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Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius, and Michael Herr, is loosely inspired by the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, with the setting changed from late 19th-century Congo to the Vietnam War.
- Martin Sheen had a heart attack in the middle of filming. In the middle of filming Apocalypse Now, the lead actor Martin Sheen suffered from a heart attack and had to take time off to recover from it.
- The Doors’ “The End” was initially played over the opening scene as a joke. The film from Apocalypse Now’s opening scene, with grainy images of helicopters flying across psychedelic landscapes, was actually fished out of the trash in the cutting room.
- Filming took more than ten times longer than expected. Shooting for Apocalypse Now was initially scheduled to last for six weeks, but it ended up taking 16 months.
- Laurence Fishburne lied about his age to get a role in the film. Back in 1979, very few moviegoers noticed a young Laurence Fishburne in Apocalypse Now.
May 11, 2024 · Apocalypse Now. R. Drama. War. Mystery. A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god. Where to Watch. stream....
Jul 19, 2021 · Here are all of the details behind teenage Laurence Fishburne's role as Mr. Clean in Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam war epic Apocalypse Now.
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Feb 16, 2023 · Apocalypse Now is not based on a true story in the sense that Dunkirk and Hacksaw Ridge are; its characters and storylines are inventions of the filmmakers. However, there are elements of the movie that are taken from reality.
May 31, 2022 · Starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando and others, the Eleanor Coppola documentary reveals how Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Apocalypse Now’ is linked to an actual war.
Jan 26, 2023 · In a very small nutshell, the film tells the story of Captain Benjamin Willard, assigned to find and terminate "with extreme prejudice" the insane Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, who has been carrying...
