Apocalypse Now
1979 · 147 min
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Written by Francis Ford Coppola, John Milius, Michael Herr. Starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall.
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.
Critics 91% · audiences 94% · streaming on Paramount+ · 8 Oscar nominations, 2 won