Francis Ford Coppola's stunning vision of man's heart of darkness revealed through the madness of the Vietnam War. Lieutenant Willard receives orders to seek out a renegade military outpost led by the mysterious Colonel Kurtz. Willard's mission: "Terminate with extreme prejudice." One of the most powerful films of all time, "Apocalypse Now" was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won two for Best Sound and Best Cinematography.
Synopsis: Sweeping, visceral Vietnam war epic about a young captain sent on a secret mission into the Cambodian jungles to find and kill an AWOL colonel rumored to be leading a rebel army that reveres him as a god. The harrowing trip up river takes its toll, and by the time he reaches the colonel's bloody camp, he's a different man. Based on Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.