Apocalypse Now

Year

1979

Genres

Action, Drama

Director

Francis Ford Coppola

Cast

Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, G.D. Spradlin, Harrison Ford

Plot

Based on Joseph Conrad's Heart Of Darkness, this is a controversial addition to the multitude of Vietnam war movies in existence. Lieutenant Willard (Martin Sheen) receives orders to seek out a renegade Green Beret, Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe. Willard's mission: "Terminate with extreme prejudice."