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Apocalypse Now (1979)

Film · 1979 · 147 min · R · Drama · War

This is the end...

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.

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola

Starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Laurence Fishburne, Sam Bottoms, Robert Duvall, G.D. Spradlin

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In cinemas10 October 1979
Digital releaseNot listed
Physical release27 August 2019
First release anywhere19 May 1979

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