Apocalypse Now

1979 · directed by Francis Ford Coppola

Rating

97/100

Hit

yes

Prestige lists

AFI 100, BFI Top 100, Palme d'Or, TSPDT 250, NFR

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

Apocalypse Now (1979), directed by Francis Ford Coppola, rates 97/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Martin Sheen
• Marlon Brando
• Frederic Forrest
• Albert Hall
• Laurence Fishburne
• Sam Bottoms
• Robert Duvall
• G.D. Spradlin
• Harrison Ford
• Jerry Ziesmer

Crew

• Vittorio Storaro — Director of Photography
• Gerald B. Greenberg — Editor
• Lisa Fruchtman — Editor
• Walter Murch — Editor
• Carmine Coppola — Original Music Composer
• Francis Ford Coppola — Original Music Composer
• Francis Ford Coppola — Writer
• John Milius — Writer

More from Francis Ford Coppola

1. The Godfather (1972) — 99/100 · hit
2. The Godfather Part II (1974) — 97/100 · hit
3. The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) — 91/100 · hit
4. The Conversation (1974) — 87/100 · hit
5. The Rainmaker (1997) — 73/100
6. Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) — 72/100

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