Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius and Michael Herr, is loosely based on the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, with the setting changed from late 19th-century Congo to the Vietnam War. The film follows a river journey from South Vietnam into Cambodia undertaken by Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), who is on a secret mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a renegade Special Forces officer who is accused of murder and presumed insane. The ensemble cast also features Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne and Dennis Hopper.
Plot
During the Vietnam War, U.S. Army Special Forces Colonel Walter E. Kurtz has apparently gone insane and is waging a brutal guerrilla war against NVA and PLAF forces without permission from his commanders. At an outpost in Cambodia, he commands American and Montagnard troops, who see him as a demigod.
Awards
Cast
- Albert Hall
- Aurore Clément
- Bill Graham
- Charles Robinson
- Charlie Sheen
- Christian Marquand
- Colleen Camp
- Cynthia Wood
- Damien Leake
- Dennis Hopper
- Evan A. Lottman
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Frank Villard
- Frederic Forrest
- G. D. Spradlin
- Gian-Carlo Coppola
- Harrison Ford
- Jack Thibeau
- James Gaines
- James Keane
- Jerry Ziesmer
- Joe Estevez
- Kerry Rossall
- Laurence Fishburne
- Marc Coppola
- Marlon Brando
- Martin Sheen
- Nick Nicholson
- Pierre Segui
- R. Lee Ermey
- Robert Duvall
- Roman Coppola
- Sam Bottoms
- Scott Glenn
- Tom Mason
- Vittorio Storaro