Apocalypse Now

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American film Vietnam War film film war film

Apocalypse Now is a landmark 1979 war film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, renowned for its hallucinatory portrayal of the Vietnam War and its central place in the New Hollywood era.

Aliases (2)

Apocalypse Now Final Cut ×1
Apocalypse Now Redux ×1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → Vietnam War film → film → war film →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Cinematography → Academy Award for Best Sound → Palme d'Or →
basedOn	Heart of Darkness →
basedOnAuthor	Joseph Conrad →
character	Captain Benjamin L. Willard → Colonel Walter E. Kurtz → Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore →
cinematographer	Vittorio Storaro →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Francis Ford Coppola →
distributedBy	United Artists →
editor	Gerald B. Greenberg → Lisa Fruchtman → Walter Murch →
famousLine	I love the smell of napalm in the morning →
filmingLocation	Philippines →
genre	drama → psychological drama → war →
hasVersion	Apocalypse Now Final Cut → Apocalypse Now Redux →
language	English →
musicBy	Carmine Coppola → Francis Ford Coppola →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay → Academy Award for Best Director → Academy Award for Best Picture → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor →
notableScene	helicopter attack set to Ride of the Valkyries →
partOf	New Hollywood era →
premiereEvent	Cannes Film Festival →
producer	Francis Ford Coppola →
productionCompany	American Zoetrope →
recognizedAs	classic war film → landmark of world cinema →
releaseYear	1979 →
runtime	approximately 147 minutes →
screenwriter	Francis Ford Coppola → John Milius →
setting	Cambodia → Vietnam War →
stars	Dennis Hopper → Frederic Forrest → Harrison Ford → Laurence Fishburne → Marlon Brando → Martin Sheen → Robert Duvall →
theme	madness → moral ambiguity → the horrors of war →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dennis Hopper → Francis Ford Coppola → Laurence Fishburne → Marlon Brando → Martin Sheen → Walter Murch →	notableWork
Apocalypse Now ("Apocalypse Now Redux") → Apocalypse Now ("Apocalypse Now Final Cut") →	hasVersion
Walter Murch →	designedSoundFor
Francis Ford Coppola →	directed
Walter Murch →	edited
New Hollywood →	notableFilm
Dennis Hopper →	starredIn