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Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.6
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Metascore: 90/100
Reviews: 861 user | 233 critic | 29 from Metacritic.com During the U.S.-Viet Nam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade colonel who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe. Director:Francis Ford Coppola |
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Cast
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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, beyond the Do Lung Bridge. Now, after becoming prisoners of Kurtz, will... Written by Derek O'Cain
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The Horror. . . The Horror. . .Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for disturbing violent images, language, sexual content and some drug use | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
15 August 1979 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$31,500,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£68,351 (UK) (30 November 2001)Gross:
£338,493 (UK) (21 December 2001)Company Credits
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)| Dolby Digital (Redux version)| Dolby (35 mm prints)| DTS (Redux version)Color:
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2.35 : 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 ...
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By Dale Hawkins, S. J. Lewis, E. Broadwater
Performed by Flash Cadillac
Courtesy of Private Stock Records
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Francis Ford Coppola spent days reading Joseph Conrad's source novel "Heart of Darkness" out loud to Marlon Brando on the set. See more »Goofs
The blades of the Huey helicopter when the Playmate of the Year arrives. 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 ...
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Crazy Credits
There are no opening credits in the film. The title can be seen as graffiti in 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
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After the success of the first two 'Godfather' films in 1972 and 1974 respectively, Francis Ford Coppola embarked on an ambitious attempt to bring home the reality of the war in Vietnam, which had concluded with the fall of Saigon to the Vietcong in 1975… The plot was loosely based on the book 'Heart of Darkness,' a story by Joseph Conrad about Kurtz, a trading company agent in the African jungle who has acquired mysterious powers over the natives…Coppola retains much of this, including such details as the severed heads outside Kurtz's headquarters and his final words, "The horror… the horror…"
In the film, Sheen plays an army captain given the mission to penetrate into Cambodia, and eliminate, with "extreme prejudice," a decorated officer who has become an embarrassment to the authorities… On his journey up the river to the renegade's camp he experiences the demoralization of the US forces, high on dope or drunk with power…
Although, as a result of cuts forced on Coppola, the film was accused of incoherence when first released, it was by the most serious attempt to get to grips with the experience of Vietnam and a victorious reinvention of the war film genre… In 1980 the film won an Oscar for Best Cinematography and Best Sound…
"Apocalypse Now" was re-released in 2001 with fifty minutes restored… As a result, the motion picture can now be seen as the epic masterpiece it is…