Apocalypse Now (1979)
15
18/12/1979 (GB)
Drama, War
2h 27m
- 83% (8448 votes)
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Overview
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
- Francis Ford CoppolaDirector, Writer
- John MiliusWriter
- Michael HerrWriter
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$31,500,000
Revenue
$150,000,000
Keywords
- guerrilla warfare
- epic
- vietnam war
- journalist
- mission
- vietnam
- vietcong
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- cambodia
- army
- drug abuse
- based on novel or book
- secret mission
- insanity
- surrealism
- tribe
- green beret
- jungle
- descent into madness
- brutality
- riverboat
- military
- macabre
- anti war
- absurd
- awestruck
- commanding
- distressing
Top Billed Cast
Martin Sheen
Captain Benjamin Willard
Marlon Brando
Colonel Walter Kurtz
Albert Hall
Chief Phillips
Frederic Forrest
Jay 'Chef' Hicks
Laurence Fishburne
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
Sam Bottoms
Lance B. Johnson
Robert Duvall
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
Dennis Hopper
Photojournalist
G. D. Spradlin
General Corman
Harrison Ford
Colonel Lucas
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