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An even more serious health scare happened later in the shoot when Sheen suffered a heart attack while filming on location in the Philippines jungle and had to be airlifted to a hospital in the ...
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.
Twelve months into filming, Sheen suffered a minor heart attack and had to crawl out to a road for help. [8] While he was recovering, his younger brother Joe Estevez stood in for him in a number of long shots and in some of the voice-overs. [27] Sheen was able to resume filming a few weeks later. [26]
Apocalypse Now (1979). In the film's opening scene, Martin Sheen cut his hand after smashing a mirror; he was too drunk to realize that his hand was streaming in blood. During filming on 5 March 1977, Sheen suffered a heart attack. He returned to the set six weeks later. [citation needed] Charlie's Angels (1979).
On August 15, 1979, Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now arrived in theaters. The film went on to earn eight nominations at the 52nd Academy Awards, including a nod in the best picture category ...
After filming bit parts in two of his father’s most famous movies, Terrence Malick’s Badlands and Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (from which his scene was ultimately deleted), Estevez ...
Estevez stood in for his brother in a number of long shots and in some of the voice-overs for Apocalypse Now (1979), as Martin Sheen was recovering from his heart attack. [3] In 1992, he acted in Armed for Action and Blood on the Badge. [4] [5]
Eleanor Coppola also recounted the troubled “Apocalypse Now” production in her 1995 book “Notes on the Making of Apocalypse Now.” She released a memoir, “Notes on a Life,” in 2008.