Those who loved the original Apocalypse Now will find more to admire. Those who found the original self-indulgent and pompous may now find it even more so.
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09/19/01
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Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)
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Reviews Counted:77
Fresh:71
Rotten:6
Average Rating:7.7/10
Consensus: The additional footage slows down the movie somewhat (some say the new cut is inferior to the original), but Apocalypse Now Redux is still a great piece of cinema.
Runtime: 3 hrs 22 mins
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Aug 24, 2001 Limited
Box Office: $1,982,631
Synopsis: Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam epic, loosely based on HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad, tells the story of Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), a special agent sent into Cambodia to assassinate an... [More]
Starring: Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Robert Duvall
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Reviews for Apocalypse Now Redux
The real reason to rejoice the arrival of Redux is the opportunity to see Apocalypse Now in all its glory, as movies were meant to be seen.
09/11/01
Still a must-see, for Coppola's brilliant original version is, after all, the backbone for the superfluous additions.
09/01/01
The film is even more imperfect -- and, curiously, still an odd masterpiece.
08/31/01
Coppola's overall new cut nicely smoothes out the more irritating rough edges of the original editing flow.
08/24/01
Has sinew, conviction and the spontaneity of a deck of cards hurled into the air.
08/24/01
Still one of the two or three best Vietnam movies, but Apocalypse Now Redux is no improvement.
08/23/01
Apocalypse Now (1979) is producer/director Francis Ford Coppola's visually beautiful, ground-breaking masterpiece with surrealistic and symbolic sequences
08/23/01
Really and truly is a better, more deeply satisfying work of cinematic art.
08/21/01
This messterpiece is sometimes masterful, at times a dud, still in-progress and heading up-river.
08/17/01
The originally released version wasn't broken, but Coppola can fix it as long as he wants, as far as I'm concerned.
08/17/01
Top CriticRedux doesn't redefine Apocalypse Now -- rather, it adds archival material. But it's terrific to see the film back in theaters.
08/17/01
Top CriticA masterpiece in every sense of the word and a thought-provoking and deeply unsettling portrait of what lies at the heart of all of us.
08/14/01
Coppola and company has made a bigger, but not better, movie that does have to be seen [on the big screen]
08/14/01
Well worth seeing for just such insights, its flashes of brilliance, failures, and virtuous intentions.
08/13/01
Coppola and his editor Walter Murch's instincts were right... the first time.
08/13/01
This is the one where [Coppola] honors his vision -- or clears his name, whichever way you look at it.
08/10/01
Top CriticThe restored footage, nearly an hour of it, has at once bloated and diluted the work we've known and half-loved, undercutting its still-astonishing strengths while making its flaws leap out with unprecedented clarity.
08/10/01
Incredibly mesmerizing and certainly always interesting.
08/10/01
The new Redux version isn't a better film, but for Coppola fans and film lovers, it's essential viewing.
08/10/01
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