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Apocalypse Now


     
  Apocalypse Now Review
Tookey's Rating
8 /10
 
Average Rating
9.04 /10
 
Starring
Martin Sheen , Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall
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Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Written by: John Milius, Francis Coppola

 
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Released: 1979
   
Genre: DRAMA
ADVENTURE
WAR
CONTROVERSIAL
   
Origin: US
   
Colour: C
   
Length: 153
 
 


 
US captain (Martin Sheen) goes on mission to find colonel (Brando) who has deserted in Vietnam.
Reviewed by Chris Tookey



Francis Ford Coppola's extravagant drama about Vietnam is visually inspired and evidently sincere about the horrors of war, but almost ruined by its pretentious ending, built around a hopelessly self-indulgent performance by Marlon Brando. Coppola's wife Eleanor made a terrific documentary about the making of this film - Hearts of Darkness.

"My film is not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam."

(Francis Ford Coppola)


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