Apocalypse Now (1979)

05/19/1979 (US) • 2h 27m

Drama, War

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.

Top Billed Cast

Martin Sheen

Captain Benjamin Willard

Marlon Brando

Colonel Walter Kurtz

Frederic Forrest

Jay 'Chef' Hicks

Albert Hall

Chief Phillips

Laurence Fishburne

Tyrone 'Clean' Miller

Sam Bottoms

Lance B. Johnson

Robert Duvall

Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore

G. D. Spradlin

General Corman

Harrison Ford

Colonel Lucas


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$31,500,000.00

Revenue

$150,000,000.00

Keywords

guerrilla warfare

epic

vietnam war

journalist

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central intelligence agency (cia)

cambodia

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drug abuse

based on novel or book

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insanity

surrealism

tribe

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brutality

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