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Apocalypse Now (1979)
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
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Overview
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, “does not exist, nor will it ever exist.” His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Rated R | Length 147 minutes
Actors
Martin Sheen | Frederic Forrest | Albert Hall | Laurence Fishburne | Sam Bottoms | Marlon Brando | Robert Duvall | Dennis Hopper | G. D. Spradlin | Harrison Ford | Jerry Ziesmer | Scott Glenn | James Keane | Kerry Rossall | Tom Mason | Cynthia Wood | Colleen Camp | Linda Carpenter | Aurore Clément | Jack Thibeau | Glenn Walken | Damien Leake | Marc Coppola | Bill Graham | Jerry Ross | Charles Robinson | Nick Nicholson | Don Gordon Bell | Evan A. Lottman | R. Lee Ermey | Jim Gaines | Vittorio Storaro | Francis Ford Coppola | Henry Strzalkowski | Herb Rice | Joe Estevez | Bo Byers | Franck Villard
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/30/2015 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 4 stars |
| 01/29/2015 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 3 stars |
| (Average) 3.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Via Netflix
This review covers the original theatrical cut. I’d only seen this version edited for television way back when. I prefer this version to the redux version except for a few scenes I’d love to see play out a bit longer here. It’s a much tighter cut of the film even running at almost 2 and a half hours. It focuses a bit more on the mission and the events leading up to it while not meandering nearly as much as the Redux version. The actors are still fantastic, the cinematography works oh so well,and like the Redux cut Robert Duvall really steals the show in the one section of the film he’s in and it kind of all goes downhill from there. It’s still a great film, but like Full Metal Jacket it loses a lot in the second half of its story that lacks the energy of the first.
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