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  2. Apocalypse Now - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Sam Bottoms - Wikipedia

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    Bottoms may be best remembered for his role as surfer Lance B. Johnson, a Navy Gunner's Mate stationed on a river boat in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now. Bottoms acquired hookworm during the chaotic production in the Philippines, and the parasite "wrecked his liver". [3]

  4. Colonel Kurtz - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Frederic Forrest, Actor in ‘Apocalypse Now,’ ‘The Rose,’ Dies ...

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    Frederic Forrest, a character actor who had a memorable role in 1979’s “Apocalypse Now” and earned an Oscar nomination for “The Rose” in the same year, died Friday in Santa Monica. He ...

  6. Role Recall: Martin Sheen reveals how 'Apocalypse Now' nearly ...

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    As with Apocalypse Now, Sheen was a late-inning replacement for another actor when he signed onto The Departed. But Scorsese instantly made him feel at home amidst the star-packed ensemble that ...

  7. Emilio Estevez on his lost 'Apocalypse Now' scene, playing a ...

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    The actor reveals how his "Outsiders" pal Tom Cruise got killed off in a "Young Guns" cameo, what it was like bonding for "Breakfast Club" and why he didn't want to do "Mighty Ducks."

  8. Frederic Forrest - Wikipedia

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    Frederic Fenimore Forrest Jr. (December 23, 1936 – June 23, 2023) was an American actor. A figure of the New Hollywood movement, [1] Forrest was best known for his collaborations with director Francis Ford Coppola, playing prominent roles in The Conversation (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979), One from the Heart (1982), and Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988).

  9. List of Vietnam War films - Wikipedia

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    Apocalypse Now: Francis Ford Coppola: A special forces officer is called in to locate and kill a rogue colonel [23] in a retelling of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. 1980 Italy The Last Hunter: Antonio Margheriti: Set in 1973, a US officer goes on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines to blow up an enemy propaganda radio station. 1981 UK