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Apocalypse Now
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Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) / Production Year: 1979 / Region 1
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Overall Rating:  3.89 out of 5, including 9 reviews
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Francis Ford Coppola's stunning vision of man's heart of darkness revealed through the madness of the Vietnam War. Lieutenant Willard receives orders to seek out a renegade military outpost led by the mysterious Colonel Kurtz. Willard's mission: "Terminate with extreme prejudice." One of the most powerful films of all time, Apocalypse Now was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won two for Best Sound and Best Cinematography.
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Features:
| Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Trailer
Scenes from Destruction of the Kurtz Combound with commentary by Francis Ford Coppola
Excerpts from the original theatrical program
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| | Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) | | Audio: (more info) | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround
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| | English
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| Studio: Paramount Pictures
Production Year: 1979
Release Date: 11/23/1999
Length: 153 mins
Rating: R
Chapters: 19
| Includes: Audio Commentary
Packaging: Keep Case
Number of Discs: 1
Disc: SS-SL
Item Code: 023064
UPC Code: 097360230642
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Overall Rating: 3.89 out of 5, including 9 reviews
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Empire Review
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Apocalypse Now - 4 out of 5 (5/14/2001)
One of America's top filmmakers creates a hellish vision about the insanity of war and the depths of human madness. A Special Forces Captain gets sent on a mission to track down and kill a renegade Army Colonel. He sets off on a journey that will lead him down a river, through the middle of the war and the darkest parts of himself.
Apocalypse Now is based on Joseph Conrad's novel Hearts of Darkness and uses the Vietnam War for the setting. It has an all-star cast and it is full of great perf
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Customer Review
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A War Movie Masterpiece............ - 4 out of 5 (12/7/1999)
When discussing the war genre, it's always been so hard to pick one as "the best" one. I have found that most, if not all, war films are brilliant in their own ways. For example, 1998 showcased two different but deeply enthralling WWII films, "Saving Private Ryan" and "The Thin Red Line". In the case of the Vietnam war, the list is endless in terms of fantastic, powerful cinema. "The Deer Hunter", "Born on the Fourth of July", "Platoon", and "Casualties of War" all have brilliance in them. Howev
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Customer Review
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A vast improvement over past versions. - 4.75 out of 5 (11/26/1999)
I have seen this film both on VHS and laserdisc and it has never looked as good as it does on DVD. The colors are vibrant without bleeding. This is especially evident in the scenes where colored smoke is employed. I noticed no distracting digital artifacts. The aspect ratio of 2:1 has received alot of negative commentary since it involves a minor cropping of the image. I did not detect any signifcant loss of information secondary to the small alteration in AR (no characters were cut out or chopp
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Customer Review
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Makes a poor AND strong case for my LD... - 4.5 out of 5 (11/26/1999)
I've been waiting for this DVD for quite awhile. Now that it's here, I wonder why I was so impaitient.
The 5.1 LD that I've owned since before DVD is still and will always be one of the best looking LD's I own.
Noise is minimal and artifacts are almost nonexistant. This DVD however, shows all of that grain that was not very apparent on the LD.
However, since it's only one disc and anamorphic, I have to give the DVD the edge.
Way back when, gee, about a year now (how time flies when you're
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