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Apocalypse Now (1979)
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Ratings: 8.6/10 from 235,782 users
Metascore:
90/100
Reviews: 825 user | 215 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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available in different VHS, laserdisc, DVD and TV prints of the film......
When the film premiered in a limited 70mm format, it had no beginning or
end credits, nothing but a one-line Omni Zoetrope copyright notice at the
end. Programs were passed out to theater goers in lieu of any credits.
When the film went into its wide release its format was 35mm. This
version included end credits rolling over surrealistic explosions and
burning jungle, showing the Kurtz compound being destroyed.
When Coppola heard that people were assuming that the explosions during the
end credits of the 35mm version meant that an air strike had been called in
on the Kurtz compound (which is not what he wanted audiences to think) he
quickly re-edited the 35mm version to have the end credits rolling over a
simple black background and a slightly altered musical score.
The "Redux" version also has the end credits over a black background but in
different screen fonts and including additional "Redux" inserted cast
members. See more »
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Trivia
Filmed in 1976 but released in 1979. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: In the Redux version, there is a scene where Capt Willard is walking through a heavy downpour at the Playmate/Medevac helicopter site. His M16 is slung over his shoulder with the muzzle pointing upward. This allows rain to enter the rifle's mechanism, resulting in rust and and eventual jamming. Real combat troops carry their rifles with the muzzles down while in the rain to prevent this from happening. 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 four different treatments of the end credits, all four areavailable in different VHS, laserdisc, DVD and TV prints of the film......
When the film premiered in a limited 70mm format, it had no beginning or
end credits, nothing but a one-line Omni Zoetrope copyright notice at the
end. Programs were passed out to theater goers in lieu of any credits.
When the film went into its wide release its format was 35mm. This
version included end credits rolling over surrealistic explosions and
burning jungle, showing the Kurtz compound being destroyed.
When Coppola heard that people were assuming that the explosions during the
end credits of the 35mm version meant that an air strike had been called in
on the Kurtz compound (which is not what he wanted audiences to think) he
quickly re-edited the 35mm version to have the end credits rolling over a
simple black background and a slightly altered musical score.
The "Redux" version also has the end credits over a black background but in
different screen fonts and including additional "Redux" inserted cast
members. See more »
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