Martin Sheen

Marlon Brando

Robert Duvall

Frederic Forrest

Laurence Fishburne

Albert Hall

Sam Bottoms

Dennis Hopper

G. D. Spradlin

Harrison Ford

Jerry Ziesmer

Scott Glenn

James Keane

Kerry Rossall

Tom Mason

Cynthia Wood

Colleen Camp

Linda Carpenter

Aurore Clément

Jack Thibeau

Glenn Walken

Damien Leake

Marc Coppola

Bill Graham

Jerry Ross

Charles Robinson

Nick Nicholson

Don Gordon Bell

Evan A. Lottman

R. Lee Ermey

Jim Gaines

Vittorio Storaro

Francis Ford Coppola

Henry Strzalkowski

Lonnie Woodley

Herb Rice

Joe Estevez

Walter Murch

Lisa Fruchtman

Gerald B. Greenberg

Richard Beggs

Mark Berger

Nathan Boxer

Jay Miracle

Leslie Hodgson

Maurice Schell

Carmine Coppola

Joseph Conrad

John Milius

Michael Herr

Angelo P. Graham

James J. Murakami

Fred C. Blau Jr.

Jack H. Young

United Artists

American Zoetrope

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.

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Khmer

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Vietnamese

Apocalypse Now

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Ben Sandberg’s ★★★★★ diary entry for Apocalypse Now

Ty McGowen’s ★★★½ diary entry for Apocalypse Now

Like the soldiers slowly descending into insanity, so does this movie. It starts out really great, but somewhere along the way it seems to forget what it could be and becomes a jumbled mess. I do appreciate that it doesn't glorify war like a lot of war movies do.

Ben Jessup’s ★★★★½ diary entry for Apocalypse Now

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Jaiden C’s ★★★★★ diary entry for Apocalypse Now

cannot believe they gave Brando top billing for this

kkoechner’s ★★ diary entry for Apocalypse Now

I do not like this movie. Period. However, the chest hair in this film is on point!

John Douglas Wilson’s ★★★★★ diary entry for Apocalypse Now

Marcie’s ★★★½ diary entry for Apocalypse Now

The VHS Village is in for a wild ride this week.Robert Duvall has off the charts swagger when he works with Coppola. Flight of the Valkyries. I was not prepared. The tape recorder scene was devastating.I was not happy about the water buffalo scene at all. The first half of this is definitely better then the second.

TheBullMcCabe’s ★★★★½ review of Apocalypse Now

Dear lord the SOUND !! the Sound in this movie is visceral . The visuals just stay with you , it moves to another scene and your still dealing with something you've just seenUses narrative perfectly , just giving you enough. You want more of Brando but would that make his impact less?

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Sean Allen’s ★★★★½ diary entry for Apocalypse Now

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning!" I struggle to give this such a high rating considering I watched the Redux cut. But I'm making the decision to base this off of what is clearly an amazing film that for some reason has bloated extra material. For those wondering it's essentially two main additions, neither of which added anything and only bogged the movie down. I found the story itself captivating and the buildup to meeting Kurtz is what kept me watching. Loved so many of the visuals and hope to watch this with something better than a DVD player someday soon. The Vietnam War is filled with it's complexities and I feel like Apocalypse Now does a solid job of showing the wild/dark side of war. The highlight of this has to be the sequence with Dennis Hopper forcing the men to surf while the coast is in the midst of being bombed. Ultimately it's the grey area of good/evil that makes Vietnam such a ripe subject for filmmaking and this one sits up there with the best. Note to self: Actually finish Ken Burns Vietnam so you can understand the actual conflict. [ <a href="https://www.imdb.com/media/rm3324022785/tt0078788" rel="nofollow">Top Shot</a> ]

IVM’s ★★★★★ diary entry for Apocalypse Now

The opening sequence is an absolute drunken trip mixed with PTSD and bloodthirst.The odyssey to find Col. Kurtz was long, arduous, and very artsy. A harrowing, realistic portrayal of the Vietnam War and how the soldiers acted.<blockquote>Charlie don't surf!</blockquote>This dude really was motivated to go kill, not for a mission but to catch some waves.The unsupervised use of power was gross and numb.It's absolute horror. Great, beautifully portrayed horror.