Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now is a 1979 Academy Award, Cannes Palme d'Or and Golden Globe winning adventure war film set during the Vietnam War. It tells the tale of Army Captain Benjamin L. Willard who is sent into the jungle to assassinate United States Army Special Forces Colonel Walter E. Kurtz (played by Marlon Brando), who has gone AWOL and is believed to be insane. The film has been viewed as a journey into the darkness of the human psyche. The film was directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script by Coppola, John Milius and Michael Herr, based on Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness (1899), as well as drawing elements from Herr's "Dispatches" (1977), and from Werner Herzog's Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972); Coppola himself has noted, "Aguirre, with its incredible imagery, was a very strong influence. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention it." The film stars Martin Sheen as Captain Ben L. Willard (based on Marlow in Conrad's novella), Marlon Brando as Col. Kurtz, Dennis Hopper as a... full article at wikipedia