Keswick Film Festival

Saturday 15th February 8:30 PM - Alhambra

Apocalypse Now Redux

Director: Francis Ford Coppola Country: USA
Cert: 15 Year: 1979 Length: 202 minsLanguage: English
2003 Festival
Apocalypse Now Redux

Links

  • More details on this film at the Internet Movie Database

Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duval
By adding 50 minutes to his masterly 1979 Vietnam War movie (already of epic proportions), Coppola has surprisingly offered us a film that doesn't appear much longer than before. The story, inspired by Conrad's Heart of Darkness, charts Capt Willard's (Sheen) trip up river from Saigon into darkest Cambodia looking for Col Kurtz (Brando), a brilliant but quite mad soldier with extreme methods. If you're new to the film, or have only seen it on the small screen, you are in for a treat. With souped-up sound and rejuvenated colours, this masterpiece displays an ambition sadly lacking in today's Hollywood.
Best Cinematography, Best Sound, 6 nominations, Academy Awards 1980
Palme d'Or and FIPRESCI Award, Cannes 1979

Critics

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One of the most powerful and deeply immersive cinematic experiences you'll ever have
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