Set in the early fifties, this razor-sharp adaptation of the novel by Richard Condon concerns the decorated U.S. Army sergeant Raymond Shaw, who as a prisoner during the Korean War is brainwashed into being a sleeper assassin in a Communist conspiracy, and a fellow POW who slowly uncovers the sinister plot.

Set in the early fifties, this razor-sharp adaptation of the novel by Richard Condon concerns the decorated U.S. Army sergeant Raymond Shaw, who as a prisoner during the Korean War is brainwashed into being a sleeper assassin in a Communist conspiracy, and a fellow POW who slowly uncovers the sinister plot.

• [Disc 1.] Apocalypse now ; Apocalypse now redux (Both with optional audio commentary with director Francis Ford Coppola)
• [Disc 2.] Special features. A conversation with Martin Sheen ; An interview with John Milius ; "Monkey sampan" deleted scene ; Additional scenes ; Destruction of the Kurtz compound ; "Heart of darkness" reading by Orson Welles ; "The hollow men" ; The birth of 5.1 sound ; Ghost helicopter flyover ; A million feet of film : the editing of Apocalypse now ; The music of Apocalypse now ; The synthesizer soundtrack ; Heard any good movies lately? The sound design of Apocalypse now ; The final mix ; Apocalypse then and now ; 2001 Cannes Film Festival : Francis Ford Coppola ; PBR Streetgang ; The color palette of Apocalypse now
• [Disc 3.] Hearts of darkness : a filmmaker's apocalypse / Showtime presentation ; written and directed by Fax Bahr, with George Hickenlooper ; produced by George Zaloom and Les Mayfield ; documentary footage directed by Eleanor Coppola ; Zaloom Mayfield Productions ; in association with Zoetrope Studios ; edited by Michael Greer and Jay Miracle ; music, Todd Boekelheide ; Additional special features. John Milius script selections with notes by Francis Ford Coppola ; Storyboard gallery ; Photo archive ; Marketing archive.

A United States Army officer/trained assassin is sent into the depths of a southeast Asian jungle to seek out a renegade colonel and terminate his command during the Vietnam War.

A group of paranoia-inspired, war-happy generals manage to initiate an "accidential" nuclear apocalypse. Joint Chief of Staff "Buck" Turgidson and Air Force Strategic Commander Jack Ripper, order a bomber squadron to attack the USSR. This triggers a Soviet secret weapon called the 'Doomsday Machine.' The weapon is a diabolical retaliatory missile system. In an attempt to advert this catastrophe, British Captain Lionel Mandrake becomes the only person with access to Gen. Ripper. U.S. President Muffley, whose best attempt at diverting this disaster depends on convincing a boozed-up Soviet Premier it's all a silly mistake. Advising the president is Dr. Strangelove, a demented ex-Nazi scientist.

"During the Vietnam War, the young American Captain Willard is given the assignment to hunt down and kill one of his own: Colonel Kurtz who has apparently gone insane, murdered hundreds of innocent people, and constructed a strange kingdom for himself deep in the jungle. Willard and his crew embark on a surreal river journey to find Kurtz, meeting along the way a Lieutenant-Colonel who surfs during live combat, Playboy bunnies dropped in by helicopter to entertain rowdy troops, and the inhabitants of a French plantation trapped in colonial times"--Yahoo Movies web site.

In this dark comedy, chaos erupts when a general orders an attack on the Russians, which subsequently will trigger the Russian "Doomsday Device." The President and his aides struggle to find a way to stop the impending doom.

A United States Army officer/trained assassin is sent into the depths of a southeast Asian jungle to seek out a renegade colonel and terminate his command during the Vietnam War.

A United States Army officer/trained assassin is sent into the depths of a southeast Asian jungle to seek out a renegade colonel and terminate his command during the Vietnam War.