It ran exclusively in these three locations for four weeks before opening in an additional 12 theaters on October 3, 1979. [100] On October 10, 1979, the 35mm version, with credits, was released in over 300 theatres. [48]

Shooting began on March 20, 1976. [48] Within a few days, Coppola was unhappy with Harvey Keitel's take on Willard, saying that the actor "found it difficult to play him as a passive onlooker". [51] With Brando not due to film until three months later, as he did not want to work while his children were on school vacation, Keitel left the project in April and quit the seven-year deal he had signed as well. [1] [70] Coppola returned to Los Angeles and replaced Keitel with Martin Sheen, who arrived in the Philippines on April 24. [70] [71] Only four days of reshoots were reportedly required after the change. [1]

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Where the little girl from Ohio is relevant is that now we have this double film industry,” he continues. “We have the studio pictures, which we know are really the same movie over and over and over again, and then there’s this very fertile independent film business, which are all the kids I was referring to. That’s the cinema. The cinema is not the industrial cinema. The cinema is independent cinema. Even this second golden age of television comes from people who wanted to make films like we did in the 70s but weren’t permitted to, so they did it for television. We’re in a blossoming of cinema art, I feel. It’s just that they do it with their parent’s credit cards.” Appelo, Tim (August 30, 2014). "Telluride: Francis Ford Coppola Spills 'Apocalypse Now' Secrets on 35th Anniversary". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September 2, 2014 . Retrieved August 25, 2018. In May 2011, a new restored digital print of Apocalypse Now was released in UK cinemas, distributed by Optimum Releasing. Total Film magazine gave the film a five-star review, stating: 'This is the original cut rather than the 2001 'Redux' (be gone, jarring French plantation interlude!), digitally restored to such heights you can, indeed, get a nose full of the napalm.' [119] Box office [ edit ] Vagg, Stephen (December 2019). "A Hell of a Life: The Nine Lives of John Ashley". Diabolique Magazine. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019 . Retrieved January 3, 2020. The strained making of 'Apocalypse Now' ". The Independent. July 24, 2009. Archived from the original on August 17, 2017 . Retrieved August 9, 2020.In 2009, the London Film Critics' Circle voted Apocalypse Now the best film of the last 30 years. [139] It was also included in BBC's 2015 list of the 100 greatest American films. [140] Fraser, George MacDonald (1988) The Hollywood History of the World: from One Million Years B.C. to Apocalypse Now. Kobal Collection /Beech Tree Books. ISBN 0-688-07520-7 Festival de Cannes: Apocalypse Now". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012 . Retrieved May 23, 2009. urn:lcp:apocalypsenowboo0000cowi:epub:c0bfcc53-fe04-478a-b3f4-13927aeb3ae1 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier apocalypsenowboo0000cowi Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s2vgnzsrgsb Invoice 1652 Isbn 0571203698 Lccn 2001334126 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9882 Ocr_module_version 0.0.15 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-2000510 Openlibrary_edition Hot up-and-coming actor Harvey Keitel was finally cast as Willard. However, after about a month of shooting, Coppola realized he had made a mistake. Years later, FFC said, “Harvey Keitel is a fine actor, and I did not replace him because of his acting talent, which he has more than made evident over the years. I never was 100% sure that he was right for the role. Another thing was that Harvey was incredibly uncomfortable in the jungle, among weird creatures and boats. So I had to make a grown-up decision, and recognize that I’d made a mistake. It’s always hard to fire an actor.”

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There are certain films over time that have always existed in their own completely contained and unique cinematic universes – i.e. "The Wizard of Oz," "Citizen Kane," "The Searchers," "Psycho," "The Shining," "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre;" yes, that one too; among others. Obviously, each of these films do exist in firmly established genres but have a style, a visual feel, a tangible experiential element that only happens when you watch it – no matter how many times you see it. Willard, like Marlow, becomes more perceptive to the moral darkness around him as the film proceeds. An important difference between these characters, however, is that Willard begins the film as a man already accustomed to the "horror" around him. The opening shots of the film reveal Willard in a Saigon hotel; on his nightstand is a gun (he has already considered suicide) and he explains, in a voice-over, that he was unable to adjust to life in the United States after his first tour of duty. Coppola then presents the viewer with a montage of Willard screaming, crying, and smashing a mirror to show how desperately Willard needs a mission to give his life some purpose. Another difference is that Marlow wanted to explore "the blank places" on a map to satisfy his thirst for adventure, but Willard needs a mission so that he doesn't become (as he fears) "weaker."