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Apocalypse Now
Psychological, Genre Hybrids

Apocalypse Now

1979

This is the end...

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola

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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.

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Cinematographer
Vittorio Storaro
Sound Designer
Walter Murch
Origin country
United States
Runtime
2h 27m
Language
en
Rating
R
Also known as
Apocalypse Now Redux, Apocalypse Now: Final Cut, Apocalypse Now: The Complete Dossier
TMDB
8.3/10 (9,019 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
91% Fresh
Metacritic
94/100
IMDb
8.4/10 (769,246 votes)
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Released May 19, 1979·$31,500,000 budget·$150,000,000 revenue

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