Apocalypse Now
- Release Date
- August 15, 1979
- Director
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Cast
- Marlon Brando , Martin Sheen , Robert Duvall , Frederic Forrest , Sam Bottoms , Laurence Fishburne
- Runtime
- 153
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Studio
- UA
- Writers
- Joseph Conrad , John Milius , Francis Ford Coppola , Michael Herr
- Tagline
- This is the end...
- Website
- http://www.apocalypsenow.com
Summary
Based on Joseph Conrad's Heart Of Darkness, this is a controversial addition to the multitude of Vietnam war movies in existence. We follow Captain Willard on his mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe. Notes taken by Coppola's wife have recently been used to create "Hearts Of Darkness" - a fascinating and revealing account of the making of this movie.
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