Apocalypse Now (1979)

Movies Based on Short Stories (34 movies items)

" Based on Joseph Conrad's novella, Heart of Darkness (1899). "

Movie Scenes Where Actors Bled For Real (8 movies items)

" In the opening scene of Apocalypse Now, Martin Sheen's character slowly regresses while sitting in a room by himself. After being forced to examine himself in a mirror by director Francis Ford Coppola, Sheen brought some of his own instability into the opening scene. At one point, he punched his own reflection and came away with a bloody hand. Both the punch and the resulting blood made it into the final cut of the film. While it's a little nerve-wracking to watch Sheen come off his hinges,"

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Top Ten Performances - Laurence Fishburne (15 movies items)

" as Pvt. Clean "

Top 20 Unforgivable Oscar Losses (20 movies items)

"#18: Apocalypse Now loses Best Picture to Kramer vs. Kramer"

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"  Apocalypse Now is kind of like the "2001: A Space Odyssey" of the war genre in that it's a story of a long, far away journey that culminates into a meeting with a strange godlike figure. And even though you might not know what it all meant, what you do know is that whatever it was, it was pretty damn epic, pretty damn trippy, and in the end, pretty damn cool.  The imagery and the surrealness throughout this film all lead up into a piece of work that could've easily been a number one film f"

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Academy Awards For Best Picture Deservers (97 movies items)

"1979! Winner: Apocalypse Now! Nominees: Alien All That Jazz Kramer vs. Kramer Norma Rae"

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Best Film Monologues (11 movies items)

"I've seen the horror. Horrors that you've seen. But you have no right to call me a murderer. You have no right to call me a murderer. You have a right to kill me. You have a right to do that, but you have no right to judge me... It's impossible for words to describe what is necessary to those who do not know what horror means. Horror. Horror has a face, and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and moral terror are your friends. If they are not, then they are enemies to be feared. They "