Apocalypse Now

war
drama
R
2h 27m
Direction
Sound

During the Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Special Forces Colonel who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe.

Released: 1979-08-15

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Screenplay: John Milius Francis Ford Coppola

Editors: Richard Marks Walter Murch Gerald B. Greenberg Lisa Fruchtman

Cinematography: Vittorio Storaro

Music: Carmine Coppola Francis Ford Coppola

Production: American Zoetrope

Distributor: United Artists

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Characters

Captain Benjamin L. Willard Martin Sheen
Colonel Walter Kurtz Marlon Brando
Lieutenant Colonel William "Bill" Kilgore Robert Duvall
Jay "Chef" Hicks Frederic Forrest
Chief Petty Officer George Phillips Albert Hall
Lance B. Johnson Sam Bottoms
Tyrone "Mr. Clean" Miller Laurence Fishburne
Photojournalist Dennis Hopper
Lieutenant General R. Corman G. D. Spradlin
Colonel G. Lucas Harrison Ford
Captain Richard M. Colby Scott Glenn