Re: Apocalypse Now - theatrical end credits scene explosion director's

The explosion of the Kurtz Compound set, with director's comments by Coppola explaining why it's not part of the movie.

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• Apocalypse
• Now
• Theatrical
• Credits
• explosion
• compound
• Coppola
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[Biznz]

My personal opinion is this scene needed to be in the movie. I'm a male. When I feel hours of building tension, I expect an explosive release.

[vokshumana]

The reason to keep this scene in the movie is that ``Almighty`` kills his children to show his might, and the reason not to keep the scene is that the ``world will end not with a bang, but with a whimper``.

[bruvvamoff]

I saw this movie for the first time on TV and it showed the explosion ending. I fell in love with the movie, ran out and bought it on DVD. No explosion at the end. Then I heard of a redux directors cut, so I ran out and bought that on DVD. No explosion at the end. Then I gave up.

[SUPACORBIN]

see ya guys im goin to kill my kill myself now love you

[telecom79]

..yeah Francis...thanks for taking out these ending credits in the released DVD. dumbass.

[Kylev2]

IMO they should've interspersed brief flashes of this in the "official" ending.

[artupior]

My personal opinion, after watching the Redux version an hour ago and still remembering blasts that kept me several years ago in my theatrical chair to very last line of credits, is that Coppola - despite what he is saying in commentary - deliberately confuses the endings. As he is not sure at all what rules this world - sanity or order, hope or horror. Which one expresses better condition of life and war. Just like his characters: Kurtz and Willard - who practice one to value the other.

[artupior]

My personal opinion, after watching the Redux version an hour ago and still remembering blasts that kept me several years ago in my theatrical chair to very last line of credits, is that Coppola - despite what he is saying in commentary - deliberately confuses the ending. As he is not at all sure what rules this world - sanity or order, hope or horror. Which one expresses better condition of life and war. Just like his characters: Kurtz and Willard - who practice one to value the other.

[AlexanderFuSheng]

Please, Mr. Coppola don't try to explain your reasons and give me back 19.90 euros! I've just bought your double dvd cause i really wanted to see a restored version of the '79 theatrical release, an uncut one, of course, and...(swell!) you've cut off the great ending credits.I've grown up with that credits! In '79 you edited and put them in the movie,you can't remove them 30 years later, it's unfair.Not even as an extra, completely erased.There's already the redux one to ruin your masterpiece!

[MileyFuckFaceCyrus]

@Biznz True that man, the real ending just wasn't enough.

[aruiz90]

I dont understand why people want this included. The ending of the original cut is perfect with the fade to black with the sound of rain and NO end credits. I was very disappointed when Coppola put credits in the Redux version

[21stcenturyfilmdocs]

This is why Coppola (like many great artists) needed a good editor to remind Coppola that sometimes American audiences really prefer to be clunked over the head with an ending that explains everything...Chaka like pretty explosions... Like Kinoptika, THIS is how I saw the ending of Apocalypse Now when it came out on HBO way back in 1984 (or 1985?, was really young).

Thanks very much...I made my own homage to AN...set to Metallica's "One"