Apocalypse Now
"This is the end..."
1979-05-19
8.27
en 147mDramaWar
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.
Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Producer
Francis Ford Coppola
Original Music Composer
Carmine Coppola
Director of Photography
Vittorio Storaro
Editor
Lisa Fruchtman
Editor
Gerald B. Greenberg
guerrilla warfare 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
Status
ReleasedRevenue
$150,000,000Budget
$31,500,000Countries
- United States of America
Companies
- American Zoetrope
