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A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.


“This is the end...”
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.

Martin Sheen
Captain Benjamin Willard

Marlon Brando
Colonel Walter Kurtz

Frederic Forrest
Jay 'Chef' Hicks

Albert Hall
Chief Phillips

Laurence Fishburne
Tyrone 'Clean' Miller

Sam Bottoms
Lance B. Johnson

Robert Duvall
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore

G.D. Spradlin
General Corman

Harrison Ford
Colonel
Jerry Ziesmer
Jerry, Civilian
Apocalypse Now is a drama, war film released in 1979 exploring themes of guerrilla warfare, vietnam war, journalist, mission, vietnam, vietcong. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, it stars Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Frederic Forrest. 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.
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