June 28,  2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:  Leslie Unger - (310) 247-3000

                         lunger@oscars.org

Beverly Hills, CA - "Apocalypse Now Redux," the newly-created director's cut of Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam War epic, will be screened at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday, July 20, at 7:30 p.m., in the Academy's recently remodeled 1,013-seat Samuel Goldwyn Theater. This event will be the film's first screening for the public in the United States, with tickets going on sale July 2.

Featuring 53 minutes of previously unseen footage and a newly-created six-channel soundtrack, "Apocalype Now Redux" was first presented at the Cannes Film Festival in May. "Redux" was produced by Kim Aubrey, who will introduce the film at the Academy, and Coppola, and edited by Walter Murch.

The original "Apocalypse Now" won Academy Awards for Cinematography (Vittorio Storaro) and Sound (Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, Nat Boxer). The film earned an additional six Oscar nominations: Supporting Actor (Robert Duvall as Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore), Art Direction (Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham; Set Decoration: George R. Nelson), Directing (Coppola), Film Editing (Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg, Lisa Fruchtman),

Best Picture (Coppola, producer; Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson and Tom Sternberg, Co-Producers), and Writing- Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (John Milius, Coppola).

In addition to Duvall, the film stars Marlon Brando as the renegade Green Beret Colonel Kurtz and Martin Sheen as Captain Willard, as well as Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, G.D. Spradlin, Harrison Ford, Scott Glenn and Christian Marquand.

The print to be screened is courtesy of Miramax Films and American Zoetrope.

Tickets for "Apocalypse Now Redux" are $5 for the general public, $3 for Academy members. They may be purchased in advance at the Academy during regular business hours, by mail, or on the night of the screening, if still available, when the doors open at 6:30 p.m. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information, call 310-247-3600.