UNITED STATES · 1979

Apocalypse Now

Name: Apocalypse Now
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Released: 1979

war and its psychological toll the corrupting nature of power colonialism and imperialism the breakdown of civilization madness and moral ambiguity the vietnam war humanity's capacity for darkness

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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.

Year1979

CountryUnited States

DirectorFrancis Ford Coppola

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