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83% Critic Match
Apocalypse Now
“This is the end...”
8.3 / 10• 1979• 2h 27m•R• English
DramaWar
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Martin Sheen
Captain Benjamin Willard
Lead
Marlon Brando
Colonel Walter Kurtz
Frederic Forrest
Jay 'Chef' Hicks
Albert Hall
Chief Phillips
Laurence Fishburne
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
Sam Bottoms
Lance B. Johnson
Robert Duvall
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
G.D. Spradlin
General Corman
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Francis Ford Coppola's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Apocalypse Now is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
