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NEW 4K RESTORATION SUPERVISED BY FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA. ALL TICKET BUYERS WILL RECEIVE A FREE FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL 12-PAGE SOUVENIR BOOKLET.

“The horror…” Francis Ford Coppola’s epic portrait of war as hell (working from a script, co-written by John Milius, adapting Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness) follows Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) as he undertakes a journey from South Vietnam to Cambodia at the height of the Vietnam War with orders to assassinate the rogue Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando). Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival, APOCALYPSE NOW—the subject of several revisions by Coppola in the years since its premiere—endures as one of cinema’s most viscerally affecting, visionarily harrowing depictions of war, and a work that fearlessly gazes into an abyss of violence in search of the human soul.

American Zoetrope’s brand new restoration of the original 1979 film, which for the past 25 years has rarely been screened theatrically, is of the original “Roadshow” version, exactly as it appeared on first release. The Roadshow had no credits whatsoever; instead, ticket buyers were given a 12-page souvenir booklet.

Says James Mockoski, American Zoetrope’s Film Archivist and Restoration Supervisor, “We’ve been to careful to protect and restore each one of Francis Ford Coppola's visions of APOCALYPSE NOW, including his 2001 REDUX and the 2019 FINAL CUT. We’re now proud to present the original 1979 Roadshow version, which looks and sounds exactly like the event film people first experienced by audiences almost 50 years ago.”

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola

1979 | USA | English language | DCP

Rated R

No discounts or passes permitted for this film.

Online sales end 15 minutes prior to showtime. Please visit the Harris Theater box office after this time to purchase tickets.

Concessions

Concessions are available for all screenings and the Harris Theater is now BYOB. Guests who bring alcoholic beverages must be 21 years or older and provide valid photo ID upon request, a $5 charge will be issued per guest.