Apocalypse now

Author

Francis Ford Coppola

Call Number

• 4K BLU-RAY ACTION (CEN)

Edition

4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray edition ; 40th anniversary edition.

Languages

In English, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Larry Fishburne, Christian Marquand, Aurore Clement, Harrison Ford, Dennis Hopper.

Publication Information

Santa Monica, California : Lions Gate Entertainment, 2019.

Physical Description

4 videodiscs (153, 202 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: R; disturbing violent images, language, sexual content and some drug use.

Summary

"Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Academy Award-winning director Francis Ford Coppola's visionary Vietnam War epic with this Final Cut, fully restored from the original 1979 film for the first time ever. Enhanced with Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision, as well as Meyer Sound's Sensual for optimal audio and picture quality, Apocalypse Now Final Cut lets you experience Coppola's cinematic masterpiece the way it was intended."--Container.

During the Vietnam War, a troubled U.S. Army Captain is sent on a dangerous and mesmerizing odyssey into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade American colonel named Kurtz, who has succumbed to the horrors of war and barricaded himself in a remote outpost.

Notes

This is a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and requires a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player; it will not play in standard Blu-ray or DVD players. For full 4K UHD effects, a 4K Ultra HD TV with HDR and a high-speed HDMI (category 2) cable are required.

Apocalypse now originally released as a motion picture in 1979; Redux version released in 2001.

Contains the original 1979 version of Apocalypse now (153 minutes) and the 2001 release Apocalypse now redux (202 minutes).

Discs originally released as part of a six-disc 40th anniversary edition set entitled Apocalypse now final cut.

Special features: Audio commentary by director Frances Ford Coppola (Apocalypse now redux version) ; Heart of darkness: a filmmaker's apocalypse, a 1991 documentary about the making of the film ; An interview with John Milius ; A conversation with Martin Sheen and Francis Ford Coppola ; Fred Roos: casting Apocalypse ; The Mercury Theatre on the air: Hearts of darkness - November 6, 1938 ; The hollow men ; Monkey sampan "lost scene" ; additional scenes ; Kurtz compound destruction with credits ; The birth of 5.1 sound ; Ghost helicopter flyover ; Apocalypse now: the synthesizer soundtrack by Bob Moog ; A million feet of film: the editing of Apocalypse now ; The music of Apocalyse now ; Heard any good movies lately? The sound design of Apocalypse now ; The final mix ; Apocalypse then and now; 2001 Cannes Film Festival; Francis Ford Coppola ; PBR Streetgang ; The color palette of Apocalypse now ; Tribeca Film Festival Q&A with Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Soderbergh ; Super 8MM behind-the-scenes ; Dutch angle: Chas Gerretsen & Apocalypse now ; Apocalypse now: remastering a legend in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos ; Apocalypse now: a forty-year journey ; Sensual sound technology from Meyer sound ; John Milius script excerpt with Francis Ford Coppola ; storyboard collection ; photo archive ; marketing archive.

Contents

• [Disc one.] 4K Ultra HD version. Apocalypse now (1979, 153 minutes) ; Apocalypse now redux (2001, 202 minutes)
• [Disc two.] Blu-ray version. Apocalypse now (1979, 253 minutes) ; Apocalypse now redux (2001, 202 minutes) [Disc three.] Blu-ray special features
• [Disc four.] Heart of darkness : a filmmaker's apocalypse (1991, 96 minutes).