Apocalypse Now is a movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1979 and inspired by the book Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1899. The movie features Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
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Storyline
During the Vietnam War, U.S. Army 5th Special Forces soldier Colonel Walter E. Kurtz has apparently gone insane and is waging a brutal guerrilla war against terrified NVA and PLAF forces without permission, directions or resupply from his commanders. Captain Benjamin L. Willard is summoned to I Field Force headquarters in Nha Trang, briefed on the situation by two Army commanders and a CIA officer, and ordered to terminate Kurtz’s command… with extreme prejudice.
Movie vs Book
Year
1979
Minutes
147
Movie Rate
8.40
Source: IMDb
Movie
Apocalypse Now
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Country: USA
Year: 1979
Length: 2h27m
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Year
1899
Pages
188
Book Rate
6.86
S: Goodreads
Book
Heart of Darkness
Author: Joseph Conrad
Country: UK
First published in: 1899
Length: 188 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“The movie will never be as good as the book, both because the book goes on longer and because books are internal.”
SCOTT TUROW (Writer)
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