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# Apocalypse Now

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Apocalypse Now
Directed by | Francis Ford Coppola
Produced by | Francis Ford Coppola
Written by | Joseph Conrad (novel) John Milius & Francis Ford Coppola (screenplay) Michael Herr (narration)
Music by | Carmine Coppola & Francis Ford Coppola
Cinematograpy by | Vittorio Storaro
Edited by | Lisa Fruchtman Gerald B. Greenberg Walter Murch
Distributed by | United Artists
Released | May 10, 1979
Running time | 153 min. 202 min. (Redux) mins
Country | United States
Language | English
Budget | $31,500,000
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Apocalypse Now is a 1979 drama movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It tells a fictional (made-up) story that takes place during the Vietnam War. It tells the story of an Army Captain who is sent on a boat deep into the jungle to capture a Special Forces colonel who has gone insane. It was partly based on Joesph Conrad's novel about colonialism, Heart of Darkness.

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Categories: 1979 movies | War movies

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