Apocalypse Now

1979
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2h 27m

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8.4/10

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Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now (1979)

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A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.

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IMDb RATING

8.4/10

738K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

255

See production info at IMDbPro

Top rated movie #55

Won 2 Oscars
- 21 wins & 33 nominations total

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Apocalypse Now: Blu-ray Three-Disc Full Disclosure Edition

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Memorable Military Moments in Film

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Memorable Military Moments in Film

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Jeffrey Wright on Why 'Apocalypse Now' Changed His Life

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'Apocalypse Now' | Anniversary Mashup

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Chris Pratt and Elizabeth Banks Give Movies Lego Remakes

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Trivia
The Philippines had no professional film laboratories at the time, meaning the raw camera negatives had to be shipped to the U.S. to be processed. Thus, the entire movie was shot blind. Francis Ford Coppola never saw a shot on film until after returning to California.

Goofs
When Captain Willard first meets Colonel Kilgore, they exchange salutes while they are still in a combat zone. It is usually military protocol not to salute in a combat zone. Saluting would show a possible sniper who the commanding officer is. (e.g. in Forrest Gump (1994) Lt. Dan correctly instructed Gump and Bubba not to salute him in the field.)

Quotes
Kurtz: We train young men to drop fire on people, but their commanders won't allow them to write "fuck" on their airplanes because it's obscene!

Crazy credits
There are no opening credits in the film. The title can be seen as graffiti in the Kurtz compound late in the film.

Alternate versions
The theatrical and Redux DVDs released by Paramount Pictures and Lions Gate Studios in the United States, as well as the earlier letterbox VHS and LaserDisc releases, were re-framed in DP Vittorio Storaro's preferred 2.00:1 "Univision" format. The Lions Gate US Blu-ray release, however, restores the film's original 2.39:1 aspect ratio (although the packaging reads 2.35:1).

Connections
Edited into Apocalypse Pooh (1987)

Soundtracks
The End
by Jim Morrison (as The Doors), Ray Manzarek (as The Doors), Robby Krieger (as The Doors), and John Densmore (as The Doors)
Performed by The Doors
Courtesy of Elektra/Asylum Records

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10/10

skip Redux version, watch original first

Top 20 war movie

in Redux they added long scenes that changed tempo of movie. The one at the plantation didn't work well in context. What a great film!