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Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius , and Michael Herr , is loosely inspired by the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad , with the setting changed from late 19th-century Congo to the Vietnam War .
John Frederick Milius (/ ˈ m ɪ l i ə s /; born April 11, 1944) is an American screenwriter and film director.He was a writer for the first two Dirty Harry films, received an Academy Award nomination as screenwriter of Apocalypse Now (1979), and wrote and directed The Wind and the Lion (1975), Conan the Barbarian (1982), and Red Dawn (1984).
Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, portrayed by Marlon Brando, is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film Apocalypse Now.Colonel Kurtz is based on the character of a nineteenth-century ivory trader, also called Kurtz, from the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.
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Emilio Estevez on his lost 'Apocalypse Now' scene, playing a 'creeper' in 'St. Elmo's Fire' and what he really thinks of the term 'Brat Pack' Kevin Polowy May 16, 2023 at 10:00 AM
Coppola in 1976. Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and film composer whose career spans more than sixty years. . Coppola has directed twenty-three feature films to d
Walter Scott Murch (born July 12, 1943) is an American film editor, director, writer and sound designer.His work includes THX 1138, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather I, II, and III, American Graffiti, The Conversation, Ghost and The English Patient, with three Academy Award wins (from nine nominations: six for picture editing and three for sound mixing).