Blu-ray Release: Francis Ford Coppola 5-Film Collection

Blu-ray Release Date: Dec. 4, 2012
Price: Blu-ray $39.99
Studio: Lionsgate

Francis Ford Coppola fans who’ve haven’t been keeping up with the great filmmaker’s works on Blu-ray get a chance to catch up with the well-priced release of Francis Ford Coppola 5-Film Collection Blu-ray. A quintet the five-time Academy Award winner’s movies, all of which have been previously issued on Blu-ray, are being issued together for the first time as a high-definition boxed set, complete with a slew of extras.

Here’s a breakdown of the musical, drama and war films that comprise the collection, along with their bonus features:

Apocalypse Now (1979)

Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)

This is the definitive version of Francis Ford Coppola’s stunning vision of the heart of darkness in all of us, re-edited and re-mastered with 49 minutes of additional footage.

• Audio commentary by Director Francis Ford Coppola

Nastassia Kinski grows on Frederic Forrest in Coppola's One from the Heart.

One From The Heart (1982)

• Feature-length audio commentary by director Francis Ford Coppola
• The Dream Studio documentary
• The Electronic Cinema documentary
• Tom Waits and the Music of One From The Heart documentary
• The Making Of One From The Heart (1982) documentary
• Previously Unreleased Demo Recordings and Alternate Takes of Tom Waits’ Music
• Deleted Scenes
• Videotaped Rehearsals
• The Tom Waits Score: Alternate Tracks
• Press Conference at the Studio
• Francis Coppola Speaks to the Exhibitors
• This One’s From the Heart Music Video
• Stop Motion Demo
• Theatrical Trailers

Tetro(2009)

• Audio commentary with Francis Ford Coppola and actor Alden Ehrenreich
• “The Rehearsal Process” featurette – documenting Coppola’s extensive preparation with the cast
• “Fausta: A Drama in Verse” – extended version of the play featured within the movie
• “Mihai Malaimare, Jr: The Cinematography” featurette
• “The Ballet” featurette – a look at the film’s choreography and the use of dance in the film
• “Osvaldo Golijov: Music Born from the Film” featurette
• “La Colifata: Siempre Fui Loco” featurette – a behind the scenes look at the filming of Tetro at La Borda mental hospital

The Conversation (1974)

• Interview with director Francis Ford Coppola and composer David Shire
• “Harry Caul’s San Francisco: Then and Now” featurette
• Archival screen tests with Harrison Ford, Cindy Williams
• Archival audio of Francis Ford Coppola dictating (writing) the original script
• Archival on-set interview with Gene Hackman
• “Close up on The Conversation” featurette
• Discussion with Francis Ford Coppola about his early film exercise, “No Cigar”
• Audio commentary with director Francis Ford Coppola
• Audio commentary with editor Walter Murch

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