Apocalypse Now Blu-ray Disc Details

12th May 2011

The wizards over at Optimum have managed to come up with something that film lovers have been harping on about for a decade now. On June 13^th 2011 we’ll finally see a three-disc special edition of Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece Apocalypse Now coming with both the theatrical and Redux versions as well as the often sought after Hearts Of Darkness documentary. But we’re also in for so much more!

Heralded by many as the film that scrystallizes most perfectly the experience of the Vietnam War, Francis Ford Coppola’s hallucinatory masterpiece Apocalypse Now has been painstakingly restored by his own Zoetrope studios under his close supervision.

Martin Sheen stars as Captain Willard, a troubled man sent on a dangerous top-secret mission into Cambodia to assassinate a rogue Green Beret, Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando) who’s barricaded himself into a remote outpost. As Willard ventures deeper and deeper into the wilderness of the jungle, he embarks on a strange journey that leads him to Kurtz – but also forces him to come face to face with the terrifying vision of the heart of darkness in us all.

This highly anticipated Blu-ray disc premieres in 1080P High Definition Widescreen in a three-disc Full Disclosure Edition. Also for the first time, these movies will be presented for home entertainment audiences in their original theatrical aspect ratios (2.35:1). The new edition will also include Apocalypse Now and Apocalypse Now Redux with more than nine hours of bonus material including new interviews with on-screen and behind-the-scenes talent, as well as the acclaimed making-of feature documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse. In addition, this version features a 24-page collectible printed booklet including an introductory letter written by Coppola with personal accounts about the making of the film.

Disc 1: Apocalypse Now feature / Apocalypse Now Redux feature / Audio commentary by Francis Ford Coppola

Tech specs:

Features running time: 153 mins / 202 mins / Colour PAL / Feature Aspect Ratio: 16/9 2.35 / Video: BD50 / AVC / Feature Audio: 5.1 DTS Master Audio

English Language

Disc 2:

Interview with John Milius (49 mins)
Interview with Fred Roos (casting Apocalypse) (12 mins)
A Conversation with Martin Sheen and Francis Ford Coppola (60 mins)
The Mercury Theatre on Air: Hearts of Darkness Nov 6 1938 (37 mins)
The Hollow Men (17 mins)
Monkey Sampan “Lost Scene” (3 mins)
Additional Scenes (27 mins)
Kurtz Compound Destruction with credits (6 mins)
The Birth of 5.1 sound (6 mins)
Ghost Helicopter Flyover (4 mins)
Apocalypse Now: The Synthesizer Soundtrack by Bob Moog (still images)
A Million Feet of Film: The Editing of Apocalypse Now (18 mins)
The Music of Apocalypse Now (15 mins)
The Sound Design of Apocalypse Now (15 mins)
The Final Mix (3 mins)
Apocalypse Then & Now (4 mins)
2001 Cannes Film Festival: Francis Ford Coppola (39 mins)
PBR Streetgang (4 mins)
The Colour Palette of Apocalypse Now (4 mins)
Disc credits

Tech specs:

Total running time: 323 mins / Colour PAL / Feature Aspect Ratio: 16/9 or 4:3 / Video: BD50 / AVC / Feature Audio: 2.0 Stereo DTS / English Language

Disc 3: Hearts of Darkness feature / Audio commentary by Francis and Eleanor Coppola / John Milius script excerpt with Francis Ford Coppola notes / Storyboard Collection / Photo Archive: unit photography, Mary Ellen Mark photography / Marketing Archive: original trailer, radio spots, theatrical programme, lobby card and press kit, photos.

Tech specs:

Feature running time: 96 mins / Colour PAL / Feature Aspect Ratio: 16/9 1.77 / Video: BD25 / AVC / Feature Audio: Stereo 2.0 DTS Master Audio / English Language