The first change in the Redux-version has been made to evade connection-errors. In the regular version, before the movie begins, you see the Paramount-logo for 25 seconds ( -25 seconds ) Thus, the versions overall differ in 46 minutes and 38 seconds 23 cuts respectively changes had been found. You might see it as a bizarre feverish dream, the silence before the storm or the last meal - in the context, the scene surely is legitimate and fascinating - but for the audience it will be a damper on the atmosphere and the pace.įor this cut report, the German BMG/UfA-DVD of the "Redux"-cut has been compared to the Paramount tape that contains the original version. The idyllic seeming scene doesn't quite fit into the scared mood we have in this part of the movie. This, without a doubt, brilliantly inscenated sequence is, unfortunately, a pretty obvious cut scene for a reason: pace. The "Redux"-version is undoubtably the better one - up until the above mentioned scene. Even crazy Colonel Kilgore (Robert Duvall) gets scenes - short ones, granted - slightly unveiling his human nature. Whereas the regular version of "Apocalypse Now" might seem much more paranoid and lunatic, Coppola mainly implemented scenes emphasizing the soldiers' humanity. All in all, the "Redux"-version can be considered the whole truth. One of those being the often discussed plantation-scene showing Willard meeting french colonists. The "Redux" version was rearranged and the presentation changed in the first hour, whereas in the last part only big scenes had been implemented. The there presented, alternative version is Coppola's approved Director's Cut. On the 11th of May 2001, "Apocalypse Now - Redux" finally was premiered in Cannes. There were many scenes he wanted to show the public, scenes that would make his vision complete. Coppola was never truly satisfied with the common version of "Apocalypse Now". There was a difference of about six minutes due to different ending credits. When it was firstly shown in European cinemas in 1979 "Apocalypse Now" had, in its regular version, a runtime of about 147 minutes PAL. Even the cut that was shown in Cannes wasn't the final one as well. The first cut, the one which contains Coppola's entire virtuosity, ran 5 1/2 hours. Francis Ford Coppola's mega work that had used up 31.5 million Dollars and 100 pounds of Coppola's body weight has been cut for almost one and a half years after the shooting was finished by editor Walter Murch.
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