Apocalypse Now (1979)
05/19/1979 (US) • 2h 27m
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
Captain Benjamin Willard
Colonel Walter Kurtz
Jay 'Chef' Hicks
Chief Phillips
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
Lance B. Johnson
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
General Corman
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
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
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