Apocalypse Now

• 8.3 Drama
• 1979-08-15
• 147 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Martin Sheen (Captain Benjamin Willard) Frederic Forrest (Jay 'Chef' Hicks) Albert Hall (Chief Phillips) Laurence Fishburne (Tyrone 'Clean' Miller) Sam Bottoms (Lance B. Johnson) Marlon Brando (Colonel Walter Kurtz) Robert Duvall (Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore) Dennis Hopper (Photojournalist) G. D. Spradlin (General Corman) Harrison Ford (Colonel Lucas)

Director:

Francis Ford Coppola

Writer:

John Milius Francis Ford Coppola Michael Herr