Which is the best cut of Apocalypse Now?

Which is the best cut of Apocalypse Now?

While the Apocalypse Now Final Cut is a step up from the Redux, and some consider it on the same level as the original, the first theatrical cut will always be the definitive version and is the tightest and most focused edit, though no less bizarre even with the stranger sequences cut out.

What are the extra scenes in Apocalypse Now Redux?

In 2001, Coppola released "Apocalypse Now Redux" with 49 minutes of additional footage, including extended scenes of the river, French plantation and Playboy Playmates entertaining the troops (along with more Marlon Brando dialogue).

Who started the Viet Cong?

Nguyen Van Hieu Front national de libération du Sud Viêt Nam/Fondateurs

Why did Willard steal the surfboard?

Willard steals Kilgore's surfboard early on because he believes sincere emotion is still possible, even in Vietnam. By the time of the sampan massacre, he's read about Kurtz and thought about Kurtz and pondered the decision to "get out of the boat" and reject lies.

Why were the French in Apocalypse Now?

While Apocalypse Now portrays combat as a necessary evil and the primeval darkness within as an undeniable truth, it is antiwar in the sense that, as one of the French from the plantation says, Americans were fighting for the “biggest nothing in history.” The French fought to preserve their land because they feel it is ...

How long is the final cut of Apocalypse Now?

• In April 2019, Coppola showed Apocalypse Now Final Cut for the 40th anniversary screening at the Tribeca Film Festival. This new version has a runtime of three hours and two minutes, with Coppola having cut 20 minutes of the added material from "Redux".

Is this Coppola's Definitive Cut of 'Apocalypse Now'?

• From Marlon Brando’s extraordinary cameo to Dennis Hopper’s crazed photojournalist, Coppola’s epic ‘definitive’ cut of his brilliant 1979 war film is triumphant in restating the inhumanity of empire Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now.

Is Apocalypse Now final cut a 4K restoration?

• And now we have “Apocalypse Now Final Cut,” hitting almost exactly the three-hour mark. It’s also a 4K restoration from the original negative, with newly remastered sound.

What is the best version of Apocalypse Now?

• Restored from the original negative for the first time ever, Apocalypse Now Final Cut is Coppola's most realized version of the film, which was nominated for eight Academy Awards (R), won three Golden Globes (R) (Best Original Score, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture, 1980), and is one of AFI's top 100 films.