Apocalypse Now

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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.

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instanceOf American film
Vietnam War film
film
war film
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Academy Award for Best Sound
Palme d’Or
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Apocalypse Now Final Cut

Apocalypse Now self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
surface form: 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

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Coppola family notableWork Apocalypse Now
subject surface form: Francis Ford Coppola
Coppola isConnectedToWork Apocalypse Now