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 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

In 1969, during the Vietnam War, U.S. Army Special Forces Colonel Walter E. Kurtz 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.

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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 drama
keywords	1st cavalry division 1st squadron 9th cavalry regiment abandon angkor empire ankor apocalypse now redux captain chief petty officer colonel colonel kurtz commanding officer degar demigod discover engage extreme prejudice guerrilla war lsd machete macv-sog montagnard napalm nha trang nva people\'s liberation armed forces of south vietnam photojournalist plaf redux ride of the valkyries 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	Omni Zoetrope
publisher	United Artists
recordedAt	Philippines
theme	epic war