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APOCALYPSE NOW

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Stars: Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest
Studio: Zoetrope Studios

CAST:

Marlon Brando…Colonel Walter E. Kurtz
Martin Sheen … Captain Benjamin L. Willard
Robert Duvall … Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
Frederic Forrest … Jay ‘Chef’ Hicks
Sam Bottoms … Lance B. Johnson
Laurence Fishburne … Tyrone ‘Clean’ Miller (as Larry Fishburne)
Albert Hall … Chief Phillips

Harrison Ford… Colonel Lucas
Dennis Hopper … Photojournalist
G.D. Spradlin … General Corman
Jerry Ziesmer … Jerry, Civilian
Scott Glenn … Lieutenant Richard M. Colby
Bo Byers … MP Sergeant
James Keane … Kilgore’s Gunner
Kerry Rossall … Mike from San Diego
Ron McQueen … Injured Soldier
Tom Mason … Supply Sergeant
Cynthia Wood … Playmate of the Year
Colleen Camp … Playmate, Miss May
Linda Carpenter … Playmate
Jack Thibeau … Soldier in Trench
Glenn Walken … Lieutenant Carlsen
George Cantero … Soldier with Suitcase
Damien Leake … Machine Gunner
Herb Rice … Roach
William Upton … Spotter
Larry Carney … MP Sergeant
Marc Coppola … AFRS Announcer
Daniel Kiewit … Major from New Jersey
Father Elias … Catholic Priest
Bill Graham … Agent
Hattie James … Mrs. Miller, Clean’s Mother (voice)
Jerry Ross … Johnny from Malibu / Mike from San Diego
Dick White … Helicopter Pilot
Christian Marquand … Hubert de Marais (Redux version only)
Aurore Clément … Roxanne Sarrault (Redux version only)
Michel Pitton … Philippe de Marais (Redux version only)
Franck Villard … Gaston de Marais (Redux version only)
David Olivier … Christian de Marais (Redux version only)
Chrystel Le Pelletier … Claudine (Redux version only)
Robert Julian … The Tutor (Redux version only)
Yvon LeSeaux … Sergeant Le Fevre (Redux version only)
Roman Coppola … Francis de Marais (Redux version only)
Gian-Carlo Coppola … Gilles de Marais (Redux version only)
Henri Sadardeil … French Soldier
Gilbert Renkens … French Soldier
Don Gordon Bell … Soldier (uncredited)
Francis Ford Coppola … Director of TV Crew (uncredited)
R. Lee Ermey … Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Jim Gaines … Extra (uncredited)
Evan A. Lottman … Soldier (uncredited)
Nick Nicholson … Soldier (uncredited)
Linn Phillips III … Guitarist in Band (uncredited)
Pierre Segui … French Soldier (Redux version only) (uncredited)
Vittorio Storaro … TV Photographer (uncredited)
Henry Strzalkowski … Bit part (uncredited)

SYNOPSIS:

Apocalypse Now is based loosely on Joseph Conrad’s 1898 novella Heart of Darkness, the story of a ship captain’s journey up the Congo River during the heyday of European imperialism in Africa. Conrad’s novella follows Marlow’s quest to find Kurtz, an ivory trader and philosopher whose intentions to enlighten the African natives fail as he gives in to the jungle’s savage temptations and ultimately goes insane. Orson Welles worked to adapt the novella for the screen in 1939, but his studio feared the production would go over budget and backed off the project. Welles ended up making Citizen Kane instead.
In 1969, Coppola founded American Zoetrope with young filmmaker George Lucas, hoping to create a film company that could be financially and creatively independent from the conservative, restrictive Hollywood studio system. Among the first projects they sought to complete was Apocalypse Now, an original screenplay by John Milius based on Heart of Darkness but updated to take place in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Lucas hoped to direct the film, but they were unable to secure financing. At the time, the American antiwar movement was gaining power, as citizens became increasingly bitter and resentful about the United States’ role in the war. Executives were reluctant to release a Vietnam-related film amid such a volatile social context.