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Apocalypse Now SE?
Why doesn't Coppola give Apocalypse Now the same treatment he gave the Godfather Trilogy? Only two measly DVDs (regular and redux) and all he gave was a commentary on 1 scene, and the trailers that's pretty sad for one of those movies that's regarded as sacred.
My ideal version would be this:
We can only dream :-/ |
Yeah that sounds pretty sweet but while we're fantasizing why not just put the Redux version in there as well? I'm part of the small minority that liked that version better anyway.
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Hell yeah. Why not? If we can get a 3-disc Windtalkers. we should get this.
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Re: Apocalypse Now SE?
Originally posted by duff beer We can only dream :-/ |
How about getting the movie in OAR? Coppola wants us to see it at 2:20 instead of 2:35 for a bad reason.
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Yawn. As if the 1 disc version didn't put you to sleep already, you have to ask for a 3 disc version. Man, talking about huge savings on insomnia medication.
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Originally posted by FuzzyBallz Yawn. As if the 1 disc version didn't put you to sleep already, you have to ask for a 3 disc version. Man, talking about huge savings on insomnia medication. |
also while i'm dreaming i like to think 'realistic' dreaming by something that can be done logically and market wise, meaning they wont have to spend money to make a dvd with faulty or loopy things like making a AN:SE and one that is Redux, i figured the Redux were left out scenes that Coppola added and called the thing Redux, sort of like the STar Wars special edition sort of wanting the mint and unchanged thing over the one that has been upgraded and changed from its original, many fans prefer the original over the updated, and since redux is just a couple new scenes those can be added in the extras and viewed comfortably by those that like the redux more!
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I think we all have wanted Hearts of darkness on DVD for some time now. :p best place to look for it right now though is the LD. ;)
As for special edition, I can't think of anything more special then the Apocalypse Now Redux Wine Edition. ;) |
Next year is the 25th Anniversary of this masterpiece.
If Paramount is smart, they are hard at work gathering materials for the DVD. |
They already said that there will be another DVD comming out. Where has everyone been? Before Redux even hit the shelves the reviewers said that another release was in the works.
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what.... WHAT?!?!?!?
no f'n way. Well... hopefully they will be smart and not fug up this gem of a dvd and give the fans what they want. My advice is that they add all the things i listed. :) This dvd has the caliber to become as great as the Godfather DVD. |
I really hope they include Hearts of Darkness and Redux in the same package. That way you can watch the part in HoD where Coppolla gathers all the actors from the French plantation scene pretty much right after he films it and tells them he knows right there and then that all their scenes are getting cut. Then, you can watch Redux where said crappy scenes are back in!
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Unless the title has the words "Star" and "Trek" in it, Paramount rarely double-dips, even in cases where an old and inferior DVD desperately needs a remaster.
If they were going to do anything special for Apocalypse Now, they would have done it when Redux was released. |
I would bet that Hearts of Darkness will be released on its own rather than being included in a SE of AN, unless the price for the set is jacked up to a higher level than usual (even for Paramount).
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Originally posted by Josh Z If they were going to do anything special for Apocalypse Now, they would have done it when Redux was released. |
Originally posted by DonnachaOne ... Coppola wants to do a proper SE when he sets aside enough time for it, a la the Godfather release. He was pressured into releasing Redux on DVD by Paramount Could you just image the size of Brando's floating head on the cover of a multi-disc SE? |
Originally posted by DonnachaOne Coppolla wanst to do a proper SE when he sets aside enough time for it, a la the Godfather release. If this movie gets to have a great DVD like how great Godfather DVD was. Then this DVD will be my prized possession. Now the only enemy is time. But alas, it makes me feel good that i know he's using that time to completely perfect that dvd. Coppola! If you're reading this you'd better include all the stuff i listed! |
Originally posted by bigE I thought I'd read that Coppola wanted the Redux as the definitive version & that the original theatrical version was to be moth-balled; so to speak ;) |
As long as any future AN disc comes at the bottom of a wine bottle in a little case there, I wont buy it. ;)
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Originally posted by RichDB10 Come on...admit it.....if it was released in a 'military bag' type of package with dog-tags in a limited edition of 500 you'd be one of the first to buy it as i'm sure you've heard of E-bay ;) |
I also believe Apocalypse Now will get a Special Edition next year. If the Outsiders can get such grand treatment there aint no reason why AN will not get the same.
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I'll have to sell my Apocalypse Now Redux DVD before the SE comes out :D
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I really hope this film will get a SE release next year. 25th Anniversary SE makes perfect sense to me.
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Nothing's been announced yet, other than Zoetrope's press release at the time Redux came out saying that a special edition was in the works.
25th Anniversary Edition would make a whole lotta sense, though. |
Just give me the non-redux cut of Apocalypse Now in its 2.35:1 original aspect ratio, not that half-baked 2.0:1 imposed after the fact by Vittorio Storaro.
Everything else is secondary. |
According to the cinematographer's website, AN was indeed protected for 2:1 from a 2.35:1 frame.
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I'm sorry, I don't get Jack's jokes... am I missing something?
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Protected my foot.
DVDSavant said: The big gripe is the reframing of the movie. Because the 'widescreen' laser wasn't very wide at all, we were hoping for a superduper DVD transfer that finally showed the whole expanse of the frame. The DVD is alas, a tiny bit less wide in framing to the laser disc. It does work out to about 2:1. To its credit, I suppose, the framing never looks terribly cramped or radically cuts off characters, but the grandiose canvas of Apocalypse Now has been chopped by at least 20%. The line of napalm that incinerates a quarter-mile of trees isn't half as impressive as it should be. The Rolling Stones dance on the boat deck cuts Larry Fishburne's leg-kicks off at the ankles. Compared to James Cameron's ideas about reformatting movies for video, Coppola and Storaro are really stingy. Savant's guess is that they just don't believe in 2:35 transfers, or are withholding the full width of their film for HDTV. http://galeon.com/nachoa/apocalypse7.jpg Screencap, 2:1 ratio: http://www.iespana.es/imagenescine/varios/anp4.jpg I can hear Lt.Col. Kilgore barking, "who the **** stole my helicopter?" :D http://galeon.com/nachoa/apocalypse11.jpg http://galeon.com/nachoa/anparamount6.jpg The fewer the merrier!! |
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