Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film set during the Vietnam War. The plot revolves around two US Army special operations officers, one of whom, Captain Benjamin L. Willard (Martin Sheen) of MACV-SOG, is sent into the jungle to assassinate the other, the rogue and presumably insane Colonel Walter E. Kurtz (Marlon Brando) of Special Forces. The film was produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script by Coppola and John...
Willard is going crazy waiting in his hotel room for his next mission. He has...
The American Photojournalist is rambling on about what type of person he is c...
There are Vietcong on the other side of the river and the soldier is shooting...
Willard has traveled far up the river with the crew on the boat and they see ...
Willard is at breakfast listening to the General talk about Colonel Kurtz.
Willard tells Chief the classified information about the destination of his m...
Kilgore wants to surf a good pointbreak wave so he plans on taking out the vi...
Kilgore talks to surfing with Lance on their way to blowing up a village with...
Kilgore wants to see Lance and Mike surf during the battle.
An American photojournalist runs down to meet Willard and his crew as they pu...
Chief and the crew are pulling up to some sort of stage with lights that is o...
Willard was almost killed by a tiger with Chef and now they are heading deepe...
Willard is heading upriver with the crew thinking about Kurtz.
Willard is looking through Kurtz's file as the boat continues up river.
Willard is watching the Playboy bunny show and thinking about the difference ...
Willard is leaving the military post where there was a big playboy bunny show.
Willard is listening to General Corman talk about how Kurtz has lost his mind.
Clean is listening to his radio when the Vietnam radio hosts comes on.
Willard wakes up and looks out the window onto the street.
Willard is lying in bed thinking about how the grass is always greener. The w...
Willard is sitting around a table with a coupe of officers listening to a tap...
Colonel Kurtz has his voice on a tape and the officers in the room are playin...
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