Apocalypse Now
Completed
"This is the end..."
1979-05-19
8.271
en 147mDramaWar
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Editor
Gerald B. Greenberg
Casting
Vic Ramos
Set Decoration
George R. Nelson
Casting
Terry Liebling
Makeup Artist
Jack H. Young
Producer
Francis Ford Coppola
guerrilla warfare epic vietnam war journalist mission vietnam vietcong central intelligence agency (cia) cambodia army drug abuse based on novel or book secret mission insanity surrealism tribe green beret jungle descent into madness brutality riverboat military macabre anti war absurd awestruck commanding distressing
Status
ReleasedRevenue
$150,000,000Budget
$31,500,000Countries
- United States of America
Companies
- United Artists
- American Zoetrope
