Francis Ford Coppola's multi-million dollar war epic, accompanied by the 1991 documentary which chronicled its making, and the updated 2001 director's cut. In 'Apocalypse Now', US Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) is sent on a mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a renegade American officer who has set up his own kingdom in the heart of the jungle at the height of the Vietnam war. Willard's journey begins with a devastating aerial assault on a small Vietnamese village, the attacking helicopters booming Wagner's 'Ride of the Valkyrie' out of their speakers, and becomes progressively more deranged as it moves up the river. 'Apocalype Now Redux' (2001) is a new cut of the Vietnam epic, with director Francis Ford Coppola adding 55 minutes of deleted scenes. 'Hearts of Darkness' (1991) chronicles the troubled making of Coppola's epic. Filming began in February 1976, but problems on location included illness, clashing egos (Brando turned up on set - to the tune of three million dollars a week - overweight and unwilling to learn his lines) and cast changes (Martin Sheen replaced original choice Harvey Keitel halfway through). By the time shooting was concluded, Coppola had gone $31 million over budget. Fortunately, his wife Eleanor was on hand to capture the chaos on film as a warning to aspiring directors everywhere.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Director: Fax Bahr
Director: George Hickenlooper
Producer: Francis Ford Coppola
Producer: George Zaloom
Producer: Les Mayfield
Writer: Francis Ford Coppola
Writer: John Milius
Writer: Fax Bahr
Writer: George Hickenlooper
Music: Carmine Coppola
Music: Francis Ford Coppola
Music: Todd Boekelheide
Cinematographer: Eleanor Coppola
Cinematographer: Vittorio Storaro
Actor: Martin Sheen
Actor: Marlon Brando
Actor: Robert Duvall
Actor: Frederic Forrest
Actor: Albert Hall
Actor: Sam Bottoms
Actor: Laurence Fishburne
Actor: Dennis Hopper
Actor: Harrison Ford
Actor: Scott Glenn
Actor: G.D. Spradlin
Subject: Francis Ford Coppola
Subject: Martin Sheen
Subject: Marlon Brando
Subject: Robert Duvall
Subject: Dennis Hopper