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| Genre: | Action |
| Year: | 1979 |
| Rating: | R |
| Length: | 155 min |
| Country: | USA |
| Cast: | Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Harrison Ford and Dennis Hopper |
| Credits: | Directed by Francis Ford Coppola |
| Awards: | Cannes Film Festival
Golden Palm (1979)
Golden Globes
Best Director - Motion Picture(1980)
Best Motion Picture Actor in a Supporting Role , Robert Duvall
Academy Awards, USA
Best Cinematography, Vittorio StoraroBest Sound, Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, Nathan Boxer (1980) |
Synopsis:
A military assassin in Vietnam is sent on a mission to eliminate a deranged colonel (Brando) who has defected to the interior to fight his own war. Loosley based on Joseph Conrad's novel, Heart of Darkness, the film exposes the physical and psychological horrors of war while following the assassin's journey upstream on a patrol boat. One of the first in a wave of films about the American experience in Vietnam, Apocalypse Now brings the war movie to a new level of realism as Coppola brings his cast to the sweltering jungles of the Philippines to recreate the circumstances of war. The film garnered an Acadamy Award for cinematography and three nominations including best picture, best writing, and best direction.
For the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" players: Dennis Hopper was in Rumblefish with Mickey Rourke who was in DINER with Kevin Bacon!
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