A U.S. Army officer is sent to assassinate a renegade colonel who sees himself as a god in the jungle. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic film directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

Ebert praises Coppola's film as one of the key films of the century, inspired by Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness. He analyzes the journey of Willard (Sheen) to find and kill Kurtz (Brando), the mad colonel in the jungle, and the poetic ending of the film.

Find out who starred in and worked behind the scenes of the classic war film Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers, and more on IMDb.

A classic Vietnam War epic by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, and Robert Duvall. See critics' reviews, official clips, and watchlist options for this 1979 film.

Watch the trailer of the legendary film Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall and others. The film depicts a dangerous mission to assassinate a renegade colonel in Cambodia during the Vietnam War.

U.S. Army Captain and special operations veteran Benjamin L. Willard (Martin Sheen) has returned from action to Saigon where he drinks heavily and destroys his hotel room.

Roger Ebert praises Francis Coppola's film as a masterpiece of cinema, not a film about Vietnam. He admires the operatic and silent moments, the battle scenes, and the journey upriver to Brando's compound.

Here's the official trailer to the war/drama film 'Apocalypse Now' directed by Francis Ford Coppola. In this 1979 film, Captain Willard is sent to Cambodia on a dangerous mission to assassinate...

A classic war film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness. It follows Captain Willard's mission to kill Colonel Kurtz, a rogue officer in the Vietnam war.