Apocalypse Now
Summary: A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
Release Date: August 15, 1979
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Runtime: 2 h 27 min
MPAA: R
Country: United States
Movie budget: $ 31,500,000
Domestic: $ 96,042,913
International: $ 8,837,955
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