Genre: Action / Drama / War
Length: 2h 33m 0s
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Plot outline: Based on Joseph Conrad's Heart Of Darkness, this is a controversial addition to the multitude of Vietnam war movies in existence. We follow Captain Willard on his mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe. Notes taken by Coppola's wife have recently been used to create "Hearts Of Darkness" - a fascinating and revealing account of the making of this movie. Summary written by Colin Tinto {cst@imdb.com} Burnt out Captain Willard is sent into the jungle with orders to find and kill Colonel Kurtz who has set up his own army within the jungle. As he descends into the jungle he is slowly over taken by the jungles mesmerizing powers and the battles and insanity which surround him. His crew begins to succumbs to drugs and are slowly killed off one by one. As Willard continues his journey he begins to become more and more like the man he was sent to kill. Summary written by Michael Arndt
Comment: i have lost count as to how many times i have watched this movie. i've never grown tired of it since this is a movie that can be enjoyed and interpreted on so many levels. they just don't make movies like this anymore. after recently finally watching the riveting documentary on the making of this film (Hearts of Darkness:a filmmakers journey into madness), i'm even more amazed that this film even got finished, yet alone turn out so great. the fact that they actually filmed this movie in the jungles of the Phillipines is the film's greatest asset. you actually FEEL like your in Vietnam. all of the actors are fantastic with my favorites still being Robert Duvall ("I love the smell of napalm in the morning!!") martin sheen, and the great Marlon Brando. a lot of people complain that the film gets too murky, weird and cerebral near the end. well, remeber what Coppolla said about this movie, "This film is not about vietnam, it IS vietnam!" what he means is that this film is about MADNESS and not the war. this movie is based on the short story "Heart of darkness" by Joseph Conrad and is set against the vietnam war instead of the civil war as in the book. i think that was a brilliant combination in my opinion. this is perfect, challenging film that is dark, violent, humorous at times and well done in every single possible way. a true classic rating:10
IMDB Rating: 8.5
Country: USA
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| Actors: | ||
| Marlon Brando | as | Col. Walter E. Kurtz |
| Robert Duvall | as | Lt. Col. William 'Bill' Kilgore |
| Martin Sheen | as | Capt. Benjamin L. Willard/Narrator |
| Frederic Forrest | as | Engineman 2nd Class (EN2) Jay Hicks/'Chef' |