96 mins |
Rated
R (for language)
Directed by Eleanor Coppola, Fax Bahr, Eleanor Coppola
Starring Eleanor Coppola, Fred Roos, John Milius, Eleanor Coppola, Robert DuVall, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper
CHELSEA CLASSICS: 4K RESTORATIONS/REISSUES
HEARTS OF DARKNES: A FILMMAKER'S APOCALYPSE (Eleanor Coppola, Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, 1991, 96min)
In the late 1970s, celebrated director Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather, The Conversation) and his cast, crew, and family ventured into the dense jungles of the Philippines to begin work on what would eventually become his masterpiece, Apocalypse Now. But the journey from page to screen soon spiraled into a hellish, life-threatening
nightmare that echoed the film’s narrative. Plagued with adversity, one of the most
influential films ever made had one of the most notorious shoots in cinema history that few
survived unscathed.
Meticulously documented at the time by Eleanor Coppola (Paris Can Wait), Fax Bahr (In
Living Color), and George Hickenlooper (Dogtown) revisited the footage in 1991 and filmed
new interviews with the cast and crew, resulting in Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s
Apocalypse, a groundbreaking and intimate portrait of what went into making one of the
best films ever made. Hearts of Darkness is the ultimate feature-length documentary,
capturing the explosive events that led to Apocalypse Now becoming a worldwide classic
film and a constant favorite with film critics.
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CHELSEA CLASSICS: 4K RESTORATIONS/REISSUES
HEARTS OF DARKNES: A FILMMAKER'S APOCALYPSE (Eleanor Coppola, Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, 1991, 96min)
In the late 1970s, celebrated director Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather, The Conversation) and his cast, crew, and family ventured into the dense jungles of the Philippines to begin work on what would eventually become his masterpiece, Apocalypse Now. But the journey from page to screen soon spiraled into a hellish, life-threatening
nightmare that echoed the film’s narrative. Plagued with adversity, one of the most
influential films ever made had one of the most notorious shoots in cinema history that few
survived unscathed.
Meticulously documented at the time by Eleanor Coppola (Paris Can Wait), Fax Bahr (In
Living Color), and George Hickenlooper (Dogtown) revisited the footage in 1991 and filmed
new interviews with the cast and crew, resulting in Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s
Apocalypse, a groundbreaking and intimate portrait of what went into making one of the
best films ever made. Hearts of Darkness is the ultimate feature-length documentary,
capturing the explosive events that led to Apocalypse Now becoming a worldwide classic
film and a constant favorite with film critics.
