Apocalypse Now

R

Released Aug 15, 1979

2h 33m

War

Drama

List

97%

Tomatometer

97 Reviews

94%

Audience Score

250,000+ Ratings

In Vietnam in 1970, Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) takes a perilous and increasingly hallucinatory journey upriver to find and terminate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a once-promising officer who has reportedly gone completely mad. In the company of a Navy patrol boat filled with street-smart kids, a surfing-obsessed Air Cavalry officer (Robert Duvall), and a crazed freelance photographer (Dennis Hopper), Willard travels further and further into the heart of darkness.

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Critics Consensus

Francis Ford Coppola's haunting, hallucinatory Vietnam War epic is cinema at its most audacious and visionary.

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Ed Potton

Times (UK)

It’s a masterpiece, whichever way you slice it.

Apr 1, 2024

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Jay Scott

Globe and Mail

A hallucinatory celebration of irrationality, of pure feeling, and even. perhaps, of insanity.

Aug 11, 2022

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Amy Taubin

Village Voice

Apocalypse has the expressive extravagance of a Wagner opera-and not merely because the swooping helicopter scene is set to the "Ride of the Valkyries."

Oct 8, 2019

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

It doesn't have a central argument, or a point of view, and not one character that the spectator can identify themselves with. [Full review in Spanish]

Jan 18, 2024

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Cory Woodroof

615 Film

This is the great American nightmare, the ultimate repudiation against anything Vietnam was supposed to accomplish.

Jul 6, 2022

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Andrew Bloom

The Spool

From the jump, Apocalypse Now conveys the sense of a man riddled with PTSD, who's all but lost himself in the trauma.

Apr 13, 2021

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Travis M

Gloriously epic. Great cast that really delivered. If you haven’t seen it, turn off your distractions and treat yourself!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/22/24

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Darrin N

My favourite movie of all time. Director, story, photography, sound, music, cast, etc etc. Not just Best war movie of all time, Best of all tiime

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/12/24

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Sam M

absolutely shits on the redux

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/06/24

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Narciso R

Perfect movie, incredible cast, redux is awesome. NRJ.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/05/24

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Petros T

(Redux) Boasting powerful photography, production design and acting as well as several iconic shots and lines, it stands out the most for being committed to creating anticipation around Kurtz (and the payoff is hard to resist) and to portraying this climactic, often stifling descent into madness. On the downside, it's overlong (the lengthy sequence with the French is totally superfluous), and its insights into the human condition are hardly as much of a mind-blowing revelation as it's suggested.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/29/24

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John H

One of the most haunting war movie ever made. A must see!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/10/24

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Francis Ford Coppola

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Colonel Kurtz

Martin Sheen

Captain Willard

Robert Duvall

Lt. Col. Kilgore

Frederic Forrest

Chef

Albert Hall

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Synopsis

In Vietnam in 1970, Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) takes a perilous and increasingly hallucinatory journey upriver to find and terminate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a once-promising officer who has reportedly gone completely mad. In the company of a Navy patrol boat filled with street-smart kids, a surfing-obsessed Air Cavalry officer (Robert Duvall), and a crazed freelance photographer (Dennis Hopper), Willard travels further and further into the heart of darkness.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Producer: Kim Aubry, Francis Ford Coppola
Screenwriter: Joseph Conrad, John Milius, Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Herr
Distributor: United Artists, Miramax Films, Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Zoetrope Studios
Rating: R
Genre: War, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 15, 1979, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 29, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $78.8M
Runtime: 2h 33m
Sound Mix: Surround

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