Apocalypse Now

2 conversations · 2.7h

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1979 · Drama, War · 2h 27m

Budget $32M · Box office $150M

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.

Director Francis Ford Coppola

Writers Francis Ford Coppola , John Milius

Cinematography Vittorio Storaro