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Apocalypse Now: The Complete Dossier

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Did anybody pick this up last week? Circuit City had it for 12.99, and the CC version included a "third" bonus disc consisting of added scenes and expanded themes of Apoc Now Redux (w/ Coppola commentary); destruction of the Kurtz Compound (w/ and w/o commentary); and 1979 & 2001 trailers.
The two main criticisms of this reissue are 1) if its the complete dossier, why isn't Hearts of Darkness documentary included; and 2) the two versions of the movies are split over two discs.
While I would liked to have had HOD documentary, its absence doens't detract from the overall strengths of this version. On being split over two discs, I was initially upset about this, but the movies are split at the point of the intermission when these movies were shown theatrically; and 2) I presume the splitting enabled better PQ (higher bit-rate).
Considering how reasonably priced this issue is, and how "cool" the packaging is, I think it is a bargain. I've never been interested in extras, but some of these are quite interesting.
And I think it is safe to assume that this is the definitive DVD issue, especially since hi-rez video (blu-ray and HD-DVD) is starting to be released.
Since they simply don't make movies like this anymore, I highly recommended it. Enjoy.
townsend

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I said it was a great movie the day I saw it. The critics panned it, vets whined about it for a generation. - late 08:53:03 08/21/06 (12)
Now it's called a classic... So it goes. I once read a good article by a Vietnam Vet covering the books and movies about the conflict. Ironically,
while he panned it, he used it as a standard to compare everything else.
It would have been funny if it wasn't simultaneously sad and revealing.
For all it's flaws, I doubt we will see a better film about the conflict.
- I'm a Vietnam vet and I thought it - EdM 09:14:30 08/21/06 (11)
  was dead on in most respects. Okay maybe not the Brando part but everything else was. I knew officers exactly like "I love the smeel of napalm in the morning" Colonel Kilgore.
  Loved every minute of it. Probably couldn't be made today. The Vietnamese would bitch like crazy for one thing.
  Music is Emotion
  - Vietnam wants us back. They're scared of China enough they offered us either of our old Navy bases. China Beach anyone? - late 14:12:50 08/21/06 (0)
    nt
  - Even though I was a REMF, I think it captured the total insanity of everybody involved . . . it was like Disneyland. * - mr grits 13:54:33 08/21/06 (9)
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    Who's aggitat'in my dots?
    - what is a REMF? ..nt - late 14:13:34 08/21/06 (8)
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      - Re: what is a REMF? ..nt - YECH 14:58:50 08/21/06 (7)
        
        In Reply to: what is a REMF? ..nt posted by late on August 21, 2006 at 14:13:34:
        
        Rear echelon mother fucker
        They carried typewriters instead of guns.
        Someone who knows as much as you do about the "conflict" would know this.
        YECH
        
        I think everyone knows more than they want to. Don't you? ..nt - late 16:57:11 08/21/06 (6)
        
        In Reply to: Re: what is a REMF? ..nt posted by YECH on August 21, 2006 at 14:58:50:
        
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        And you're amazingly vulgar and rude...(nt) - TWB 00:42:36 08/23/06 (1)
        
        In Reply to: I think everyone knows more than they want to. Don't you? ..nt posted by late on August 21, 2006 at 16:57:11:
        
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        Not you Late...Yech....(nt) - TWB 00:50:16 08/23/06 (0)
        
        In Reply to: And you're amazingly vulgar and rude...(nt) posted by TWB on August 23, 2006 at 00:42:36:
        
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        No - YECH 03:30:01 08/22/06 (3)
        
        In Reply to: I think everyone knows more than they want to. Don't you? ..nt posted by late on August 21, 2006 at 16:57:11:
        
        You are amazingly stupid.
        YECH
        
        Yes, you do, and especially where Vietnam is concerned ..nt - late 05:35:33 08/23/06 (0)
        
        In Reply to: No posted by YECH on August 22, 2006 at 03:30:01:
        
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        "Dense" would be a nicer word. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:48:34 08/22/06 (1)
        
        In Reply to: No posted by YECH on August 22, 2006 at 03:30:01:
        
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        Keep biting those ankles... nt - late 05:36:19 08/23/06 (0)
        
        In Reply to: "Dense" would be a nicer word. nt posted by clarkjohnsen on August 22, 2006 at 08:48:34:
        
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Not definitive. The REAL one will have documentary on Coppola's winery. nt - tinear 04:30:44 08/21/06 (0)
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