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Whistle Stopper - Apocalypse Now - The Complete Dossier (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)
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List Price: $19.99
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Manufacturer: Paramount
Starring: Apocalyspe Now
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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: BRANDO,MARLON
EAN: 0097360706840
Format: Color
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: 2006-08-15
Running Time: 355
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 1979-08-15
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Movie
Comment: Its great it has both versions, the only problem is that the extended version is a little bit long. But its Great.
Customer Rating:
Summary: NOT FOR CHILDREN.
Comment: GREAT MOVIE. BE FORWARNED IT IS BRUTAL AND VIOLENT. THERE ARE THREE PORNOGRAPHIC SCENES. SO, BE QUICK WITH THE REMOTE IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO WATCH GRAPHIC PORNOGRAPHY. IF YOU FAST FORWARD PAST THE PORN IT IS AN AWESOME MOVIE. NON BETTER!
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Summary: Remember why Redux was released?
Comment: As a kid I remember hearing about Apocalypse Now and thinking that it was some sort of dark and forbidden territory for a war movie. That was much the way Vietnam was presented to me in general growing up. Since then I've written a college thesis on the war...
I watched the original a number of times and it was entertaining as compact, action packed and surreal. I preferred Platoon. But I always heard stories about "The French Plantation Scene" and "The Bunny Scene". So what did Coppola do? He gave us what we wanted to see. And now we have his whole vision. I can see the merit in saying that Redux is too long and rambling - that it lacks the pyschedelic punch of the original. But the humor makes it all the more surreal. The GI's in the medical unit cared less about Willard, helicopters or Playmates. Kilgore wasn't that different than some commanders I knew in Iraq whose priorities were just...out of this world.
I'll have to say that as long as it is, I prefer Redux because it was what Coppola wanted us to see all along. It gives his vision much more majesty and breathing room. It was also what most of the viewers wanted to see all along with the long rumored "forbidden" scenes.
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Summary: Original, Redux, Where's the "Good" version?
Comment: No one seems to realize this but there are not two but three versions of this movie. The end of the original is too short and I find it unsatisfying. Redux is WAAAY to long and drags. A version called "The Directors Cut" came out on VHS some years ago and was somewhere in between the original and the Redux, having a longer end without the dragging middle. I don't like Redux and the original is not as great a film without the enhanced end.
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Summary: a must see
Comment: Everyone ought to see this film. (Or films). It's a great price for both versions of the film. My only qualm is that both versions are split over 2 DVDs, rather than having one on one and the other on the other. I haven't gone through any features yet, but it looks like there are quite a few...
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Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, Captain Willard, an intelligence officer, sets out on a mission to seek out and terminate renegade Captain Kurtz.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 15-AUG-2006
Media Type: DVD
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