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Apocalypse Now Redux

Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)

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Average Rating: 7.8/10
Reviews Counted: 80
Fresh: 74 | Rotten: 6

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.

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Average Rating: 7.4/10
Critic Reviews: 23
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 2

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.

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Francis Coppola had more than his share of production difficulties while shooting his epic-scale Vietnam War drama Apocalypse Now, including disastrous weather conditions, problems with his leading men (Harvey Keitel was fired after less than two weeks on the project and was replaced by Martin Sheen, who suffered a heart attack midway through production), and a schedule and budget that quickly spiraled out of control (originally budgeted at $10 million, the film's final cost was over $30

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All Critics (81) | Top Critics (23) | Fresh (75) | Rotten (6) | DVD (1)

Packs every bit the wallop it did when it was new.

September 21, 2001
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel
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The film is even more imperfect -- and, curiously, still an odd masterpiece.

August 31, 2001 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee
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The originally released version wasn't broken, but Coppola can fix it as long as he wants, as far as I'm concerned.

August 17, 2001 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle
Eric Harrison
Houston Chronicle
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Redux doesn't redefine Apocalypse Now -- rather, it adds archival material. But it's terrific to see the film back in theaters.

August 17, 2001 Full Review Source: Denver Post
Steven Rosen
Denver Post
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This is the one where [Coppola] honors his vision -- or clears his name, whichever way you look at it.

August 10, 2001
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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The 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.

August 10, 2001 Full Review Source: Slate | Comment (1)
David Edelstein
Slate
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[VIDEO ESSAY] "Apocalypse Now" all but ruined Francis Coppola as a director. It remains a staggering achievement of pure provocative cinema.

April 9, 2012 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

The episodic nature is less apparent in Redux, the pacing surprisingly smoother as a result.

June 6, 2011 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine
Rob Humanick
Slant Magazine

All that's missing from this set is a ticket voucher for the film's eventual IMAX re-release.

June 6, 2011 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine
Rob Humanick
Slant Magazine

Redux's virtues far outweigh its flaws. Apocalypse Now in any version remains one of the richest, most extravagant moviegoing experiences

December 30, 2008 Full Review Source: Looking Closer
Jeffrey Overstreet
Looking Closer

The new version shows that Coppola had originally intended something far more political, and while some of the new stuff could've remained lost, it does not diminish the movie's impact.

August 7, 2008 Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review
Bob Grimm
Sacramento News & Review

The best picture of all time.

August 12, 2006 Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | Comment (1)
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

Revisiting this enlarged, much improved version reaffirms its status as Coppola's last masterpiece but also suggests that as a surreal meditation on the madness and folly of Vietnam, it should be considered a horror epic rather than a than just a war film

June 4, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

The new version adds a weight and depth lacking in the original cut.

May 26, 2004
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Worth a single viewing for the curious, but definitely not for the purist.

March 19, 2003 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com

Coppola leaves untouched the one section that cried out for a new edit - the murky finale that puts the "near" in "near masterpiece.

August 7, 2002 Full Review
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

...a more user-friendly, politically correct Apocalypse Now with kinder, gentler characters, blabbermouth political diatribes, comic relief and mind-numbing repetition.

June 21, 2002 | Comments (6)
Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly

Almost an hour of new footage has been added to the film, making an already long film even longer, but not better.

December 12, 2001 Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Sometimes it's just better to leave well enough alone.

November 15, 2001 | Comments (2)
Matt Easterbrook
Matt's Movie Reviews

Its sprawling, episodic process evokes the history-as-imagistic mosaic employed by T.S. Eliot, whose work is referenced brazenly and repeatedly throughout the film.

October 29, 2001 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

...a longer, slower, more bloated version of [the] incendiary masterpiece which retains much of its power but suffers from some seriously unnecessary revisions.

October 24, 2001 Full Review Source: Flipside Movie Emporium
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

Brings back bad memories to those who were protesters.

October 22, 2001 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Unlike so many of today's films, which are instantly disposable from first frame to last, Coppola's opus has so many moments of pure cinematic genius that once seen, they stay with us forever.

October 8, 2001 Full Review Source: Kansas City Star
Robert W. Butler
Kansas City Star

A magnificent new edition of the Coppola film.

September 28, 2001 Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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Like most people, I had a similar reaction to Apocalypse Now: Redux in that I didn't find it all that great as a film. There's a reason all of this extra footage was cut out in the first place: to make a better film. They succeeded in that. People like to take Francis Ford Coppola to task for going all George Lucas on his masterpiece and tinkering with it, but the difference is that Coppola is just as happy with the original film as he is with this alternate version, which is what he calls it. It's a fresh approach to the material that was shot in the late 1970's by mostly the same group of people who made it in the first place. For me, I find it to be a bit fascinating to see the extra footage and how it works in the context of the film that I'm already very familiar with. The trouble is that it doesn't improve what had already been perfected to begin with. Again, I'm not criticizing the effort, just stating my feelings about it. I feel the new footage slows the pace of an already long film down. If you're bogged down in what's happening in the story with a narrative that follows a man up a river to find a Colonel, then you're gonna be bored when he stops off for a half an hour to talk to some French plantation owners. They're good scenes in and of themselves, but I think the film improves without their inclusion. Thankfully both versions are readily available and some people do find Redux to be an improvement story-wise, especially as it relates to Clean's character, but I prefer the much slicker and more tightly-edited narrative of the original film. It's a mix of art and storytelling that winds up being a perfect blend, and even twenty years later it can't be improved upon with never before seen footage.
February 29, 2012
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Redux is the perfect warning sign to discourage any director who is thinking about letting his ego ride roughshod over the editing process. It's true, some great films have been compromised by studio intereference, but more often than not, footage that ends up on the cutting room floor is there for a very good reason. Case in point; Apocalypse Now is one of the greatest films ever made, and yet all Coppola had to do to turn it into a flabby, meandering, episodic road movie was to put back all the bits that were actually too crap to make it into the original cut. There are some scenes of merit, namely the bonding session between Martin Sheen and his crew when they steal Robert Duval's surfboard, and Brando's speech when he is first captured. Unfortunately, Coppola also felt the need to include a rather distasteful sequence that reveals our heroes to be date rapists and a virtually unwatchable load of pseudo-political waffle set to the accordion. That scene alone was enough to make me want to attack any Frenchman on sight. Maybe worth a watch to satisfy the curious, but PLEASE make sure you watch the "proper" version first otherwise you may be put off watching a cinematic masterpiece for life.
December 13, 2010
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    1. Colonel Kurtz: The horror...the horror...
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    1. Lt. Colonel Kilgore: Lance, I will not harm or hurt you. Just give me the board back. It was a good board and I like it. Do you know how hard it is to find a board you like. JUST GIVE ME THE BOARD LANCE!.
    – Submitted by Chris C (12 months ago)

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