Title Apocalypse Now Overview 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. Tagline This is the end... Genres Drama, War Keywords guerrilla, river, vietnam, vietcong, cambodia, army, insanity, tribe, green beret, jungle, apocalypse, death, napalm Production Companies United Artists, Zoetrope Studios Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages , English, Français, Tiếng Việt Original Language en Runtime minutes 153 Release Year 1979
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 89 million USD