Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actors: Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest
Plot: A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
Disc Release Date: 27 August 2019
Apocalypse Now was shot using a combination of Arriflex 16 ST, Arriflex 35 BL, Arriflex 35-IIC and Mitchell BNCR cameras on 35mm film. This 2019 UHD release was made using the original camera negative...
When the Redux version of the film was released the DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround track was something of a phenomenon; this new Dolby Atmos mix takes what was great about that track and dials it up to eleven....
This six disc package is awash with extra features, many of them available in previous sets, alongside all new material. UHD 1 Final Cut of Film Introduction by Francis Ford Coppola – A 4 minute into with...
The making of Apocalypse Now is legendary. Then the film itself became legend. Following a special ops army captain up-river to assassinate one of his own as an allegory for the futility of war, Coppola’s...
There is not much that hasn’t already been said about Apocalypse Now; but with this new, Final Cut, perhaps Coppola has had his final word on it. An amalgamation of the Theatrical cut and the Redux version,...
Note: Apocalypse Now is presented in 4K UHD courtesy of Lionsgate Films with 2160p transfers in 2.39:1. All three versions stem from the same 4K restoration, and I frankly noticed no huge quality variances...
As impressive as the video element is on these new 4K UHD discs, the Dolby Atmos tracks all three versions have are completely immersive, with floorboard rumbling LFE and nice verticality that's apparent...
"One man's supplement may be another man's main feature" would be my maxim for this release, and so I'll detail the complete contents of each disc below: 4K UHD Disc One Final Cut (2160p; 3:01:58) Introduction...
Apocalypse Now was among the first really "big", as in iconic, movies that came across my review queue here at Blu-ray.com, way back in 2010. That release got an almost completely perfect score from me...
There are a number of significant pluses to this release, along with one perhaps major minus: a lot of fans who have gotten this are less than thrilled with the compression on the 1080p Blu-rays included...
I saw Apocalypse Now in 70mm for the first time at a London IMAX during college. These were the days before the digital up-conversions when IMAX cinemas were still showing documentaries. Despite a few...
Much like the video, reviewing a remixed Dolby Atmos track for a 40-year-old movie isn't cut-n-dry. On one hand, I adore the way this movie sounds, with helicopters buzzing overhead and true jungle immersion...
Apocalypse Now surfs back onto home video with what's, in my opinion, the most complete collection of bonus features I've seen outside of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. I'm sure there's probably something...
In this lose retelling of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, a broken man returns to the jungles of Vietnam on a mission to terminate -- with extreme prejudice -- a US Colonel who has gone insane. And...
As one of my favorite all-time movies, it's great to see Apocalypse Now get such reverential treatment on home video. In an era with far too few genuine special editions, this Final Cut release boasts...