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Apocalypse Now (1979)
8.6
Ratings: 8.6/10 from 221,257 users
Metascore:
90/100
Reviews: 812 user | 211 critic | 29 from Metacritic.com
During the on-going Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe. Director:Francis Ford Coppola |
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| Marlon Brando | ... | ||
| Martin Sheen | ... | ||
| Robert Duvall | ... | ||
| Frederic Forrest | ... | ||
| Sam Bottoms | ... | ||
| Laurence Fishburne | ... |
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
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| Albert Hall | ... | ||
| Harrison Ford | ... | ||
| Dennis Hopper | ... | ||
| G.D. Spradlin | ... | ||
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Jerry Ziesmer | ... | |
| Scott Glenn | ... | ||
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Bo Byers | ... | |
| James Keane | ... | ||
| Kerry Rossall | ... | ||
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It is the height of the war in Vietnam, and U.S. Army Captain Willard is sent by Colonel Lucas and a General to carry out a mission that, officially, 'does not exist - nor will it ever exist'. The mission: To seek out a mysterious Green Beret Colonel, Walter Kurtz, whose army has crossed the border into Cambodia and is conducting hit-and-run missions against the Viet Cong and NVA. The army believes Kurtz has gone completely insane and Willard's job is to eliminate him! Willard, sent up the Nung River on a U.S. Navy patrol boat, discovers that his target is one of the most decorated officers in the U.S. Army. His crew meets up with surfer-type Lt-Colonel Kilgore, head of a U.S Army helicopter cavalry group which eliminates a Viet Cong outpost to provide an entry point into the Nung River. After some hair-raising encounters, in which some of his crew are killed, Willard, Lance and Chef reach Colonel Kurtz's outpost... Written by Derek O'Cain
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Rated R for disturbing violent images, language, sexual content and some drug use (Redux version) See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Apocalypse Now Redux See more »Box Office
Budget:
$31,500,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$118,558 (USA) (19 August 1979) (3 Screens)Gross:
$83,471,511 (USA) (9 November 2001)Company Credits
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Runtime:
| (Redux version)Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby Digital (Redux version) | Dolby (35 mm prints) | DTS (Redux version)Color:
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2.00 : 1
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Willard: [voiceover] Saigon... shit; I'm still only in Saigon... Every time I think I'm gonna wake up back in the jungle.
Willard: When I was home after my first tour, it was worse.
[grabs at flying insect]
Willard: I'd wake up and there'd be nothing. I hardly said a word to my wife, until I said "yes" to a divorce. When I was here, I wanted to be there; when I was there, all I could think of was getting back into the jungle. I'm here a week now... waiting for a mission... getting softer. Every minute I stay in this room, I get weaker, and every minute Charlie squats in the bush, he gets stronger. Each time I looked around the walls moved in a little tighter.
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in the Kurtz compound late in the film. See more »
By Dale Hawkins, S. J. Lewis, E. Broadwater
Performed by Flash Cadillac
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Although top billed, Marlon Brando does not appear until more than 2.5 hours into the movie (Redux version). See more »Goofs
Crew or equipment visible: When the Playboy chopper takes off with the two men holding on you can see a safety wire holding the man who partially drops when the pants of the other man partially give way. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Willard: [voiceover] Saigon... shit; I'm still only in Saigon... Every time I think I'm gonna wake up back in the jungle.
Willard: When I was home after my first tour, it was worse.
[grabs at flying insect]
Willard: I'd wake up and there'd be nothing. I hardly said a word to my wife, until I said "yes" to a divorce. When I was here, I wanted to be there; when I was there, all I could think of was getting back into the jungle. I'm here a week now... waiting for a mission... getting softer. Every minute I stay in this room, I get weaker, and every minute Charlie squats in the bush, he gets stronger. Each time I looked around the walls moved in a little tighter.
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Crazy Credits
There are no opening credits in the film. The title can be seen as graffitiin the Kurtz compound late in the film. See more »
Soundtracks
"Suzie Q"By Dale Hawkins, S. J. Lewis, E. Broadwater
Performed by Flash Cadillac
Courtesy of Private Stock Records See more »
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