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Dominican Rep. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
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- Original title
- Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
- Year
- 1991
- Running time
- 96 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Francis Ford Coppola
John Milius
Martin Sheen
Sam Bottoms
Marlon Brando
Eleanor Coppola
Roman Coppola
Sofia Coppola
Robert De Niro
Robert Duvall
Laurence Fishburne
Frederic Forrest
Albert Hall
Dennis Hopper
George Lucas- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Documentary | Movie Documentary
- Synopsis
- The magic and madness of making "Apocalypse Now". "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" is a documentary that chronicles how Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" was plagued by extraordinary script, shooting, budget, and casting problems--nearly destroying the life and career of the celebrated director. Eleanor Coppola was asked by her husband Francis to record the events leading up to the shooting of Apocalypse Now with a 16mm camera, just to keep her busy during this extraordinary long, exhausting and very complicated shoot. In precise, diary-like episodes, she unveils the terrible experience of the actors and crew working under the pressure of the logistical disaster the shoot turned out to be. The script had not been completed yet, and the project was logistically very complex. The United States military refused to cooperate, and the helicopters rented from the Philippine army were constantly called away to fight rebels. Protagonist Martin Sheen suffered a heart attack. Another huge problem was Marlon Brando's struggle, and his threats to walk off the set. But one of the darkest and biggest obstacles was Coppola's fear that he was blowing a huge amount of money ($20 million) on a bad film.
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- Awards
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1991: 2 Emmy awards: Directing, Editing (Informational Programming). 2 Nominations1991: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Documentary1991: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director / Documentary1991: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): nominated to Best Documentary.
- Critics' reviews
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"A fascinating 1991 postmortem on the making of Francis Coppola's Apocalypse Now."
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"There have been few sharper portraits of the film maker as alchemist than Hearts of Darkness: A Film Maker's Apocalypse."
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"At once anecdotal and revealing, this excellent film both illuminates the catastrophes that beset one particular project, and shows, by way of comparison, exactly what American film has foregone since the '70s."
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- 71 My Favorite Documentaries (93)
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