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This is the end... - Apocalypse Now
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Title: Apocalypse Now

Release Date: 19 May 1979

Runtime: 2h 27m

Genre: Drama, War

Director: United Artists, American Zoetrope

Production Companies: United Artists, American Zoetrope

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 8.3 (8296 votes)

Cast

  • Captain Benjamin Willard: Martin Sheen
  • Jay 'Chef' Hicks: Frederic Forrest
  • Chief Phillips: Albert Hall
  • Tyrone 'Clean' Miller: Laurence Fishburne
  • Lance B. Johnson: Sam Bottoms
  • Colonel Walter Kurtz: Marlon Brando
  • Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore: Robert Duvall
  • Photojournalist: Dennis Hopper
  • General Corman: G. D. Spradlin
  • Colonel Lucas: Harrison Ford
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