Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic drama movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

It tells a fictional story which takes place in the 1960s during the Vietnam War. It tells the story of an Army Captain who is sent on a boat deep into the Cambodian jungle to capture a Special Forces colonel who, it is suggested, has gone insane. It was partly based on Joseph Conrad's novel about a journey down the Congo River, Heart of Darkness.

It is now thought to be a great movie, but in the making it ran into problems. Its key star Martin Sheen, is on the screen for almost all the movie. He had a breakdown, and a heart attack. Editing the mile plus of film took years. It was unfinished when it was shown in the Cannes Film Festival.

Apocalypse Now is today considered to be one of the greatest films ever made. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards at the 52nd Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Coppola), and Best Supporting Actor for Robert Duvall. It went on to win for Best Cinematography and Best Sound. It ranked #14 in Sight & Sounds greatest films poll in 2012, and #6 in the Director's Poll of greatest films of all time.

The film as now shown on streaming channels is the Director's "Final Cut". This was first shown in 2019 at the Tribeca Film Festival. It runs for 3 hours, 3 minutes.

 Awards and honors 
+ Awards and Nominations received by Apocalypse Now Award Category Nominee Result52nd Academy Awards Best Picture Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson and Tom Sternberg  Best Director Francis Ford Coppola  Best Actor in a Supporting Role Robert Duvall  Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola  Best Sound Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, and Nat Boxer  Best Art Direction Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis and Angelo P. Graham; Set Decoration: George R. Nelson  Best Cinematography Vittorio Storaro  Best Film Editing Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg and Lisa Fruchtman  1979 Cannes Film FestivalPalme d'Or Apocalypse Now 1st American Movie Awards Best Actor Martin Sheen  Best Supporting Actor Robert Duvall 33rd British Academy Film Awards Best Film Apocalypse Now  Best Actor Martin Sheen  Best Supporting Actor Robert Duvall  Best Direction Francis Ford Coppola  Best Original Film Music Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola  Best Cinematography Vittorio Storaro  Best Editing Richard Marks, Walter Murch, Gerald B. Greenberg, and Lisa Fruchtman  Best Production Design Dean Tavoularis  Best Soundtrack Nathan Boxer, Richard Cirincione, Walter Murch  5th César Awards Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) Francis Ford Coppola  David di Donatello Awards Best Foreign Director (Migliore Regista Straniero) Francis Ford Coppola  32nd Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Francis Ford Coppola 37th Golden Globe Awards Best Motion Picture – Drama Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson, and Tom Sternberg  Best Director Francis Ford Coppola  Best Supporting Actor Robert Duvall  Best Original Score Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola  22nd Annual Grammy Awards Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola  1979 National Society of Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actor Frederic Forrest  32nd Writers Guild of America Awards Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola 

American Film Institute lists
 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies – No. 28
 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes:
 "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." – No. 12
 AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) – No. 30

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