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Apocalypse Now

1979

Francis Ford Coppola

Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest ...

8.2

108,477

War. Drama During the Vietnam War, the young American Captain Willard is given the assignment to hunt down and kill one of his own: Colonel Kurtz who has apparently gone insane, murdered hundreds of innocent people, and constructed a strange kingdom for himself deep in the jungle. Willard and his crew embark on a surreal river journey to find Kurtz, meeting along the way a Lieutenant-Colonel who surfs during live combat, Playboy bunnies dropped in ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		FilmAffinity	Director Michael Mann about "Apocalypse Now": "Coppola evoked the high-voltage, dark identity quest, journeying into overload; the wildness and nihilism – all captured in operatic and concrete narrative, with the highest degree of difficulty. A masterpiece."
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The opening, with the whirling sound of choppers intercut with Willard sweating angst in his Saigon hotel bed, a jungle burning with napalm...remains a visual and aural wonder."
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"One of the great films of all time (...) To watch it is to feel yourself lifted up to the heights where the cinema can take you, but so rarely does (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"Magnificent to look at, thrilling, ingenious, spellbinding and superbly done on every level, this is not just one of the best films of the year or the decade, but of all time."
		Marc Lee Telegraph	"It is mystical, daring, poetic, thrilling, appalling and never less than utterly mesmerising (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Dale Pollock Variety	"It’s a complex, demanding, highly intelligent piece of work"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It's still a brilliantly supercharged cinema experience (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Angie Errigo Empire	"This disturbing vision of the harrowing effects of war and violence continues to shock and haunt audiences (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Vincent Canby The New York Times	"As technically complex and masterful as any war film I can remember."
		Edward Guthmann SFGATE	"'Apocalypse Now' is a mixed bag, a product of excess and ambition, hatched in agony and redeemed by shards of brilliance."
		Kathleen Carroll New York Daily News	"[Coppola] has created a movie of harrowing intensity and staggering power. But if you accept the belief that art should enlighten and illuminate as well as arouse the emotions, I’m afraid that 'Apocalypse Now' does not qualify as great art."

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