Apocalypse Now

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Theatrical Release Date:

08/15/1979

DVD Release Date:

11/23/1999

Run Time:

153min.

Starring:

Martin Sheen , Marlon Brando , Robert Duvall , Frederic Forrest , Dennis Hopper

Director(s):

Francis Ford Coppola

Distributor(s):

United Artists

MPAA Rating:

Genre(s):

Action,Drama,War

Plot: One of a cluster of late-1970s films about the Vietnam War, Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now adapts the Joseph Conrad novella Heart of Darkness to depict the war as a descent into primal madness. Capt. Read More

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