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Apocalypse Now: Final Cut

War epic. In 1970, Captain Willard is given a secret mission by the top brass to travel into Cambodia to 'terminate' a decorated American colonel who has gone rogue and is presumed insane.

In 1970, Captain Willard on R&R in Saigon is given a secret mission by the top brass to travel the perilous river route through war-torn South Vietnam into neighbouring Cambodia to 'terminate' a decorated American colonel who has gone rogue and is presumed insane.

Regularly voted one of the greatest films ever made, Apocalypse Now is based on Joseph Conrad's literary classic Heart of Darkness.

2 hours, 50 minutes

Last on

Thu 4 Apr 2024 22:15

Music Played

  • The Doors

    The End (From Apocalypse Now)

Credits

Role Contributor
Colonel Kurtz Marlon Brando
Photo Journalist Dennis Hopper
Lt Colonel Kilgore Robert Duvall
Captain Willard Martin Sheen
General GD Spradlin
Lance Sam Bottoms
Clean Laurence Fishburne
Chef Frederic Forrest
Chief Albert Hall
Colonel Harrison Ford
Director Francis Ford Coppola
Producer Francis Ford Coppola
Writer John Milius

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