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Apocalypse Now
This is the end...
( Drama / War )


Apocalypse Now Poster

MPAA Rating:
R
[disturbing violent images‚ language‚ sexual content and some drug use]

US Runtime: 147 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
May 19, 1979   [USA]
 
Director: Francis Ford Coppola   [Director]
 
Writers: Francis Ford Coppola   [Writer]
Michael Herr   [Writer]
John Milius   [Writer]
 
Producers: John Ashley   [Associate Producer]
Francis Ford Coppola   [Producer]
Gray Frederickson   [Co-Producer]
Eddie Romero   [Associate Producer]
Fred Roos   [Co-Producer]
Mona Skager   [Associate Producer]
Tom Sternberg   [Co-Producer]
 
Cinematography: Vittorio Storaro   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Lisa Fruchtman   [Editor]
Gerald B. Greenberg   [Editor]
Walter Murch   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Carmine Coppola   [Original Music Composer]
Francis Ford Coppola   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Dean Tavoularis   [Production Design]
 
Casting by Terry Liebling   [Casting]
Vic Ramos   [Casting]
 
Production Company: American Zoetrope   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.

Cast:

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
Scott Glenn
Lieutenant Richard M. Colby
Kerry Rossall
Mike from San Diego
James Keane
Kilgore's Gunner
Tom Mason
Supply Sergeant
Cynthia Wood
Playmate of the Year
Dennis Hopper
Photojournalist
Colleen Camp
Miss May
Linda Carpenter
Playmate
Aurore Clément
Roxanne Sarrault
Jack Thibeau
Soldier in Trench
 
Glenn Walken
Lieutenant Carlsen
Damien Leake
Machine Gunner
Marc Coppola
AFRS Announcer
Bill Graham
Agent
Herb Rice
Roach
Jerry Ross
Johnny from Malibu / Mike from San Diego
William Upton
Spotter
George Cantero
Soldier with Suitcase
Bo Byers
MP Sergeant #1
Frank Villard
Gaston de Marais (Long Version)
Christian Marquand
Hubert de Marais
Michel Pitton
Phillippe de Marais
David Olivier
Christian de Marais
Chrystel Le Pelletier
Claudine
Roman Coppola
Francis de Marais
Gian-Carlo Coppola
Gilles de Marais
Robert Julian
The Tutor
Yvon LeSeaux
Sergeant le Fevre
Daniel Kiewit
Major from New Jersey
Hattie James
Cleans Mother (voice)
 
 

Uncredited Cast:


Charles Robinson
Soldier with Colby (uncredited)
Nick Nicholson
Soldier (uncredited)
Don Gordon Bell
Soldier (uncredited)
R. Lee Ermey
Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Jim Gaines
Extra (uncredited)
 
Vittorio Storaro
TV Photographer (uncredited)
Evan A. Lottman
Soldier (uncredited)
Francis Ford Coppola
Director of TV Crew (uncredited)
Henry Strzalkowski
Bit Part (uncredited)
Joe Estevez
Captain Benjamin L. Willard (voice) (uncredited)
 
 

Stunt Crew:


Larry Holt
Stunts
Terry Leonard
Stunt Coordinator
 
Kerry Rossall
Stunts
 

Sound Crew:


Richard Beggs
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mark Berger
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Nathan Boxer
Sound Recordist
Leslie Hodgson
Sound Editor
 
Jay Miracle
Sound Editor
Walter Murch
Sound Designer
Walter Murch
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Maurice Schell
Sound Editor
 
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Gerald Endler
Special Effects
 
Joe Lombardi
Special Effects Coordinator
 
 

Art Department:


Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
John LaSalandra
Construction Coordinator
 
James J. Murakami
Assistant Art Director
George R. Nelson
Set Decoration
 
 

Directing Crew:


Tony Brandt
Third Assistant Director
Larry Franco
Second Assistant Director
 
Jerry Ziesmer
Assistant Director
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Efren Lapid
First Assistant Camera
Mauro Marchetti
Assistant Camera
 
Piero Servo
Camera Operator
Josh Weiner
Still Photographer
 
 

Other Crew:


John Calvert
Choreographer
 
Dennis Jakob
Creative Consultant
 
 

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