Apocalypse Now

[Will]

I just saw this movie when they aired it on UPN and I was wondering, was this movie based on the short story by Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness"? I noticed at the end Martin Sheen's character says "The horror, the horror.." same as the story.

If it is, they changed the settings from the African Congo to a Vietnamese river(I forget the name of it) and Kurtz is a military man who shares much similarities to the story version in his sadistic and cold and inhuman qualities. My only beef was that they kind of skimmed over the cannibalism part of the story which I thought added to the horror and was an overlying theme in it.

[Mman]

yup, based on Heart of Darkness

[Will]

Ah thought so. I might have to buy this and Full Metal Jacket on DVD now

[Josh]

Be aware. Full Metal Jacket only comes in full-screen.

I highly reccommend getting the "redux" and the original version of Apocalypse Now. Both are amazing.

[Will]

Yeah the one UPN showed was redux. What's the difference between the two, like new scenes or something?

[Diff-chan]

Originally posted by 88mph
Be aware. Full Metal Jacket only comes in full-screen.

Im fairly sure that Full Metal Jacket is full-screen because, well, thats how Kubrick wanted it to be seen - most of his movies are full-screen. I mean I've seen the movie zillions of times and I can't remember parts where people were like talking to people outside the screen or something (symptons of pan & scan).

[Mman]

Yeah, it is full screen cause that is the way Kubrik liked it.

[Josh]

I have a widescreen version on my PC. Not 16x9 widescreen, but still widescreen.

[Diff-chan]

Originally posted by 88mph
I have a widescreen version on my PC. Not 16x9 widescreen, but still widescreen.

Unless they cut stuff from the top and bottom or stretched it out... thats not the way Kubrick liked it. The only reason why widescreen exists is so that you can see films as the director intended, and full-frame is as the director intended Full Metal Jacket. Sooooooo

[Josh]

OK. Nothing was cut off the top, and it isn't stretched out.

This means that a widescreen version exists. Right?

How was it shown in the theatres?