Apocalypse Now Redux

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Apocalypse Now Redux

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Released Aug 3, 2001

3h 15m

War

Drama

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Secret ops assassin Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) is sent on a mission up a river during the Vietnam War to "terminate with extreme prejudice" the errant Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando). In addition to being re-edited with the new footage, the film has been completely restored, converted to digital, and reprinted by dye-transfer, improving color reproduction.

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Critics Consensus

The additional footage slows down the movie somewhat (some say the new cut is inferior to the original), but Apocalypse Now Redux is still a great piece of cinema.

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Amy Taubin

Village Voice

Apocalypse has the expressive extravagance of a Wagner opera-and not merely because the swooping helicopter scene is set to the "Ride of the Valkyries."

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

It's wonderful to see this hallucinatory folly-cum-near masterpiece again on the big screen.

Sep 22, 2024

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Moira MacDonald

Seattle Times

Coppola's sprawling, harrowing war story is not to be missed.

Sep 22, 2024

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Urban Cinefile Critics

Urban Cinefile

This is still magnificent filmmaking and story-telling on every level. Apocalypse Now is one of the great films because it is about every war ever fought and at the same time is about much more than men in combat.

Sep 22, 2024

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Adrian Turner

Radio Times

Whether the additional scenes greatly enhance an already exhilirating experience is debatable, but they are certainly worth the wait.

Rated: 5/5

Sep 22, 2024

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Kevin Lally

Film Journal International

No matter what you may think of Brando's eccentric interpretation of the demented Kurtz, you can't take your eyes off him.

Sep 22, 2024

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Audience Member

Boring. Dont get the hype

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/24/24

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Somak B

It is a truly remarkable piece of art, unlike anything ever created before.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/02/24

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geng qi z

the masterpiece.legend

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/29/24

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Colin A

A nightmare within a dream. This film is an incredible experience and one of the most ambitious projects ever filmed, risking life and sanity to create something beyond scope and compare. A masterpiece.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/28/24

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Cork B

Did I ENJOY this? I am not sure if I could say that. It is very dark, overly long, and really weird. An officer is tasked with going up a river on a gunboat and taking out a colonel that has gone rogue. Along the river, he has many strange encounters that seem to indicate that war is chaos, and everyone is in on it (Lord of the Flies for adults?) There is a solid cast and excellent cinematography. The movie has some very iconic scenes. That all said, 'redux' was WAY too long, and the weird non-sequiturs were a bit too much - we are not really supposed to be watching Monty Python. But I think the idea is this is less about the Vietnam war (we don't even get a Vietnamese perspective here) and more about how maybe we think we are better than the people we are trying to 'save', but that the reality on the ground is quite different. And that reality basically causes everyone in the movie to go insane.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/27/24

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Aidan B

It definitely isn't for everyone, and the film does feel longer than the theatrical cut does. However, I still thoroughly enjoyed "Apocalypse Now Redux" and thought it was just as much an iconic masterpiece as the original version was.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/17/24

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Francis Ford Coppola

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Colonel Walter E. Kurtz

Robert Duvall

Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore

Martin Sheen

Captain Benjamin L. Willard

Frederic Forrest

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Albert Hall

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Synopsis

Secret ops assassin Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) is sent on a mission up a river during the Vietnam War to "terminate with extreme prejudice" the errant Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando). In addition to being re-edited with the new footage, the film has been completely restored, converted to digital, and reprinted by dye-transfer, improving color reproduction.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Producer: Francis Ford Coppola
Screenwriter: Francis Ford Coppola, John Milius, Joseph Conrad, Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Herr
Distributor: Miramax Films
Production Co: Zoetrope Studios, American Zoetrope
Rating: R (Language|Disturbing Violent Images|Sexual Content|Some Drug Use)
Genre: War, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 3, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 14, 2014
Runtime: 3h 15m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, Dolby SR, Surround, Dolby Stereo, Dolby A
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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