Film Forum

U.S., 1979
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Inspired by Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
Starring Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Frederic Forrest, Laurence Fishburne
Cinematography by Vittorio Storaro
Production design by Dean Tavoularis
Original Music by Carmine Coppola
WINNER Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or, 1979
Approx. 149 min. DCP.

American Zoetrope’s brand new restoration of the original 1979 film, which for the past 25 years has rarely been screened theatrically, is of the original “Roadshow” version, exactly as it appeared on first release.
The Roadshow had no credits whatsoever; instead, ticket buyers were given a 12-page souvenir booklet. 

Says James Mockoski, American Zoetrope’s Film Archivist and Restoration Supervisor, “We’ve been to careful to protect and restore each one of Francis Ford Coppola's visions of APOCALYPSE NOW,
including his 2001 REDUX and the 2019 FINAL CUT. We’re now proud to present the original 1979 Roadshow version, which looks and sounds exactly like the event film people first experienced by audiences almost 50 years ago.”

A new 4K restoration of HEARTS OF DARKNESS: A FILMMAKER'S APOCALYPSE will play at Film Forum beginning July 4.

Presented with support from The Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film

A RIALTO PICTURES RELEASE

Trailer

Reviews

“A STUNNING WORK. IT'S AS TECHNICALLY COMPLEX AND MASTERFUL AS ANY WAR FILM I CAN REMEMBER.”
– Vincent Canby, The New York Times

“More clearly than ever one of the key films of the century.”
– Roger Ebert

“A TOWERING LANDMARK IN FILM HISTORY.”
– Los Angeles Times

“The best action and war film of all time.”
– The Guardian

“It had established itself as a modern classic, with young adult audiences in particular revelling in the hallucinatory visuals and quotable one-liners such as 'Saigon... shit!', 'Charlie don't surf!', and 'Never get out of the boat!'”
– The Guardian