At the first announcement of the final cut, many were therefore disappointed that this scene is still included in principle. The stay with the French occupiers has always been a critically discussed extension of the Redux version. Only the long scene block in the French plantation and the dinner scene with conspiracy theories about the plantation were shortened. The scene with the magazine can be attributed even more clearly to the changed zeitgeist, because nowadays Time Magazine simply doesn't have the same influence as it did a few years ago. Even though Coppola himself only deals with the continuity in this part of the film in the interview with Vanity Fair, the suspicion expressed there suggests that the gimmicks with the girls might have been seen somewhat critical in the #MeToo age. The second encounter with the Playboy Bunnies as well as the scene towards the end, where Willard lies in a container and Kurtz reads Time Magazine, were cut completely. Some scenes that had been added compared to the theatrical version were completely deleted again, some only shortened. Basically, Coppola has taken a middle course here. In general, it can be said that the new film version tends to be based on the Redux version, as you could already guess from the closer runtime. What has been changed for the Final Cut of APOCALYPSE NOW? But this is another story and can be read here in the corresponding comparison. After the "final" 3rd version of Alexander, Stone added a fourth, "Ultimate" version. But if he wants to follow Oliver Stone's example, he can make an Ultimate Cut after the Final Cut in a few years. Coppola himself now calls this version the Final Cut. The film now lasts 175 minutes without credits and is therefore 20 minutes shorter than the Redux version, but also 30 minutes longer than the theatrical version at that time. Details about the Redux version can be found in our detailed comparison.Īnd for the film’s 40th anniversary, Francis Ford Coppola now presents us with a new version of his legendary anti-war film. Here, however, he exaggerated in 2001 according to his own statement in the 2019 article by Deadline and showed more than he thinks makes sense today. That's why Coppola later re-inserted most of the scenes in Redux Cut, as he didn't consider them so strange anymore. But cinema and the audience develop further and with time crazy ideas become normality. Coppola also realized that the film wasn't necessarily mainstream and removed scenes for the theatrical version at the time that seemed a bit stranger to a "normal" audience. That's why the director of Apocalypse Now himself cut back in 1979, but a little more than he actually thought was optimal.
This often diminished the success at the box office. And what these parties often didn't like? A film with an overly long runtime.
in principle he can bring the version to the cinemas he wants, he always tried to take suggestions from the studio, the financiers and foreign distributors into consideration. Even though Coppola has had the final cut for his films since The Godfather (1971), i.e. The film reached a running time of 196 minutes (this time again without credits) and is even longer than the first Cannes version. In 2001, the so-called Redux version celebrated its premiere in Cannes. But when Coppola found out that moviegoers thought that Willard had arranged an air raid on Kurtz's base in the jungle because of the scenes, he changed the credits and only classic white text on a black background could be seen. For the 35mm version there were real credits, which were placed over shots of explosions and burning jungle. There is a version without credits in the early 70mm version and only with a copyright notice. Afterwards the director shortened the film by many scenes and so in autumn 1979 the official theatrical version came to the cinemas with only about 147 minutes running time.īut there were also differences in the credits. There Coppola showed a shorter "Work in Progress" version of the film, which lasted about 3 hours and won the Palme d’Or, the highest award of the film festival. It was made before the Cannes premiere in 1979. The story of Apocalypse Now begins with a 289-minute workprint version of the film, which was released on VHS a long time ago but never officially released.
Comparison between the Final Cut and the Redux Version (both included on the American 4K-Blu-ray/BD set by Lionsgate // identical in frame to the German 4K-Blu-ray/BD set by StudioCanal)
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