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Apocalypse Now: Final Cut

Duration: 2 hours, 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for 7 months

In 1970, Captain Willard on R&R in Saigon is given a secret mission by the top brass to travel the perilous river route through war-torn South Vietnam into neighbouring Cambodia to 'terminate' a decorated American colonel who has gone rogue and is presumed insane.

Regularly voted one of the greatest films ever made, Apocalypse Now is based on Joseph Conrad's literary classic Heart of Darkness. Show less

Contributors

Colonel Kurtz:
Marlon Brando
Photo Journalist:
Dennis Hopper
Lt Colonel Kilgore:
Robert Duvall
Captain Willard:
Martin Sheen
General:
GD Spradlin

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