Apocalypse Now
1979 Film Synopsis & Plot Summary
8.3/10
Rating
147 min
Runtime
1979
Release Year
Francis Ford Coppola
Director
Cast
Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Laurence Fishburne
Quick Synopsis
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.
Full Plot Summary of Apocalypse Now
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.
