Movie · 1979
Apocalypse Now
“This is the end...”
Released 19 May 1979 147 min Drama / War More from 1979 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
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How old were they?
G.D. Spradlin
as General Corman
Marlon Brando
as Colonel Walter Kurtz
Christian Marquand
as Hubert de Marais
Robert Duvall
as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
Frederic Forrest
as Jay 'Chef' Hicks
Albert Hall
as Chief Phillips
Scott Glenn
as Lieutenant Richard M. Colby
Jerry Ziesmer
as Jerry, Civilian
Martin Sheen
as Captain Benjamin Willard
Harrison Ford
as Colonel
Aurore Clément
as Roxanne Sarrault
Charles Robinson
as Soldier with Colby (uncredited)
Joe Estevez
as Captain Benjamin L. Willard (voice) (uncredited)
Jack Thibeau
as Soldier in Trench
Kerry Rossall
as Mike from San Diego
Tom Mason
as Supply Sergeant
Jim Gaines
as Extra (uncredited)
Sam Bottoms
as Lance B. Johnson
Laurence Fishburne
as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
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The numbers
4.8×$32m budget became $150m at the box office
41years between the oldest and youngest billed
58G.D. Spradlin — oldest on the call sheet
17Laurence Fishburne — youngest billed
37average age of the credited cast