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Filming was scheduled to last 16 weeks. One year later, it was far from over. - Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
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Title: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

Release Date: 27 Nov 1991

Runtime: 1h 36m

Genre: Documentary

Director: American Zoetrope, Zaloom Mayfield Productions

Production Companies: American Zoetrope, Zaloom Mayfield Productions

Overview: A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.

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Average Vote: 7.9 (370 votes)

Cast

  • Self: Francis Ford Coppola
  • Self: Eleanor Coppola
  • Self: John Milius
  • Self: George Lucas
  • Self: Sam Bottoms
  • Self: Albert Hall
  • Self: Frederic Forrest
  • Self: Laurence Fishburne
  • Self: Dean Tavoularis
  • Self: Fred Roos
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