Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)

The magic and madness of making Apocalypse Now

Movie · Documentary · 1h 36m · Rated 7.9/10 on TMDB · Released November 27, 1991

Overview

A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.

Directed by George Hickenlooper, Fax Bahr, Eleanor Coppola

Cast

• Francis Ford Coppola as Self
• Eleanor Coppola as Self
• John Milius as Self
• George Lucas as Self
• Sam Bottoms as Self
• Albert Hall as Self
• Frederic Forrest as Self
• Laurence Fishburne as Self
• Dean Tavoularis as Self
• Fred Roos as Self
• Martin Sheen as Self
• Vittorio Storaro as Self

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