Apocalypse Now

…the arduous task of filming Apocalypse Now (1979), which transposed Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness to the Vietnam War with a script by Coppola, John Milius, and Michael Herr. The troubled production was plagued by natural disasters (shot on location in the Philippines, it was struck by a typhoon…

His Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore in Apocalypse Now (1979) maniacally declares that he loves “the smell of napalm in the morning,” but Duvall convinces the audience of Kilgore’s compassion for his own soldiers. His nuanced depiction earned him a second Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor. Bull Meechum, the career…

…Ford Coppola’s Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now (1979). The experience of filming in the Philippines with a veteran moviemaking cast and crew had a profound impact on Fishburne, who became committed to succeeding in Hollywood. Initially he found only roles as hoodlums, and he was happy to take the part…

…photojournalist in Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979).

…Ford Coppola’s landmark war film Apocalypse Now, which is loosely based on Joseph Conrad’s short story, Heart of Darkness (1902). Sheen, a last-minute replacement for Harvey Keitel, played Capt. Benjamin L. Willard, who is tasked with finding and assassinating a rogue Green Beret colonel named Kurtz (played by Marlon Brando),…