Budget:

$31,500,000

Revenue:

$150,000,000

Apocalypse Now

1979 · 147 min · R

In the midst of the Vietnam War, Captain Benjamin Willard is dispatched on a perilous mission to assassinate Colonel Walter Kurtz, a rogue Special Forces officer accused of murder and presumed insane. As Willard journeys up the Nùng River into Cambodia, he navigates treacherous waters with a crew of sailors, including Lance Johnson and Chef Hicks, whose camaraderie begins to fray under the pressure of their secret objective. Upon reaching Kurtz's remote jungle outpost, Willard discovers a complex web of violence, corruption, and madness that threatens to consume them all, forcing him to confront the darkest aspects of human nature and the true cost of war.

Studio: American Zoetrope

Full Cast and Crew+

Cast

Martin SheenCaptain Benjamin WillardMarlon BrandoColonel Walter KurtzFrederic ForrestJay 'Chef' HicksAlbert HallChief PhillipsLaurence FishburneTyrone 'Clean' MillerSam BottomsLance B. JohnsonRobert DuvallLieutenant Colonel Bill KilgoreG.D. SpradlinGeneral CormanHarrison FordColonelJJerry ZiesmerJerry, CivilianScott GlennLieutenant Richard M. ColbyKKerry RossallMike from San DiegoJames KeaneKilgore's GunnerTom MasonSupply SergeantCynthia WoodPlaymate of the YearDennis HopperPhotojournalistColleen CampMiss MayLLinda CarpenterPlaymateAurore ClémentRoxanne SarraultJack ThibeauSoldier in Trench

Crew

Francis Ford CoppolaDirecting · DirectorJohn MiliusWriting · WriterFrancis Ford CoppolaWriting · WriterJoseph ConradWriting · Novel

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