There are no opening credits in the film. The title can be seen as graffiti in the Kurtz compound late in the film.
There are four different treatments of the end credits. All four are 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 theatergoers 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.
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