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Apocalypse Now (1979)
In Francis Ford Coppola's classic Vietnam War film, loosely based on Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness, an army Captain is tasked with assassinating a rogue Colonel who has created a cult-like compound in the Cambodian jungle and is currently waging his own war outside the army's purview. Martin Sheen and Marlon Brando star as Captain Willard and Colonel Kurtz respectively, with an ensemble cast that includes Robert Duvall, Laurence Fishburne, and Dennis Hopper.
Apocalypse Now
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- Director
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Release Date
- August 15, 1979
- Studio(s)
- United Artists
- Distributor(s)
- United Artists
- Cast
- Marlon Brando , Martin Sheen , Robert Duvall , Frederic Forrest , Sam Bottoms , Laurence Fishburne
- Writers
- Joseph Conrad , John Milius , Francis Ford Coppola , Michael Herr
- Runtime
- 147 minutes
- Budget
- $31.5 million
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