Apocalypse Now
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Francis Ford Coppola...at the Cannes Film Festival. Following the success of The Godfather, The Conversation and The Godfather Part II, Coppola began filming Apocalypse Now, an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness set in Cambodia during the Vietnam War... In this article: Francis Ford Coppola, Academy Awards, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather Part II, The Godfather, Godfather, Carmine Coppola, Wim Wenders, Sofia Coppola, and Roger Corman |
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Times Online | October 30, 2009
Dennis Hopper battling prostate cancer
Tipped as a talent to watch, the actor struggled to match the success of Easy Rider or secure billing as a heavyweight leading man, but he went on to star in more than 150 films, including Apocalypse Now, Speed and Super Mario Bros.
In this article: Dennis Hopper, Cancer, Easy Rider, Oscar, Jack Nicholson, Hollywood, New Hollywood, Dehydration, University of Southern California, and Cannes Film Festival
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Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | October 20, 2009
Five great makingof movies
...that its subject is one of the greatest works of modern cinema. At the Cannes Film Festival, Francis Ford Coppola said of Apocalypse Now (1978): "My film is not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam. " For once in the history of moviemaking, such...
In this article: Terry Gilliam, Werner Herzog, Francis Ford Coppola, Shelley Duvall, Raymond Carver, Danny Lloyd, Short Cuts, Jack Nicholson, Robert Altman, and Vivian Kubrick
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TMZ | September 30, 2009
Dennis Hopper Rushed to Hospital
...Original Screenplay as co-writer of the film's script. He was unable to build on his success for several years, until a featured role in Apocalypse Now (1979) brought him attention. He subsequently appeared in Rumble Fish (1983) and The...
In this article: Dennis Hopper, Easy Rider, Peter Fonda, Hollywood, Academy Award, San Diego, New York City, True Grit, Rebel Without a Cause, and Terry Southern
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BBC News | April 24, 2009
Coppola heading Cannes sidebar
Coppola heading Cannes sidebar Coppola's films include Apocalypse Now, Dracula and The Conversation Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola will open the Directors' Fortnight at this year's Cannes Film Festival with his latest work Tetro.
In this article: Francis Ford Coppola, Tetro, Cannes Film Festival, Jim Carrey, Dracula, I Love You Phillip Morris, Godfather, John Requa, and Luc Moullet
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CNN | July 16, 2009
Francis Ford Coppola: The Hollywood godfather
...couldn't figure out how I was going to end it." He successfully solved the puzzle and the film and went on to win the coveted Palme D'Or at Cannes film festival and a place in movie history. Today, Coppola seems like a man at peace with...
In this article: Francis Ford Coppola, Hollywood, The Godfather, Tetro, Napa Valley, Robert Duvall, CNN, Academy Awards, and Cannes Film Festival
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Wikipedia | November 02, 2009
Apocalypse Now
...version in front of so many members of the press but Coppola remembered that The Conversation won the Palme d'Or and agreed to show Apocalypse Now at the festival less than a month before it began. The week prior to Cannes, Coppola arranged...
In this article: Francis Ford Coppola, Benjamin L. Willard, John Milius, Marlon Brando, George Lucas, and Aguirre, the Wrath of God
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...were employed in such Vietnam War movies as Apocalypse Now or Platoon, but updating the anthems to those closer to the era the film is portrayed in. The film made its world premiere on May 9, 1997, at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. It was...
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Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film set during the Vietnam War. The plot revolves around two US Army special operations officers, one of whom, Captain Benjamin L. Willard (Martin Sheen) of MACV-SOG, is sent into the jungle to assassinate the other, the rogue and presumably insane Colonel Walter E. Kurtz (Marlon Brando) of Special Forces. The film was produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script by Coppola and John Milius. The script is based on Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness, and also draws elements from Michael Herr's Dispatches, the film version of Conrad's Lord Jim (which shares the same character of Marlow with Heart of Darkness), and Werner Herzog's Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972).
The film became notorious in the entertainment press due to its lengthy and troubled production, as documented in Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse. Marlon Brando showed up to the set overweight and Martin Sheen suffered a heart attack. The production was also beset by extreme weather that destroyed several expensive sets. In addition, the release date of the film was delayed several times as Coppola struggled to come up with an ending and edit the millions of feet of footage that he had shot.
The scene changes to Chef attempting to call in the airstrike on the village as ordered by Willard. Chef is attacked and the scene cuts to Willard bound to a post outside in the pouring rain. Kurtz walks up to him and drops Chef's severed head into his lap.
- Name:
- Apocalypse Now
- Release Date:
- January 01, 0015
- Directed By:
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Produced by:
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Written By:
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- Novel:
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Screenplay:
- Joseph Conrad
- John Milius
- Editor:
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- Gerald B. Greenberg
- Richard Marks
- Walter Murch
- Lisa Fruchtman
- Starring:
- Narrated by:
- Martin Sheen
- Cinematography:
- Vittorio Storaro
- Music By:
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- Francis Ford Coppola
- Carmine Coppola
- Distributed By:
- Length:
- 202 minutes
- Language:
- English
- Studio:
- American Zoetrope
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