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Apocalypse Now

1979

Francis Ford Coppola

1979·R·United StatesUnited States
Award tierGold
Metascore

A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.

Cast

Marlon Brando·Martin Sheen·Robert Duvall·Frederic Forrest

Producers

John Ashley·Kim Aubry·Francis Ford Coppola·Gray Frederickson·Shannon Lail

Languages

United KingdomEnglishFranceFrenchVNVietnamese

Major Awards

4 wins · 6 nominations

Wins (4)

Festival Grand Prize

Cannes Film Festival (1979)

Competition

Francis Ford Coppola
Cannes Film Festival (1979)

Palme d'Or

Francis Ford Coppola

Best Picture

London Critics Circle Film Awards (1981)

Film of the Year

Best Director

Golden Globes, USA (1980)

Best Director - Motion Picture

Francis Ford Coppola

Nominations (6)

Best Picture

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (2001)

Best Film

César Awards, France (1980)

Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)

Francis Ford Coppola
BAFTA Awards (1980)

Best Film

Golden Globes, USA (1980)

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Academy Awards, USA (1980)

Best Picture

Francis Ford CoppolaGray FredericksonFred RoosTom Sternberg

Best Director

Academy Awards, USA (1980)

Best Director

Francis Ford Coppola