Apocalypse Now
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| Apocalypse Now | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Francis Ford Coppola |
| Produced by | Francis Ford Coppola |
| Written by | Joseph Conrad (novel) John Milius & Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay) Michael Herr (narration) |
| Starring | Marlon Brando Robert Duvall Martin Sheen Laurence Fishburne Dennis Hopper Harrison Ford |
| Music by | Carmine Coppola & Francis Ford Coppola |
| Cinematography | Vittorio Storaro |
| Editing by | Lisa Fruchtman Gerald B. Greenberg Walter Murch |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | May 10, 1979 |
| Running time | 153 min. 202 min. (redux) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $31,500,000 |
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Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic drama movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It tells a fictional (made-up) story in which takes place in the 1960s during the Vietnam War. It tells the story of an Army Captain who is sent on a boat deep into the Cambodian jungle to capture a Special Forces colonel who has gone insane. It was partly based on Joseph Conrad's novel about colonialism, Heart of Darkness.
