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Apocalypse Now (1979)

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User Rating: 8.6/10 (127,500 votes)
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Overview

Writers:
John Milius (screenplay) and
Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
15 August 1979 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Adventure | Drama | War more
Tagline:
The Horror. . . The Horror. . .
Plot:
During the on-going Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 32 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(17 articles)
Sheen Auctions Brando Apology (From WENN. 27 November 2006)
Putin Praises Coppola (From WENN. 1 February 2005)
User Comments:
One of the best and most important movies ever more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Also Known As:
Apocalypse Now Redux (International: English title) (longer version)
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MPAA:
Rated R for disturbing violent images, language, sexual content and some drug use. (2001 director's cut)
Runtime:
153 min | USA:202 min (Redux version)
Country:
USA
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital (Redux version) | Dolby (35 mm prints) | DTS (Redux version) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Certification:
Brazil:16 | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | USA:R (certificate no. 25751) | Italy:T (re-rating) (Redux version) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (Redux version) | Italy:VM14 | Philippines:R-18 | Canada:AA (Ontario) (Redux version) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) (original rating) | Canada:AA (Ontario) (re-rating) (1992) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) (Redux version) | Hungary:16 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-15 (Redux version) | Finland:K-16 (original rating) | France:-12 | Germany:16 (bw) (Redux version) | Iceland:16 | Ireland:18 | Israel:PG | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 (Redux version) | Norway:15 (Redux version) | Norway:18 (original rating) | Peru:18 | Portugal:M/16 (Redux version) | Singapore:M18 (Redux version) (re-rating) | Singapore:R(A) (Redux version) | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 (Redux version) | UK:18 (re-rating) (1985) | UK:X (original rating) | West Germany:16
Filming Locations:
Philippines more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Steve McQueen was the first to turn down the role of Captain Willard. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Willard kicks The Chef's severed head off his legs his neck can be seen breathing in and out. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Willard: [voiceover] Saigon... shit; I'm still only in Saigon... Every time I think I'm gonna wake up back in the jungle. When I was home after my first tour, it was worse. I'd wake up and there'd be nothing. I hardly said a word to my wife, until I said "yes" to a divorce. When I was here, I wanted to be there; when I was there, all I could think of was getting back into the jungle. I'm here a week now... waiting for a mission... getting softer; every minute I stay in this room, I get weaker, and every minute Charlie squats in the bush, he gets stronger. Each time I looked around, the walls moved in a little tighter.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in 50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
The End more

FAQ

A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERS
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37 out of 48 people found the following comment useful:-
One of the best and most important movies ever, 12 January 2005
10/10
Author: jande9 from Canada

This movie changed the art of film making, telling a complex story in a powerful new way. The film mixes brutal realism with fantasy, intercutting a modern war with strange scenes full of technicolour smoke. The film uses music not as a score laid in later, but as a practical part of the scene playing from speakers, radios etc. Coppola uses a classic piece of literature as inspiration, taking scenes and characters, and putting them into entirely different surroundings. That is a tricky and brave thing to do. Then he takes a superstar, Brando, pays him a fortune, and films him so that you can barely see his face. The pure guts that such a move requires is astounding, and it works beautifully. This movie belongs in the top ten.

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