Apocalypse Now

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Original title: Apocalypse Now
Year: 1979
Running time: 153 min.
Country: United States
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Screenwriter: John Milius, Francis Ford Coppola (Novel: Joseph Conrad)
Music: Carmine Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola
Cinematography: Vittorio Storaro
Cast: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms, Albert Hall, Laurence Fishburne, Harrison Ford, Dennis Hopper, G.D. Spradlin, Christian Marquand, Aurore Clément, Cynthia Wood, Colleen Camp, Damien Leake, James Keane, Herb Rice, Scott Glenn, R. Lee Ermey
Producer: Zoetrope Studios
Genre: War. Drama | Vietnam War. Cult Movie
Movie Groups: Joseph Conrad Adaptations
Synopsis / Plot: During the Vietnam War, the young American Captain Willard is given the assignment to hunt down and kill one of his own: Colonel Kurtz who has apparently gone insane, murdered hundreds of innocent people, and constructed a strange kingdom for himself deep in the jungle. Willard and his crew embark on a surreal river journey to find Kurtz, meeting along the way a Lieutenant-Colonel who surfs during live combat, Playboy bunnies dropped in by helicopter to entertain rowdy troops, and the inhabitants of a French plantation trapped in colonial times.

Awards: 1979: 2 Academy Awards: Best Cinematography & Sound. 8 Nominations

1979: 3 Golden Globes: Director, Sup. Actor (Duvall), Original Score. 4 Nom.

1979: BAFTA Awards: Best Director & Supp. Actor (Duvall). 9 Nominations

1979: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director

1979: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Original Drama Screenplay

1979: Cannes Film Festival: Palme d´Or (Golden Palm) (ex aequo)

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1979: César Awards: Nominated Best Foreign Film

1979: David di Donatello Awards: Best Foreign Director

Critics' reviews

"The opening, with the whirling sound of choppers intercut with Willard sweating angst in his Saigon hotel bed, a jungle burning with napalm...remains a visual and aural wonder."

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"As technically complex and masterful as any war film I can remember."

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
"One of the great films of all time (...) To watch it is to feel yourself lifted up to the heights where the cinema can take you, but so rarely does (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"Magnificent to look at, thrilling, ingenious, spellbinding and superbly done on every level, this is not just one of the best films of the year or the decade, but of all time."

Michael Wilmington: Chicago Tribune
"'Apocalypse Now' is a mixed bag, a product of excess and ambition, hatched in agony and redeemed by shards of brilliance."

Edward Guthmann: San Francisco Chronicle
"It’s a complex, demanding, highly intelligent piece of work"

Dale Pollock: Variety
"[Coppola] has created a movie of harrowing intensity and staggering power. But if you accept the belief that art should enlighten and illuminate as well as arouse the emotions, I’m afraid that 'Apocalypse Now' does not qualify as great art."

Kathleen Carroll: New York Daily News
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