDF TV. "Ich liebe die smell der naplam im morgen", anyone?

Anyway, this Blu-ray release finally addresses this issue with the full 2.35:1 theatrical ratio, for both versions of the film, and in 1080p high definition. The picture is a little hazy in places, like some other Optimum releases gone by, but this only affects the film in a few scenes so isn't majorly offputting.

The sound is in 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, for which I got the 5.1 DTS version and aside from gunfire and explosions, this film is just oozing with atmosphere. That's all you need to know.

The extensive extras, spread across all three discs, include (at least within Amazon's 1000-word limit):

* Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1:35:59): Probably the ultimate documentary. If you know the film, you know the documentary. Released in 1991, this gathered so much interest that it even found its way onto a separate release on video, and later on DVD. After Francis Ford Coppola began, in February 1976, what became an overlong 16-month shoot based on Joseph Conrad's novel, Heart of Darkness, a documentary that sums up the director's own sufferings also became essential viewing, pin-pointing his frustrations with the actors, locations and logistics.... Read more ›
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Apocalypse Now 20 Jun 2011
By Slingo68
Format:Blu-ray
I would like to concentrate on the audio side of the Movie rather than the movie itself, which has to be fair not gone without positive reviews.

Apocalypse Now
This was the first Blockbuster movie to use separate channels for surround channels and the subwoofer.

This 5.1 format is now the way that virtually all film soundtracks and recorded.
Coppolas' fanatical attention to detail and the huge amount of time put into the editing of the soundtrack ensures it is still one of the best tests for any surround system 30 years after it was released.

Here are some of the details that any quality surround system should reproduce.

The Ghost Helicopter Flyover
At the start of the film before the picture appears the soundtrack makes full use of the stereo rear channels. The helicopter should pan smoothly across the back of the room and then across the full width of the front of the room.

A surround system should reproduce this with smooth, even pans all around the room with no hot spots or gaps - and without making you aware of any speakers.

As the intro builds to a crescendo, listen for the buildup of layers from the synthesized helicopter, the Doors soundtrack and the sounds of Saigon and the ceiling fan.

Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries
This classic piece of film shows the "air cavalry" playing music from their helicopters to terrify their intended victims. On most systems the sound of the orchestra is heard as part of the musical score rather than being clearly audible as a screechy, Public Address system being played from the helicopters.

Meet the Tiger
The use of surround sound is incredibly effective on this clip as the sounds of the jungle completely envelop you.... Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 stars Spot on
This collection is probably the most perfect "collector's edition" film set I've ever come across. Read more
Published 16 days ago by WDK
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Published 23 days ago by Kim Fowley
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Vietnam film
Apocalypse Now is the best film made depicting the Vietnam war, superbly directed by F F Coppola. Martin Sheen also excellent.
Published 1 month ago by Len Ocaimh
5.0 out of 5 stars Seminal film, essential blu-ray
This was the release that made me get a blu-ray player. For the first time, Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece can be seen at home in its intended 2. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Anorakus
5.0 out of 5 stars The best movie about Vietnam even though it's not about Vietnam
There is now way to describe this film properly. It's a work of art. I must admit though, I prefer the original cut to the redux.
Published 2 months ago by C. Davies
5.0 out of 5 stars A flawed but great film, too ambitious yet deep
I saw the original version of this when it came out and remembered it vividly, but came away feeling ambivalent. Read more
Published 2 months ago by rob crawford
4.0 out of 5 stars Probably about the best film Coppola has done...
..a troubled production by most accounts but a minor masterpiece, I am biased as I write this in the house where Conrad lived for a time, but this is very good. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Barry Wom
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Great, book needed for uni studies, good for those who are interested in colonialism. I needed this for my creative writing part of my English Degree.
Published 2 months ago by Sharfa Sorwar
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the classic Vietnam war films!
I highly recommend this film due to its amazingly written dialogue, and brilliantly filmed photography. This film is a must see for Vietnam war enthusiasts!
Published 3 months ago by Jacqueline M. Davies
5.0 out of 5 stars Great value for money
This is a review of the 3-disc Special Edition Blu-ray.

The film itself is 5 stars. Worthy of anybody's time and money alone. Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. Pike
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