Knowra Apocalypse Now Apocalypse Now A 1979 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, following U.S. Army Captain Benjamin Willard on a mission into Cambodia to kill Colonel Walter Kurtz during the Vietnam War.
Heart of Darkness : Joseph Conrad’s 1899 novella about a sailor’s journey up the Congo River to find the ivory trader Kurtz. Coppola’s film relocates and transforms Conrad’s journey and Kurtz into the Vietnam War.
Narration : The presentation of a story through a narrator who reports or interprets events. Willard’s voice-over gives the river journey a personal, reflective frame.
Apocalypse Now production : The extended and troubled making of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 war film in the Philippines. Typhoons, delays, and production crises altered the film’s schedule and became subjects of a documentary.
Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut : A 2019 version of Apocalypse Now, re-edited by Francis Ford Coppola to a length between the theatrical release and Redux. It is one of several released edits that change the film’s pacing and included material.
1979 Cannes Film Festival : The 32nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival, held in France in May 1979. Apocalypse Now premiered there and shared the festival’s Palme d’Or.
Vietnam War : A conflict from 1955 to 1975 between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, involving the United States and other powers. The film places its fictional mission amid this conflict and its political and military upheaval.
Episodic narrative : A story structure built from distinct episodes connected by characters, setting, or an overarching journey. Each encounter along the river forms a self-contained episode in Willard’s mission.
John Milius : An American screenwriter and film director who wrote the initial screenplay for Apocalypse Now. His script supplied the starting point that Coppola and others substantially revised.
Apocalypse Now Redux : A 2001 extended version of Apocalypse Now that restores scenes omitted from the 1979 theatrical release. Its additional scenes, including the French plantation episode, give the journey a different rhythm.
Palme d’Or : The highest prize awarded to a film at the Cannes Film Festival. The film’s shared 1979 award marked its early international recognition.
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