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Release Date: 2001 Cast: Albert Hall, Dennis Hopper, Sam Bottoms, Christian Marquand, Frederic Forrest, Marlon Brando, Harrison Ford, Laurence Fishburne, Scott Glenn, Aurore Clément
Categories: Movies, Anti-war, Adventure Drama, Adventure, Jungle Film, Action, Epic, Action/Adventure, War film, Anti-war film Apocalypse Now Redux is a 2001 extended version of the epic war film Apocalypse Now, which was originally released in 1979.
The movie adds 49 minutes of all-new material, and represents a significant re-edit of the original Apocalypse Now. The movie came into production when Coppola concluded that his original cut was tame by today's standards. Coppola, along with editor/long-time collaborator Walter Murch, then added several scenes that enhanced the surrealism in the original story.
The movie contains several newly added sequences and alterations to the original film:
Coppola started... MORE
Apocalypse Now Redux is a 2001 extended version of the epic war film Apocalypse Now, which was originally released in 1979.
The movie adds 49 minutes of all-new material, and represents a significant re-edit of the original Apocalypse Now. The movie came into production when Coppola concluded that his original cut was tame by today's standards. Coppola, along with editor/long-time collaborator Walter Murch, then added several scenes that enhanced the surrealism in the original story.
The movie contains several newly added sequences and alterations to the original film:
Coppola started production for the new cut with working-partner Kim Aubry. Coppola then tried to get Murch, who was reluctant at first. He thought it would be extremely difficult recutting a film which had taken two years to edit originally. He later changed his mind (after working on the reconstruction of Orson Welles' Touch of Evil). Coppola and Murch then examined several of the rough prints and dailies for the film. It was decided early on the editing of the film would be like editing a new film altogether. One such example was the new French Plantation sequence. The scenes were greatly edited to fit into the LESS
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