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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)

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Reviews Counted: 24 Fresh: 24  Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.3/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Synopsis: In the late 1970s director Francis Ford Coppola began filming his monumental Vietnam epic, APOCALYPSE NOW. Shot in the Philippines, the film would eventually take years to complete and include 238 days of principal photography, the lead actor's firing, the replacement star's heart... In the late 1970s director Francis Ford Coppola began filming his monumental Vietnam epic, APOCALYPSE NOW. Shot in the Philippines, the film would eventually take years to complete and include 238 days of principal photography, the lead actor's firing, the replacement star's heart attack, a typhoon on the set, difficulties with an overweight Marlon Brando, ritualistic animal slaughter, and President Marcos' war with rebels. Coppola's wife, Eleanor, documented his struggles during the marathon moviemaking by using her own film crew to shoot behind the scenes and secretly tape conversations with her tormented husband. Her work was used by filmmakers Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper for their riveting documentary HEARTS OF DARKNESS. Using interviews with the stars of the film, including Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, and Dennis Hopper, the producers and production crew, and especially Coppola himself, the filmmakers unravel the story behind the making of APOCALYPSE NOW and the director's torturous search for an ending. Coppola compared his film to America's efforts in Vietnam: "We were in the jungle, there were too many of us, we had access to too much money, too much equipment, and little by little we went insane." [More]

Genre: Education/General Interest

Starring: Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper

Director: George Hickenlooper, Fax Bahr, Eleanor Coppola

DVD Info

Release:

Nov 20, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • 2.0 Surround Dolby Digital - English
  • Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional
  • Additional Release Material -
  • Audio Commentary - 1. Francis and Eleanor Coppola
  • Featurette - 1. CODA:Thirty Years Later

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For a portrait of cinematic obsession and unbridled megalomania... one would be hard pressed to find a more satisfying piece of work than Hearts of Darkness

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11/20/07
Chris Barsanti
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It does a good job of painting an honest portrait of out-of-control egos and the excess of Hollywood in the '70s, while also being informative and entertaining.

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11/19/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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A fascinating 1991 postmortem on the making of Francis Coppola's Apocalypse Now.

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11/19/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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There is something very carnal about watching the production fall apart and see the reputation of Coppola hang in the balance.

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11/18/07
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views
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5/5

We come away from the documentary with a profound admiration for Coppola, if only because he didn’t kill himself or someone else.

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04/09/07
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com
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This is an interesting docu but some important issues are missing, such as Coppola's infidelity during the shoot and the question of whether or not the chaos on the set had bearing on the artistic quality of Apocalypse Now, acknowledged as a masterpiece

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12/08/06
Emanuel Levy
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09/29/06
Eric Melin
Scene-Stealers.com
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At once anecdotal and revealing, this excellent film both illuminates the catastrophes that beset one particular project, and shows, by way of comparison, exactly what American film has foregone since the '70s.

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02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily
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06/15/05
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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5/5

A phenomenal documentary about one of the most notorious film shoots of all time.

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02/19/04
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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01/13/04
Michael Dequina
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One of the best documentaries ever made, more fascinating an exploration of obsession than the film it's about.

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11/04/03
Blake Davis
KFOR Channel 4 News
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05/23/03
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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There have been few sharper portraits of the film maker as alchemist than Hearts of Darkness: A Film Maker's Apocalypse.

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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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04/26/03
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal
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02/02/03
Josh Ralske
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10/29/02
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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08/16/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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Rob Vaux
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