Apocalypse Now 1979

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 153 min

genre: adventure

theme: epic

director: Francis Ford Coppola

Score: 8 / 10

Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American psychological epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius, and Michael Herr, is loosely inspired by 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, Dennis Hopper, and Harrison Ford.

Plot

In 1969, during the Vietnam War, jaded MACV-SOG operative Captain Benjamin L. Willard is summoned to I Field Force headquarters in Nha Trang. The officers there tell him that U.S. Army Special Forces Colonel Walter E. Kurtz is waging a brutal war against NVA, Viet Cong, and Khmer Rouge forces without permission from his commanders. He is based at a remote jungle outpost in eastern Cambodia, where he commands American, Montagnard, and local Khmer militia troops. These troops view him as a demigod. Willard is ordered to "terminate Kurtz's command... with extreme prejudice." He joins a U.S. Navy river patrol boat (PBR) commanded by the Chief Petty Officer Phillips, with crewmen Lance Johnson, "Chef" Hicks, and "Mr. Clean" Miller to quietly navigate up the Nùng River to Kurtz's outpost.

Awards

Cast

person Albert Hall
Aurore Clément
Bill Graham
person Charles Robinson
Charlie Sheen
person Christian Marquand
Colleen Camp
person Cynthia Wood
person Damien Leake
Dennis Hopper
person Evan A. Lottman
Francis Ford Coppola
person Frank Villard
Frederic Forrest
person G. D. Spradlin
person Gian-Carlo Coppola
person http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81328
Jack Thibeau
person James Gaines
person James Keane
person Jerry Ziesmer
person Joe Estevez
Kerry Rossall
Laurence Fishburne
person Marc Coppola
Marlon Brando
Martin Sheen
Nick Nicholson
person Pierre Segui
R. Lee Ermey
Robert Duvall
Roman Coppola
person Sam Bottoms
Scott Glenn
Tom Mason
Vittorio Storaro

More details

author	Francis Ford Coppola John Milius Michael Herr
award	Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Sound National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Palme d'Or
contentLocation	Cambodia Vietnam
director	Francis Ford Coppola
editor	Gerald B. Greenberg Lisa Fruchtman Richard Marks Walter Murch
events	Vietnam War
genre	adventure comedy drama
keywords	1st cavalry division 1st squadron 9th cavalry regiment apocalypse now redux captain chief petty officer colonel colonel kurtz commanding officer degar demigod discover elite engage extreme prejudice khmer khmer empire khmer rouge locked in lsd machete macv-sog mental breakdown montagnard montagnards napalm nha trang nva one night photojournalist redux ride of the valkyries river river patrol severed head spear special forces summary execution summon temple their way u.s. army special forces viet cong walter e. kurtz water buffalo write
musicBy	Carmine Coppola Francis Ford Coppola
nomination	Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
producer	Francis Coppola
productionCompany	American Zoetrope
publisher	United Artists
recordedAt	Philippines
theme	epic war