(rated R, 197 mins.) If you sat through it once, can you sit through all 197 minutes of this classic with even more brilliance from 22 years ago? Following the journey of intelligence officer Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) upriver into Cambodia, Francis Ford Coppola recreates this masterpiece in Apocalypse Now Redux. The new version includes an additional 49 minutes of never-before-seen footage including the much-discussed “French plantation scene’ sequence, as well as an expanded Playboy Playmates sequence, more detail involving Martin Sheen and his crewmates on their voyage and a new Marlon Brando scene. The new version isn’t an improvement over the original release, but more of an expansion of already perfection.
