Apocalypse Now

147 min 1979 Published on, 1 year ago

8.3

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.

Country

United States

Genre

Drama War

Released

15 Aug, 1979

Main Cast

Martin Sheen , Marlon Brando , Albert Hall , Frederic Forrest , Laurence Fishburne

Supporting Cast

Sam Bottoms , Robert Duvall , Dennis Hopper , G. D. Spradlin , Jerry Ziesmer

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