| Monday, September 17, 2001 Digitally remastered with 49 minutes of previously unseen footage, Apocalypse Now Redux is the reference standard of Francis Coppola's 1979 epic. A metaphorical hallucination of the Vietnam War, the film was reconstructed by Coppola and editor Walter Murch to enrich themes and clarify the ending. Starring: |
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Reviews:
"Coming back decades later to it, Coppola has been able to reshape these
extraordinary scenes with a wisdom and humility perhaps missing before."
Chicago Tribune
"The
main difference is that the film, which now runs 3 hours and 16 minutes, feels
as if it's 10 hours long. Coppola, who currently makes better wine than he
does movies, has padded out 'Apocalypse Now' with scenes that should have
been consigned to the extras package on a DVD."
Entertainment Weekly
"It grows richer and stranger with each viewing, and the restoration
of scenes left in the cutting room two decades ago has only added to its sublimity."
NY Times
"Longer or shorter, redux or not, Apocalypse Now is one of the central
events of my life as a filmgoer."
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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