Apocalypse Now - Final Cut

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Apocalypse Now - Final Cut

USA, 2019, 183‘

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Cast: Martin Sheen (Capt. Benjamin L. Willard), Marlon Brando (Col. Walter E. Kurtz), Robert Duvall (Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore), Frederic Forrest (EN3 Jay 'Chef' Hicks), Sam Bottoms (GM3 Lance B. Johnson), Laurence Fishburne (GM3 Tyrone 'Clean' Miller), Harrison Ford (Colonel Lucas)

Selected awards

Oscar 1980 – Best Cinematography (Vittorio Storaro), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, George R. Nelson, Walter Murch), Best Sound (Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, Nathan Boxer) and nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Robert Duvall), Best Director (Francis Ford), Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (John Milius, Francis Ford Coppola), Best Film Editing (Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg, Lisa Fruchtman); BAFTA 1980 - Best Direction (Francis Ford Coppola), Best Supporting Actor (Robert Duvall) and nominations for Best Actor (Martin Sheen), Best Cinematography (Vittorio Storaro), Best Editing (Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg, Lisa Fruchtman), Best Film, Best Production Design (Dean Tavoularis, Walter Murch), Best Sound Track (Nathan Boxer, Richard P. Cirincione, Walter Murch), Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music (Carmine Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola); Cannes 1979 – Golden Palm (Tied with The Tin Drum), FIPRESCI Prize; Golden Globes 1980 - Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director (Francis Ford Coppola), Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture (Robert Duvall), Best Original Score - Motion Picture (Carmine Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola)

 

Secret ops assassin Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) is sent on a mission up a river during the Vietnam War to "terminate with extreme prejudice" the errant Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando). In addition to being re-edited with the new footage, the film has been completely restored, converted to digital, and reprinted by dye-transfer, improving color reproduction.

Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now celebrated its 40th Anniversary in 2019 at Tribeca Film Festival with a screening of a new, never-before-seen restored version of the film, entitled Apocalypse Now: Final Cut, remastered from the original negative in 4K Ultra HD.