STUDIOCANAL is thrilled to announce that the seminal documentary ‘Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse', this critically acclaimed behind-the-scenes look from the lens of Eleanor Coppola at the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Apocalypse Now' has undergone a magnificent 4K restoration and returned to UK cinemas on 4th July. The 4K restoration had its world premiere at the Cinema Ritrovato festival in Bologna, Italy in late June.
An exclusive 4K UHD Collector’s Edition will be available from 28th July. This special three-disc edition includes a wealth of extras, including a 64-page booklet containing new essays about the film and two posters showcasing both the original and new artwork. Eleanor Coppola’s ‘Notes – On the Making of Apocalypse Now', has been re-printed exclusively. New extras include ‘The Making of Hearts of Darkness’ which features exclusive interviews with Roman Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola and Fax Bahr.
The final package is a beautiful tribute to Eleanor Coppola (1936-2024), as well as to the film itself. STUDIOCANAL has commissioned the multi-award-winning artist Akiko Stehrenberger to create the stunning new artwork that accompanies this new release.
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 spiralled into a hellish, life-threatening nightmare that echoed the film’s narrative. Plagued with adversity, one of the most influential films ever made had oneof 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 Colour') and George Hickenlooper (‘Dogtown') revisited the footage in 1991 and filmed new interviews with cast and crew, resulting in ‘Hearts of Darkness', a ground-breaking 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 lead to ‘Apocalypse Now' becoming a worldwide classic film and a constant favourite with film critics.
4K Collector's Edition details:
Feature UHD + Feature BD [Disc 1 + Disc 2]
- NEW – The Making of Hearts of Darkness
- NEW – Eleanor Coppola: Art is All Around Us
- Eleanor & Francis Coppola Audio Commentary
- Eleanor Coppola’s Notes – On the Making of Apocalypse Now, reprinted exclusively for this edition
- 2 x posters (original and new artwork)
Bonus BD [Disc 3]
- Peeling a Potato is a Work of Art (1976, Eleanor Coppola short)
- Victorian House (1976, Eleanor Coppola short)
- Joyce Goldstein (1976, Eleanor Coppola short)
- Refrigerator (1976, Eleanor Coppola short)
- Coda – Eleanor Coppola introduction
- Coda: Thirty Years Later (2007)
- Making of Marie Antoinette (2007)
- FFC directs The Rainmaker (2007)
- On the set of CQ (2002)
- Making of The Virgin Suicides (1998)
- A Visit to China's Miao Country (1996)
- 2025 Trailer
‘Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse' is available on 4K UHD Collector’s Edition from 28th July 2025 via STUDIOCANAL.
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