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Apocalypse Now(Movie, 1979)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 27min | Genres: Drama, War
Apocalypse NowRating: 4.1/5 (with 36063,606 votes)
Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius, and Michael Herr, is loosely based on the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, with the setting changed from late 19th-century Congo to the Vietnam War. The film follows a river journey from South Vietnam into Cambodia undertaken by Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), who is on a secret mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a renegade Special Forces officer who is accused of murder and presumed insane. The ensemble cast also features Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, ()
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Available languages: German
Duration: 2h 27min
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Duration: 2h 34min
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Also available at Amazon.de on: DVD Blu-ray

Awards & Nominations for Apocalypse Now

Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Sound Palme d'Or National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound

About Apocalypse Now

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.

Trailer for Apocalypse Now + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

APOCALYPSE NOW: FINAL CUT - Official Trailer - Dir. by Francis Ford Coppola(Trailer, 1:42)

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Trailer 1 (Trailer)
Trailers From Hell (Featurette)
Deutscher Trailer (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Shot in: Philippines
Plays in: Cambodia, Vietnam
Based on the work of: Joseph Conrad ("Heart of Darkness")
Derivative works/Adaptions: "Apocalypse Now Redux" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), French (FR), Khmer (KM), Vietnamese (VI)
Translated into 35 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Indonesian (ID), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 10/04/1979 (World premiere: 08/15/1979)
Appearing Characters: Colonel Kurtz, Benjamin L. Willard, Sean Flynn, American Photojournalist
Film Editor: Lisa Fruchtman
Director of Photography: Vittorio Storaro
Production Designer: Dean Tavoularis
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Apokalypsa: Final Cut"
"Dommedag nu"
"Ilmestyskirja. Nyt."
"Haminak Akharozzaman"
"地獄の黙示録"
"地獄の黙示録　ファイナル・カット"
"地獄の黙示録・特別完全版"
"지옥의 묵시록"
"Šių dienų Apokalipsė. Sugrįžimas"
"Apokalypse Nå!"
"Czas Apokalipsy"
"Апокалипса данас"
"Kiyamet"
"Apocalypse Now Redux"
"Apocalypse Now: Final Cut"
"Apocalypse Now: The Complete Dossier"
"Apocalypse Now: The Workprint"
Budget: 31,500,000 USD
Revenue: 150,000,000 USD (= 476%)

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