Apocalypse Now

Based On the book by Joseph Conrad

Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American anti-war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, written by Coppola and John Milius, with narration by Michael Herr, is loosely inspired by Joseph Conrad's 1899 novella Heart of Darkness, with the setting changed from the late 19th-century Congo to the Vietnam War. The film follows a river journey from South Vietnam into Cambodia undertaken by Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), who is on a secret mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a renegade Special Forces officer who is accused of murder and presumed insane. The ensemble cast also features Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, G. D. Spradlin and Harrison Ford.

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Release date:

May 10, 1979

Director:

Francis Ford Coppola

Cast:

Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Dennis Hopper

Genre:

Thriller, Drama, Action, Epic, War

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1979 in adaptations