"Apocalypse Now"
Screenplay | Script
Written By: John Milius & Francis Ford Coppola and Michael Herr
Three Versions Available:
~ Coppola Draft 12.03.1975
~ Apocalypse Now Redux (2001) (undated)
~ Apocalypse Now Redux (2001) (Talk Miramax Version 2001)
August 15, 1979 • United Artists
This is the definitive version of Francis Ford Coppola's stunning vision of the heart of darkness in all of us.
Everyone gets everything he wants. I wanted a mission. And for my sins, they gave me one. Brought it up to me like room service.
Willard (v/o),
pg.2 : scene 5
Nominated for eight Academy Awards, this classic and compelling Vietnam War epic stars Martin Sheen as Army Captain Willard, a troubled man sent on a dangerous and mesmerizing odyssey into Cambodia. His mission: to assassinate a renegade American colonel named Kurtz (Marlon Brando) who has succumbed to the horrors of war and barricaded himself in a remote outpost.
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Cast
| Notable Cast | |||
 | Marlon Brando | ... | Colonel Walter E. Kurtz |
 | Martin Sheen | ... | Captain Benjamin L. Willard |
 | Robert Duvall | ... | Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore |
 | Frederic Forrest | ... | Jay 'Chef' Hicks |
 | Sam Bottoms | ... | Lance B. Johnson |
 | Laurence Fishburne | ... | Tyrone 'Clean' Miller |
 | Albert Hall | ... | Chief Phillips |
 | Harrison Ford | ... | Colonel Lucas |
 | Dennis Hopper | ... | Photojournalist |
 | G.D. Spradlin | ... | General R. Corman |
 | Jerry Ziesmer | ... | Jerry, Civilian |
 | Scott Glenn | ... | Lieutenant Richard M. Colby |
 | Bo Byers | ... | MP Sergeant #1 |
 | James Keane | ... | Kilgore's Gunner |
 | Kerry Rossall | ... | Mike from San Diego |
Awards
| Notable Awards | |||
 | Vittorio Storaro | ... | Best Cinematography |
| Richard Beggs, Walter Murch, Nathan Boxer, Mark Berger | ... | Best Sound |
| Fred Roos, Tom Sternberg, Gray Frederickson, Francis Ford Coppola | ... | Best Picture (nominated) |
Box Office
| (1979) U.S. Dollars | |||
| Budget | ... | $31,500,000 | |
| Opening weekend | ... | $118,558 | |
| Gross (US & Canada) | ... | $83,471,511 | |
| Gross (World) | ... | $91,968,688 | |
Poster
| U.S. Version | |||
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Sources
| Additional Content | |||
| Cast Photos | ... | IMDb | |
| Box Office | ... | IMDb Pro | |
| Poster | ... | Lionsgate | |
| Awards | ... | The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) | |
| Studio | ... | Lionsgate | |
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