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Apocalypse Now

Transplanting Joseph Conrad’s colonial-era novel Heart of Darkness to Vietnam, Coppola created a mesmerising fantasia on the spectacle of war.

War 1979 141 mins

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

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Overview

In the late 1970s, emboldened by the critical successes of his two Godfather films, Francis Ford Coppola famously spent a vast amount of time and money in the jungles of Southeast Asia to bring to life the story of an American officer (Martin Sheen), sent up river to bring the wayward, megalomaniac Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando) to ground.

Ranked 19th in the 2022 Sight and Sound Great Films of All Time poll

Director

Francis Ford Coppola

Featuring

Marlon Brando , Robert Duvall and Martin Sheen

Genres

War

Certificate

Contains strong violence, gore and strong language

Country

USA

Language

English

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