Apocalypse Now
1979/05/19 (US) | Drama, War
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.
Francis Ford Coppola
Director
Lead Cast
Martin Sheen
Captain Benjamin Willard
Marlon Brando
Colonel Walter Kurtz
Albert Hall
Chief Phillips
Frederic Forrest
Jay 'Chef' Hicks
Laurence Fishburne
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
Sam Bottoms
Lance B. Johnson
Robert Duvall
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
Recommendations
Budget
$ 31,500,000
Revenue
$ 150,000,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- United Artists
- American Zoetrope
Crews
Francis Ford Coppola
Producer
Carmine Coppola
Original Music Composer
Vittorio Storaro
Director of Photography
Lisa Fruchtman
Editor
Gerald B. Greenberg
Editor
Walter Murch
Editor
Terry Liebling
Casting