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Apocalypse Now

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• War
• Drama

• 1979
• Francis Ford Coppola
• 147 mins
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Summary

Epic war drama starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando and Robert Duvall. In Vietnam, war-weary Captain Willard is drawn into a nightmarish world when he is ordered to assassinate a rebel American officer, Colonel Kurtz, who has established his own private army deep in the Cambodian jungle.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Adrian Turner

Director Francis Coppola inherited a modest movie about the Vietnam War from writer John Milius and turned it into this phantasmagorical ride, in which Martin Sheen travels up the Mekong river to terminate Marlon Brando's rebel command "with extreme prejudice". Working under difficult conditions in the Philippines and running way over budget, Coppola delivered a harrowing masterwork that bursts with malarial, mystical images, such as Playboy playmates in the jungle and the Wagnerian helicopter attack that ends with marines surfing and Robert Duvall famously saying, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." Notable faces in support include Harrison Ford and Dennis Hopper, the latter playing a photographer among the fanatical Brando followers. Coppola restored a whopping 50 minutes of extra footage for Apocalypse Now Redux, which was released in 2001.

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Cast

rolenameCaptain WillardMartin SheenColonel KurtzMarlon BrandoLt Col KilgoreRobert DuvallChefFrederic ForrestChiefAlbert HallLanceSam BottomsCleanLaurence FishburnePhoto journalistDennis HopperGeneralG D SpradlinColonelHarrison FordCaptain Richard ColbyScott GlennAgentBill GrahamFirst PlaymateCynthia WoodSecond PlaymateColleen CampThird PlaymateLinda CarpenterSoldier in trenchJack ThibeauMachine gunnerDamien LeakeLieutenant CarlsenGlenn WalkenJohnny from MalibuJerry RossSupply sergeantTom MasonTV directorFrancis Ford CoppolaTV cameramanVittorio StoraroTV crew memberDean TavoularisHelicopter pilotR Lee Ermey

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rolenameDirectorFrancis Ford Coppola

Details

Theatrical distributor

British Film Institute Ltd

Released on

2011-05-27

Languages

English | Vietnamese | French

Guidance

Contains violence, swearing and drug abuse.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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