Apocalypse Now

Francis Ford Coppola

1979

3.80

Synopsis

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.

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Martin SheenCaptain Benjamin Willard
Frederic ForrestJay 'Chef' Hicks
Albert HallChief Phillips
Laurence FishburneTyrone 'Clean' Miller
Sam BottomsLance B. Johnson
Marlon BrandoColonel Walter Kurtz
Robert DuvallLieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
Dennis HopperPhotojournalist
G. D. SpradlinGeneral Corman
Harrison FordColonel Lucas

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Chicago Sun-Times
Remember the weird beauty of the massed helicopters lifting over the trees in the long shot, and the insane power of Wagner's music, played loudly during the attack, and you feel what Coppola was getting at: Those moments as common in life as art, when the whole huge grand mystery of the world, so terrible, so beautiful, seems to hang in the balance.
100
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
As powerful as the movie remains and as much as I enjoyed this new cut, I have to say that the additional footage -- material that Coppola felt he had to excise 20 years ago to reach a commercial length -- has turned out to be something of a mixed blessing.
100
New Times (L.A.)
Coppola and Murch have balanced their new edit with grace notes of sweetness, elegance and eroticism, and the payoff is grand, providing both a reprieve from the multiple blitzkriegs and a break in the monotony of the cruise up the Nung.
100
Mr. Showbiz
No other movie released this year is as much of a filmgoing necessity as Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now Redux.
100
Time Out London
As befits both its tortuous hand-to-mouth genesis and the devastating conflict it reflects, this is a film of pure sensation, dazzling audiences with light and noise, laying bare the stark horror – and unimaginable thrill – of combat. And therein lies the true heart of darkness: if war is hell and heaven intertwined, where does morality fit in? And, in the final apocalyptic analysis, will any of it matter?
100
Total Film
Francis Ford Coppola went into the jungle to make his surreal ’Nam epic and almost lost his mind during one of the most protracted and accident-prone shoots in history. Thankfully the hallucinogenic results justified the means.
100
The Guardian
A film that needs to be seen on the big screen.
100
Empire
Flawed but staggering cinema, the unforgettable Apocalypse Now setpieces are extraordinary.

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