Apocalypse Now

Name: Apocalypse Now
Genre: War, Action, Drama, Classic
Released: 1979
Duration: 147 min
Cast: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms

Francis Ford Coppola19792h 27mWar, Action, Drama, Classic

Why we chose it

You’ll love the smell of napalm in the morning. Francis Ford Coppola moved Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” to Vietnam and sent Martin Sheen into a hell with Marlon Brando at its centre. The shoot was a disaster, but it gave the world a legend, a Palme d’Or and eight Oscar nominations.

Synopsis

Captain Willard is carrying out an order that officially doesn’t exist: travel upriver into Cambodia and kill Colonel Kurtz, a Special Forces officer who has turned against the army and stands accused of murder. Willard boards a Navy patrol boat, and with every mile he drifts further from anything he recognises. Kurtz is still somewhere ahead.