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Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 02-26-2001, 12:43 PM:

Check out this article on CNN http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/26/arts.france.apocalypse/index.html
The new version is 50 something minuites longer than the old one. Hopefully it will also see I.B. Tech,and 70mm prints as well.
Mark @ GTS

Posted by Michael Hunt (Member # 772) on 02-26-2001, 01:33 PM:

Well I trust that this time it's re-released there will be some Stereo prints kicking about.

The last time it had a re-release in the U.K. there was only a Mono print available, and someone had 'carefully' blanked out the Dolby Stereo logo from the Film Posters

Posted by Ari Nordström (Member # 288) on 02-26-2001, 01:39 PM:

I screened a beautiful 70mm print of "Apocalypse" just a month or so ago. The soundtrack had faded somewhat but the helicopters still had enough low bass to drive out a patron or two for a quick visit to the men's room...

I still dislike the ending, though, and wish that Marlon Brando would at least have bothered to read the script...

Any chance Coppola will cut down the parts he is in?

Posted by John Walsh (Member # 168) on 02-26-2001, 03:10 PM:

There is a 'making of' documentary called "Heart of Darkess" that has short peices of some of the scenes that were cut out. One scene is where they dock at a plantation, and have dinner with the owner who semi-refuses to acknowedge there's a war on.

I like Ari's idea.... I think F.F.C. should give Ari a pair of scissors and a few hours....!

Posted by Michael Barry (Member # 237) on 02-26-2001, 07:26 PM:

I am a fan of 'narrative incorrectness' but this film always strayed a little too much towards the end for my liking. Still, I'd be happy to give this new cut a go - hopefully in 70MM like every time before.

With 2001 and now this movie, could this be ushering in a renaissance of 70MM exhibition? Let's hope so!

Posted by Heyward Garner (Member # 722) on 02-27-2001, 01:42 AM:

Hmmmmmm...
You all are aware why the movie seems to stray so much from beginning to end...? The book "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad is even more messed up than this movie...

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 02-28-2001, 07:43 AM:

Jeff Joseph of Sabucat Productions posted the following link on the AMIA newsgroup:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010226/en/film-apocalypse_2.html

Looks like there will be dye transfer prints of the new version of "Apocalypse Now", once Mr. Coppola finds a distributor.

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Posted by Ari Nordström (Member # 288) on 02-28-2001, 02:00 PM:

I'd gladly use my own pair of scissors to help Mr Coppola improve his Special Edition.

BTW, is it just me, or are there others sick of all these special editions? If Steven Spielberg releases just one more version of Close Encounters, I'm going to scream.

Posted by John Gordon (Member # 523) on 05-11-2001, 12:59 PM:

On the front page of the Calendar section (movie and entertainment) in the L.A. Times today, an artilce titled, "Like Fine Wine," mentions the screening of "Apocalypse Now at the Cannes Film festival in France.

It is now being called, "Apocalypse Now Redux" and will be released by Mirimax Aug. 15th. Here are some of the highlights:

- The new Apocalypse has a "new dynamic six-channel soundtrack" by Walter Murch.
- New Technicolor dye-transfer print, "that is so spectacular that cinematographer and fellow Oscar winner Vitortio Storaro says,'I almost cried, it was so beautiful'."
- An additional 53 minutes, now 3 hrs 17 mins. "But paradoxically, the picture seems to play not only better but faster."
Highlights of the new scenes:
1) French plantation scene, "a big chunk." Willard and boat mates interact with a family of French planters. Includes a romantic interlude bwtween captain and a French widow.
2) Extended Playboy sequence, which includes trading fuel for time with playmates.
3)More footage with Duvall.
4)More footage with Col. Kurtz which includes a reading from a Time magazine that "galled" them everytime they read it.

But will they release it in 70mm?

Posted by Greg Mueller (Member # 17) on 05-11-2001, 07:52 PM:

"... is it just me, or are there others sick of all these special editions?"

I hate it too. It's my opinion that it's just a way to get people to come watch it again. They think that they missed something the first time I guess. I always like "Close Encounters" better in the original form. Same with most "new and improved" renditions. I think I've seen most of the added bits mention above for Apocalypse Now. I guess I don't mind quite so much if they add time but not if they take out stuff to keep it the same length. Maybe we can get a new print and take out the new stuff and make it a brand new print of the old version.

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Posted by Charles Everett (Member # 889) on 07-09-2001, 06:04 PM:

As posted on the Film Releases website:

8/3 -- New York (Loews Astor Plaza), Los Angeles (Loews Century City)

8/10 -- Top 10 Markets

8/17 -- Top 20 Markets

Digital sound (SRD at least) but no 70mm

Posted by Charles Everett (Member # 889) on 08-01-2001, 02:47 PM:

Good news: Dye Transfer Prints!

Bad news: No 70mm

Ugly news: No special newspaper ads -- just a standard Miramax ad full of pull quotes

NYC bookings are the Loews Astor Plaza (all day) and Loews Imax (night shows only).