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Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now

Films · 1979 · R · 147 min

IMDb8.4
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Metacritic94

It is the height of the war in Vietnam, and U.S. Army Captain Willard is sent by Colonel Lucas and a General to carry out a mission that, officially, 'does not exist - nor will it ever exist'. The mission: To seek out a mysterious Green Beret Colonel, Walter Kurtz, whose army has crossed the border into Cambodia and is conducting hit-and-run missions against the Viet Cong and NVA. The army believes Kurtz has gone completely insane and Willard's job is to eliminate him. Willard, sent up the Nung River on a U.S. Navy patrol boat, discovers that his target is one of the most decorated officers in the U.S. Army. His crew meets up with surfer-type Lt-Colonel Kilgore, head of a U.S Army helicopter cavalry group which eliminates a Viet Cong outpost to provide an entry point into the Nung River. After some hair-raising encounters, in which some of his crew are killed, Willard, Lance and Chef reach Colonel Kurtz's outpost, beyond the Do Lung Bridge. Now, after becoming prisoners of Kurtz, will Willard & the others be able to fulfill their mission?

Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Writers
John Milius, Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Herr
Cast
Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall
Released
15 Aug 1979
Language
English, French, Vietnamese
Country
United States
Awards
Won 2 Oscars. 21 wins & 33 nominations total
Box office
$96,074,376

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