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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (DVD)

Francis Ford Coppola (actor), Martin Sheen (actor) and Fax Bahr (director)


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Synopsis

Eleanor Coppola's documentary on the making of her husband's 1979 film, APOCALYPSE NOW, uses footage she shot while on location with him. The film also incorporates interviews with cast and crew members.


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Review

Los Angeles Times, 01/24/1992, p.F1, "...An almost hypnotic document. All the interviewees are salty and unsparing, of themselves especially. Milius is bearish and hilarious; Eleanor idealistic, precise; Coppola nakedly open..."

Rolling Stone, 01/23/1992, p.50, "...Riveting....Jaw-dropping location footage..."

Sight and Sound, 01/01/1992, p.44, "...[A] fascinating account of the making of APOCALYPSE NOW..."

Total Film, 08/01/2000, p.100, "...A classic in its own right..."

Chicago Sun-Times, 01/17/1992, p.38, "...Fascinating, harrowing film history. We feel for once we are witnessing the true story of how a movie got made..."

Entertainment Weekly, 01/31/1992, p.40, "...The most spectacular inside look ever offered into the ineffable process of filmmaking....Through Coppola, the film reveals the spirit -- still alive and kicking -- that put the dream in the dream factory..."

Release Note

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
2.0 Surround Dolby Digital - English
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material -
Audio Commentary - 1. Francis and Eleanor Coppola
Featurette - 1. CODA:Thirty Years Later

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
2.0 Surround Dolby Digital - English
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Featurette: CODA:Thirty Years Later
Audio Commentary: Francis and Eleanor Coppola

Product Notes

In the late 1970s director Francis Ford Coppola began filming his monumental Vietnam epic, APOCALYPSE NOW. Shot in the Philippines, the film would eventually take years to complete and include 238 days of principal photography, the lead actor's firing, the replacement star's heart attack, a typhoon on the set, difficulties with an overweight Marlon Brando, ritualistic animal slaughter, and President Marcos' war with rebels. Coppola's wife, Eleanor, documented his struggles during the marathon moviemaking by using her own film crew to shoot behind the scenes and secretly tape conversations with her tormented husband. Her work was used by filmmakers Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper for their riveting documentary HEARTS OF DARKNESS. Using interviews with the stars of the film, including Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, and Dennis Hopper, the producers and production crew, and especially Coppola himself, the filmmakers unravel the story behind the making of APOCALYPSE NOW and the director's torturous search for an ending. Coppola compared his film to America's efforts in Vietnam: "We were in the jungle, there were too many of us, we had access to too much money, too much equipment, and little by little we went insane."



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