5/23 Essential Cinema: Apocalypse Now Redux – In Honor of Robert Duvall

A toast to the great Robert Duvall. Join us on Saturday, May 23rd at the historic Eureka Theater for a special edition of our Essential Cinema series. We are honoring the passing of the great Robert Duvall with a big screen presentation of Francis Ford Coppola’s hallucinatory masterpiece, Apocalypse Now Redux. This is your chance to see Duvall deliver one of cinema’s most legendary performances as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore, a surf-obsessed cavalry commander who rides into battle to the sound of Wagner. He is terrifying. He is hilarious. He is utterly unforgettable. And yes, he loves the smell of napalm in the morning. Surrounding him is a cast for the ages: Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, and a young Laurence Fishburne. The Redux version adds nearly 50 minutes of lost footage, including the infamous French plantation sequence. It is longer, stranger, and deeper. It demands to be seen on the biggest screen possible. Part of our Essential Cinema series. Because some films are not just movies. They are experiences that demand a crowd, a dark theater, and on a big screen in Humboldt County.   Event Details Doors Open at 7:00 PM Film Starts at 7:30 PM Tickets General Admission: $10 Not recommended for children under 12 About the Film During the Vietnam War, Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) receives a mission that will break him. His orders are to travel upriver into the Cambodian jungle and terminate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a once-brilliant officer who has gone completely mad and now rules over a remote outpost as a god. Along the way, Willard encounters surfing colonels, Playboy bunnies, tiger attacks, and the absolute limit of human darkness. Apocalypse Now is not a war film. It is a descent into hell. Do not get out of the boat. Grab your tickets now for a night of “I love the smell of napalm in the morning” at the Eureka Theater. Even in the heart of darkness, you need good power, a great magazine, and public television. Thank you to Redwood Coast Energy Authority, North Coast Journal and KEET TV.