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| writer = [[Joseph Conrad]] (novel)<br />[[John Milius]] & Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay)<br /> [[Michael Herr]] (narration)
| writer = [[John Milius]] & Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay)<br /> [[Michael Herr]] (narration)
| starring = [[Marlon Brando]]<br /> [[Robert Duvall]]<br /> [[Martin Sheen]]<br /> [[Laurence Fishburne]]<br /> [[Dennis Hopper]]<br /> [[Harrison Ford]]
| starring = [[Marlon Brando]]<br /> [[Robert Duvall]]<br /> [[Martin Sheen]]<br /> [[Laurence Fishburne]]<br /> [[Dennis Hopper]]<br /> [[Harrison Ford]]
| music = [[Carmine Coppola]] & Francis Ford Coppola
| music = [[Carmine Coppola]] & Francis Ford Coppola
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'''''Apocalypse Now''''' is a 1979 [[United States|American]] [[epic movie|epic]] [[drama movie]] [[movie director|directed]] by [[Francis Ford Coppola]].
'''''Apocalypse Now''''' is a 1979 [[United States|American]] [[epic movie|epic]] [[drama movie]] [[movie director|directed]] by [[Francis Ford Coppola]].


It tells a [[fiction]]al (made-up) story which takes place in the 1960s during the [[Vietnam War]]. It tells the story of an Army Captain who is sent on a boat deep into the [[Cambodia]]n jungle to capture a Special Forces colonel who has gone [[insane]]. It was partly based on [[Joseph Conrad]]'s novel about [[colonialism]], ''[[Heart of Darkness]]''.
It tells a [[fiction]]al (made-up) story which takes place in the 1960s during the [[Vietnam War]]. It tells the story of an Army Captain who is sent on a boat deep into the [[Cambodia]]n jungle to capture a Special Forces colonel who has gone [[insane]].


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Apocalypse Now
Directed byFrancis Ford Coppola
Written byJohn Milius & Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay)
Michael Herr (narration)
Produced byFrancis Ford Coppola
StarringMarlon Brando
Robert Duvall
Martin Sheen
Laurence Fishburne
Dennis Hopper
Harrison Ford
CinematographyVittorio Storaro
Edited byLisa Fruchtman
Gerald B. Greenberg
Walter Murch
Music byCarmine Coppola & Francis Ford Coppola
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
May 10, 1979
Running time
153 min.
202 min. (redux)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$31,500,000

Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic drama movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

It tells a fictional (made-up) story which takes place in the 1960s during the Vietnam War. It tells the story of an Army Captain who is sent on a boat deep into the Cambodian jungle to capture a Special Forces colonel who has gone insane.

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