Apocalypse Now
Released: August 15, 1979Runtime: 147 minRated: MPA · R
A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
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$31.5M
Gross (worldwide)
$150.0M
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- 2.00 : 1
- Color
- Color
- Negative format
- 16 mm (newsreel scenes)
- Print format
- Digital (Digital Cinema Package DCP)
- Process
- Digital Intermediate (4K, 2019 remaster)
- Sound mix
- 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
- Cameras
- Camera Arriflex 16 ST (newsreel scenes)
- Shot on film
- Yes
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Supporting cast
51Bo Byers
James Keane
Kerry Rossall
Ron Mcqueen
Tom Mason
Cynthia Wood
Colleen Camp
Linda Carpenter
Jack Thibeau
Glenn Walken
George Cantero
Damien Leake
Herb Rice
William Upton
Larry Carney
Marc Coppola
Daniel Kiewit
Father Elias
Bill Graham
Hattie Bell
as Hattie James)
Jerry Ross
Dick White
Christian Marquand
Aurore Cl Ment
Michel Pitton
Frank Villard
as Franck Villard)
David Olivier
Chrystel Le Pelletier
Robert Julian
Yvon Leseaux
Roman Coppola
Gian Carlo Coppola
Henri Sadardeil
as Henri Sadardiel)
Gilbert Renkens
Don Gordon Bell
Robin Blair Crawford
Francis Ford Coppola
R Lee Ermey
Larry Franco
Jim Gaines
Harvey Keitel
Paul Lambert
Evan A Lottman
Nick Nicholson
Linn Phillips Iii
Charles Robinson
Sebasti N Roque
Pierre Segui
Vittorio Storaro
Henry Strzalkowski
Lonnie Lono Woodley
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9Other crew
127Alex Tavoularis
Art Department
Francisco Balangue
Art Department
Gary Fettis
Art Department
James B Casey
Art Department
James J Murakami
Art Department
John La Salandra
Art Department
Robert Scaife
Art Department
Roger Dietz
Art Department
Thomas J Wright
Art Department
Tom Jung
Art Department
Caleb Deschanel
Camera and Electrical Department
Chas Gerretsen
Camera and Electrical Department
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