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Apocalypse Now

  • 19791979
  • RR
  • 2h 27m
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
672K
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Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now (1979)
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A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
672K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
199
28
    • Francis Ford Coppola
  • Writers
    • John Milius
    • Francis Ford Coppola
    • Michael Herr(narration)
  • Stars
    • Martin Sheen
    • Marlon Brando
    • Robert Duvall
    • Francis Ford Coppola
  • Writers
    • John Milius
    • Francis Ford Coppola
    • Michael Herr(narration)
  • Stars
    • Martin Sheen
    • Marlon Brando
    • Robert Duvall
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 1.3KUser reviews
    • 304Critic reviews
    • 94Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
  • Top rated movie #53
    • Won 2 Oscars

    Videos9

    Apocalypse Now: Blu-ray Three-Disc Full Disclosure Edition
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    Jeffrey Wright on Why 'Apocalypse Now' Changed His Life
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    Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Sam Bottoms, Jerry Ross, and Kerry Rossall in Apocalypse Now (1979)
    Kerry Rossall in Apocalypse Now (1979)
    Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, James Keane, and Kerry Rossall in Apocalypse Now (1979)
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    Robert Duvall and Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now (1979)
    Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now (1979)
    Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now (1979)
    Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now (1979)
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    Top cast

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    Martin Sheen
    Martin Sheen
    • Captain Benjamin L. Willard
    Marlon Brando
    Marlon Brando
    • Colonel Walter E. Kurtz
    Robert Duvall
    Robert Duvall
    • Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
    Frederic Forrest
    Frederic Forrest
    • Jay 'Chef' Hicks
    Sam Bottoms
    Sam Bottoms
    • Lance B. Johnson
    Laurence Fishburne
    Laurence Fishburne
    • Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
    • (as Larry Fishburne)
    Albert Hall
    Albert Hall
    • Chief Phillips
    Harrison Ford
    Harrison Ford
    • Colonel Lucas
    Dennis Hopper
    Dennis Hopper
    • Photojournalist
    G.D. Spradlin
    G.D. Spradlin
    • General R. Corman
    Jerry Ziesmer
    Jerry Ziesmer
    • Jerry, Civilian
    Scott Glenn
    Scott Glenn
    • Lieutenant Richard M. Colby
    Bo Byers
    • MP Sergeant #1
    James Keane
    James Keane
    • Kilgore's Gunner
    Kerry Rossall
    Kerry Rossall
    • Mike from San Diego
    Ron McQueen
    • Injured Soldier
    Tom Mason
    Tom Mason
    • Supply Sergeant
    Cynthia Wood
    • Playmate of the Year
      • Francis Ford Coppola
    • Writers
      • John Milius
      • Francis Ford Coppola
      • Michael Herr(narration)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      More than a year had passed between the filming of Willard and Chef searching the jungle for mangoes and encountering the tiger, and the immediately following shots (part of the same scene) of Chef clambering back onto the boat, ripping off his shirt and screaming.
    • Goofs
      When Willard is first shown a photo of Col. Kurtz the name tag on his uniform reads "Leighley". When Willard looks at the photo a second time, the name tag reads "Kurtz". (This is due to the fact the character's name was changed from Kurtz to Leighley and then back to Kurtz during the film's production after scenes using the Leighley name had already been shot.)
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Kurtz: [voiceover] The horror... the horror...

    • 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.
    • Alternate versions
      The theatrical and Redux DVDs released by Paramount Pictures and Lions Gate Studios in the United States, as well as the earlier letterbox VHS and LaserDisc releases, were re-framed in DP Vittorio Storaro's preferred 2.00:1 "Univision" format. The Lions Gate US Blu-ray release, however, restores the film's original 2.39:1 aspect ratio (although the packaging reads 2.35:1).
    • Connections
      Edited into Apocalypse Pooh (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      The End
      by Jim Morrison (as The Doors), Ray Manzarek (as The Doors), Robby Krieger (as The Doors), John Densmore (as The Doors)

      Performed by The Doors

      Courtesy of Elektra/Asylum Records

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    9/10
    Coppola conveyed the drama and spectacle of this truly outstanding film
    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
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 15, 1979 (United States)
      • United States
      • Lionsgate (United States)
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      • English
      • French
      • Vietnamese
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    • Filming locations
      • Baler Bay, Baler, Aurora, Philippines
    • Production companies
      • American Zoetrope
      • Zoetrope Studios
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    • 2 hours 27 minutes
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