"A masterpiece, classic, even rightly dubbed as vintage American cult-culture." -Mr. Spicy
Francis Coppola's Apocalypse Now will forever stand on the shrine of all that is bizarre, very cool, and incredibly creative to the mind's-end imagination. You don't have to be a guy's-guy to like or appreciate the original 1979 big-screen release of Apocalypse Now, but you do have to have a deeper appreciation of the original film to absorb the enormity of the 2001 re-release.Many edited and previously deleted scenes were added in context to Captain Benjamin
Willard's (Martin Sheen) journey up river to confront a highly decorated American officer, Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando) who defected from command in Viet Nam. Kurtz - rightly or wrongly - accused of murdering supposed double-agents of the Viet Kong, makes his escape and new lair in the bowels of the Cambodian jungle. His new following is massive, loyal...and even more afraid.Captain Willard's assignment is to go all the way up river and assassinate Kurtz. True to the
original film, the music, score, and audio effects are outstanding. The 2001 re-release defines a number of side encounters and journeys not seen in the '79 version. I particularly found the additional scenes integrated into the film to be long and more drawn out than needed. What was particularly interesting was some of the additional scenes, commentaries, and most-common technical FAQs at the conclusion of the 
2001 movie.So many great scenes, classic one-liners like, "ah, the smell of napalm in the morning... smells like victory", purple haze, a memorable LSD trip, and a powerful reminder of how cool Jim Morrison and the Doors were, with a full-length version of "The End" so timely woven.
All said and done, despite the length of the 2001 version, I definitely enjoyed watching Apocalypse Now again.Compare Airfare at BabyBoomerTrips.com