Apocalypse Now (1979)








Based on Joseph Conrad's Heart Of Darkness, this is a controversial addition to the multitude of Vietnam war movies in existence. Set in 1969 Vietnam, we follow U.S. Special Forces Captain Willard on his mission up a river into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe.


Books on Apocalypse Now

Peter Cowie
The Apocalypse now book
London, 2000

Karl French
Apocalypse Now
London, 1998

Books with substantial mentioning of Apocalypse Now

Dave Kehr
Movies that mattered, More reviews from a transformative decade
Chicago; London, 2017

Paul Verhoeven, Rob van Scheers
Meer Verhoeven, Op stap door de filmgeschiedenis met Paul Verhoeven
Amsterdam, 2014

John White and Sabine Haenni (eds.)
Fifty Key American Films
London and New York, 2009

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Roger Ebert
The Great Movies
2003

Christine Tomassini, editor, Carol Schwartz, contributing editor
Magill's Cinema Annual 2002, 21st Edition. A Survey of the Films of 2001
Detroit, New York, [..], 2002

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Peter W. Engelmeier (ed.)
Icons of film, The 20th century
Munich; New York, 2000

Jerry Ziesmer
Ready When You Are, Mr. Coppola, Mr. Spielberg, Mr. Crowe
1999

Peter van Gelder
Offscreen Onscreen, The inside stories of 60 great films
London, 1990

Robert Bookbinder
The Films of the Seventies
Secaucus, NJ, 1982

Tony Thomas
Marlon Brando und seine Filme
München, 1981

Books with an entry on Apocalypse Now

Larry Langman & David Ebner
Encyclopedia of American Spy Films
New York & London, 1990

Articles on Apocalypse Now

Peter Cowie, Saigon... Shit. I'm still only in Saigon, in: Empire, nr. 209 (November), 2006 pp. 152-157

Ian Freer, Apocalypse Then And Now, in: Empire, nr. 263 (May), 2011 pp. 108-117

Ian Freer, My Apocalypse, in: Empire, nr. 263 (May), 2011 pp. 113

Ian Freer, My Apocalypse, in: Empire, nr. 263 (May), 2011 pp. 115

Ian Freer, My Apocalypse, in: Empire, nr. 263 (May), 2011 pp. 116

David Hughes, My Apocalypse, in: Empire, nr. 263 (May), 2011 pp. 116

Jörg Gerle, Die ganze Wahrheit!, "Apocalypse Now" auf Blu-ray, in: Filmdienst, nr. 13 (23. Juni), 2011 pp. 22-23

Articles with substantial mentioning of Apocalypse Now

The 45 greatest rock 'n' roll moments in movie history, in: Empire, nr. 162, 2002 pp. 124-135

Adrian Curry, Graphic detail, in: Filmcomment, nr. 4 (July/August), 2015 pp. 80

Reviews

Pat Anderson, Jeffrey Wells, Apocalypse Now: Two Views, in: Films in Review, vol. 30, 1979 pp. 495-496

Jörg Taszman, Endgültige Edition, in: epd Film, nr. 8, 2011 pp. 62 (DVD review)