Apocalypse Now

Titolo originale: Apocalypse Now
Regia: Francis Ford Coppola |
Anno: 1979
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Guerra
Tag: guerrilla warfare | epic | vietnam war | journalist | mission | vietnam | vietcong | central intelligence agency (cia) | cambodia | army | drug abuse | based on novel or book | secret mission | insanity | surrealism | tribe | green beret | jungle | descent into madness | brutality | riverboat | military | macabre | anti war | absurd | awestruck | commanding | distressing |
Cast: Martin Sheen | Marlon Brando | Frederic Forrest | Albert Hall | Laurence Fishburne | Sam Bottoms | Robert Duvall | G. D. Spradlin | Harrison Ford | Jerry Ziesmer | Scott Glenn | Kerry Rossall | James Keane | Tom Mason | Cynthia Wood | Dennis Hopper | Colleen Camp | Linda Carpenter | Aurore Clément | Jack Thibeau | Glenn Walken | Damien Leake | Marc Coppola | Bill Graham | Herb Rice | Jerry Ross | Charles Robinson | Nick Nicholson | Don Gordon Bell | R. Lee Ermey | Jim Gaines | Vittorio Storaro | Evan A. Lottman | Francis Ford Coppola | Henry Strzalkowski | William Upton | George Cantero | Joe Estevez | Bo Byers | Frank Villard | Christian Marquand | Michel Pitton | David Olivier | Chrystel Le Pelletier | Roman Coppola | Gian-Carlo Coppola | Robert Julian | Yvon LeSeaux | Daniel Kiewit | Hattie James |

A Saigon, durante la guerra in Vietnam il capitano dei corpi speciali Benjamin Willard riceve dai superiori l'ordine di trovare ed eliminare il colonnello Walter Kurtz che uscito con i suoi soldati dai ranghi dell'esercito americano, sta combattendo una guerra personale ai confini fra il Vietnam e la Cambogia. Scortato da alcuni uomini, Willard risale un fiume a caccia del colonnello. Dopo varie peripezie il capitano individua Kurtz all'interno di una sorta di reggia-tempio protetta dalla vegetazione e da numerosi indigeni armati. Willard non sa che fare, ma è lo stesso Kurtz che lo induce ad eseguire la condanna.

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One of the documents in Kurtz's dossier being read by Willard is an official commendation dated Janu [...] D
During Clean's funeral, the Chief folds the tattered American flag from the stars end to the stripes [...] D
In the junk boat interception scene there is no way that Chef could've survived the indiscriminate, [...] D
During the Courtyard scene, when the woman destroys the Huey Gunship helicopter. White special effec [...] D
When Kilgore wants the tree-line bombed with napalm to the stone age, he asks for "Dove Four" and th [...] D
During the air-strike on the village, Kilgore calls for "20 mike-mike Vulcan" to be shot from the Hu [...] D
F5A Northrop Freedom fighters were used extensively in Vietnam. The Northrop F-5A recorded in Vietna [...] D
Thickness of pages when Willard flips through Kurtz's manuscripts after he is killed. D
After Clean is shot, blood spatters on boat panel disappear and reappear. D
When Willard is played the tape of Kurtz's transmissions, the male voice at the beginning of each tr [...] D
Willard's band-aid on his face appears out of nowhere during the battle scene with Kilgore, a few mo [...] D
Broken radar dome on the boat reappears later in the film. D
There are no waterways linking the Central Coast (where the only surfable beaches in South Vietnam a [...] D
In Kurtz's dossier the cover letter in one section is a commendation to Col Kurtz for arranging a fl [...] D
After the chopper-attack scene, Kilgore and the men are on the beach and he asks them if they can sm [...] D
On the cover letter to Kurtz's dossier package, it is indicated he graduated West Point in 1946; 49- [...] D
LTC Kilgore's stetson hat has a rank insignia on it when he is first seen, but the rank is missing i [...] D
When Captain Willard first meets Colonel Kilgore, they exchange salutes while they are still in a co [...] D
The tape player that "Clean" picks up to play his mother's taped letter has no batteries in the bott [...] D
In Cambodia, when the crew is reading mail, then coming under fire and escaping, spray from the came [...] D
Much of the rockets and arms fire are represented by firecrackers. This can be most clearly seen by [...] D
When Willard looks through Kurtz' book at the end, two of the pages are identical. D
When Willard grabs the sergeant to get fuel for his boat (just before the scene where the playmates [...] D
The cuts on Willard's nose when he's in the bamboo cage appear, then disappear. D
Capt Willard's audio narration says this about Lt Col Kilgore's unit: "The First of the Ninth was an [...] D
In the letter of appreciation to Kurtz re the Cobra fly-by, it says "makung" instead of "making". D
When Willard and his crew meet Kilgore and the cavalry for the first time and walk onto the beach, l [...] D
On the back cover of almost all VHS and DVD releases of this film, Willard's rank is incorrectly lis [...] D
In Kurtz's dossier - on one of the pages, item #2 (that starts with "The fly-by formation of Corbra' [...] D
Lance is a young professional surfer, fresh to Vietnam from California, but he has no tan. D
As Willard reads the newspaper articles about Kurtz, the text of one article is about West German, I [...] D
There is a jump cut just as Willard lifts the pages of Kurtz's journal, before he sees the handwriti [...] D
In addition to Willard's Band aid on his cheek appearing out of nowhere, if you watch the laceration [...] D
When the PBR leaves the Do Lung bridge, it has a radar dome. When they cut to the next river day sce [...] D
While reading info about Kurtz, Willard eats a Hershey bar that clearly has UPC bar code on the wrap [...] D
When attacking the village, the helicopters alternate from flying at high altitude to sea level seve [...] D
The Viet Cong's tracer bullets, seen quite often throughout the film, notably when the PT boat is "s [...] D
Kilgore's helicopter attack scene, according to the dialogue between him and Willard the previous ni [...] D
On the boat after the tiger, there is one quick shot, in which Clean is dressed completely different [...] D
"Canned Heat" is painted on the armor of the aft .50 MG. It appears and disappears throughout the fi [...] D
When the boat is moving slowly through river mist, Willard is on the bow observing, and the camera i [...] D
Although the phrase "terminate with extreme prejudice" was not fictional, it is grammatically awkwar [...] D
When the Patrol boat is dropped from the helicopter, the barrels of the boat's twin-M2 .50 cal machi [...] D
When the Kilgore character is first introduced getting off a chopper you can see a reflection of a b [...] D
According to the identity cards Willard thumbed through, one of the Vietnamese spies Kurtz assassina [...] D
When the Playboy chopper takes off with the two men holding on you can see a safety wire holding the [...] D
"One of the officers who briefs Capt Willard on his mission to find Col Kurtz is a full colonel name [...] D
When Willard is looking through the dossier at the times that Kurtz was denied a transfer to Special [...] D
Many M16 rifles are shown with 30-round magazines installed. These were rarely used in Vietnam. The [...] D
Shadow of dolly and crew just before the scene with the news crew. D
The maximum gross weight of a Huey helicopter is 10,500 pounds. It would be impossible for such an a [...] D
When Bill Kilgore asks about the 6 foot peak, he asks Mike about the point. Earlier, Kilgore introdu [...] D
When Kilgore calls for an air strike, the number of planes attacking varies between four and five in [...] D
On Kurtz's Dossier under 1949 - 1950, The Philippines is misspelled as "The Phillipines." D
When Roxanne Sarrault smokes a cigar during dinner, when only she, her father and Willard are presen [...] D
When Willard meets the Photojournalist on Kurtz island, the dead girl in the background breathes. D
When pulling out from the Do Long bridge you can see the wake caused by the camera boat when the cam [...] D
When Willard is first shown a photo of Col. Kurtz the name tag on his uniform reads "Leighley". When [...] D
When Johnson is painting the Playmate of the Year's face, you see a shot of her forehead already pai [...] D
When Willard is showing a map to LTC Kilgore on the night of the Huey attack, it is impossible for b [...] D
The length of Willard's cigarette while he is trapped in the bamboo cage, talking to the freelance p [...] D
The Chief's eyes are open/closed between collapsing after getting hit with the spear, and attacking [...] D
Before the Playboy/USO show where the crew is trying buy fuel from the quartermaster, the Playmate c [...] D
When attacking the village, Kilgore's helicopter has rocket pods on each side and no surfboards. Whe [...] D
Near the end when Willard gets of the boat to kill Kurtz, he doesn't wear camouflage make-up on his [...] D
In the opening montage two different ceiling fans are seen. One is light colored with a louvered hou [...] D
The blades of the Huey helicopter when the Playmate of the Year arrives. D
During the Playboy show, the chopper blades are slowly turning or stationary from shot to shot. D
During the helicopter attack scene, an American soldier gets wounded in the courtyard. Shortly after [...] D
As Willard flips through Kurtz's dossier, the voiceover says, "Third generation West Point, top of h [...] D
In the letter of appreciation to Kurtz re the Cobra fly-by, it says "formation of Cobra's". The plur [...] D
When the Bell Huey lands on the beach, the motto written on the front is "Death From Above" which ac [...] D
When the photojournalist welcomes Willard, his bandana is clearly rolled. A few shots later it appea [...] D
After the helicopter carrying the wounded child leaves, Lance's clothing has changed from his Army f [...] D
In the Redux version, the PBR is in Cambodia, and passes a downed B-52 Stratofortress with its rear [...] D
In the opening scene when Willard is in his apartment, before he punches the mirror there is already [...] D
In the shots where the Northrup F-5s drop the napalm, the number of jets varies between three and fi [...] D
During Willard's briefing in Nha Trang, every time someone mentions the name "Kurtz" on the soundtra [...] D
When the helicopter drops the PBR onto the water, the superstructure with the radar mast collapses, [...] D
When a helicopter is traveling over the hills in the distance after Willard's mission briefing from [...] D
In the Redux version, there is a scene where Capt Willard is walking through a heavy downpour at the [...] D
While Col. Kilgore's hat and decoration changes, earlier having oak leaves and crossed sabers (as wo [...] D
When Willard kicks The Chef's severed head off his legs his neck can be seen breathing in and out. D
After the canopy of the boat is destroyed and is replaced by giant leaves, the canopy reappears whil [...] D
When Cpt. Willard is approaching Colby, (the American soldier who was sent to kill Kurtz, but joined [...] D
When Kilgore calls for the soldier to start The Ride of the Valkyries, the soldier starts the reel-t [...] D
In the scene the morning after the Do Long bridge incident, following Lance's popping smoke ("purple [...] D
LTC Kilgore's helicopter wasn't carrying surfboards. He sent his helicopter with the injured child a [...] D
Lt Col Kilgore names off the four of diamonds twice."All right, let's see what we have. Two of spade [...] D
After the massacre on the sampan, Mr. Clean is seen opening and closing the breech on the M-60 machi [...] D