Apocalypse Now [1979 film]

by Francis Ford Coppola (Director, Screenwriter), John Milius (Screenwriter)

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A United States Army officer/trained assassin is sent into the depths of a southeast Asian jungle to seek out a renegade colonel and terminate his command during the Vietnam War.

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A soldier is sent into Cambodia during the Vietnam War to assassinate a mad colonel.

Most of the movie is a solid A. The ending sort of falls apart, though. [spoilers ahead] The movie builds and builds an increasing level of horror, all the time promising us the Mad Genius yet to come. But all we get is a sad, mumbling man and a crowd with spears. And a very annoying Dennis Hopper.

Concept: A
Story: A
Characters: A
Dialog: B
Pacing: B
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: A
Acting: B
Music: D

Enjoyment: B

GPA: 3.3/4
½
This version was reworked in 2001 by FFC and friends.
El Capitán Willard es un oficial de los servicios de inteligencia del ejército estadounidense al que se le ha encargado, en Camboya, la peligrosa misión de avanzar río arriba para eliminar a Kurtz, un coronel estadounidense renegado que se ha vuelto loco. En la profundidad de la selva, en un campamento sembrado de cabezas cortadas y cadáveres putrefactos, la enorme y enigmática figura de Kurtz manda como un buda despótico sobre los miembros de la tribu Montagnard, que le adoran como a un dios.
153 minutos
Mar 17, 2013Portuguese (Brazil)

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Part of the widespread anticipation of Apocalypse Now was, I think, our readiness for a visionary, climactic, summing-up movie. We felt that the terrible rehash of pop culture couldn't go on, mustn't go on—that something new was needed. Coppola must have felt that, too, but he couldn't supply it. His film was posited on great thoughts arriving at the end—a confrontation and a revelation. show more And when they weren't there, people slunk out of the theatres, or tried to comfort themselves with chatter about the psychedelic imagery. Trying to say something big, Coppola got tied up in a big knot of American self-hatred and guilt, and what the picture boiled down to was: White man—he devil. show less
Pauline Kael, New Yorker
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Francis Ford Coppola won his first Oscar at age 31 for the screenplay for Patton, which he co-wrote with Edmund H. North. He won his first Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival with The Conversation, which he wrote and directed. He went on to direct 20 films, including the epic Godfather trilogy, and most recently, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Jack, show more and John Grisham's The Rainmaker. He lives in Northern California. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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John Milius is a director, screenwriter and producer, who has worked on Evel Knieval, Big Wednesday, and Conan the Barbarian. He also did uncredited rewrite work on Dirty Harry. He lives in Los Angeles. (Bowker Author Biography)

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Canonical title
Apocalypse Now [1979 film]
Original title
Apocalypse Now
Original publication date
1979-05-19
People/Characters
Colonel Kurtz
Important places
Vietnam
Important events
Vietnam War; 1960s; 1969
Related movies
Apocalypse Now (1979 | IMDb)
Disambiguation notice
This is the original 1979 release of Apocalypse Now.

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791.43Arts & recreationRecreation, sports, and performing artsPublic performancesMotion pictures, radio, television, podcastingMotion pictures
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PN1997Language and LiteratureLiterature (General)Literature (General)DramaMotion picturesPlays, scenarios, etc.

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English, Finnish, German
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