USA/1991 — directed by Eleanor Coppola, Fax Bahr, and George Hickenlooper | 96 min.

In the late 1970s, Francis Ford Coppola, accompanied by his family, cast, and crew, traveled to the Philippines to begin work on what would become Apocalypse Now. 

The shoot quickly became one of the most notorious in cinema history, spiraling into a hellish, life-threatening ordeal that tested the sanity of everyone involved.

Chronicling the drama was the late Eleanor Coppola, who captured extensive behind-the-scenes footage and recorded audio interviews with her husband and crew members as tensions mounted. 

In the early 1990s, Eleanor Coppola’s footage was interwoven with new interviews featuring Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper, George Lucas, and others. For this new restoration, supervised by Francis Coppola and making its DFT debut, the original footage has been scanned in 4K, resulting in an immersive big-screen experience.

“The greatest ever making-of documentary. A magnificent achievement.” – Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian