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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Apocalypse Now

The Numbers Rating: 8.40 (5 votes) Rate it - Rating Details
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 98% - Fresh
Theatrical Performance
Total US Gross $78,800,000
Home Market Performance
US DVD Sales: $3,454,994 Weekly Breakdown
Released August 15, 1979
August 15, 2006 (DVD Sale)
Production Budget $31,500,000
MPAA Rating R for disturbing violent images, language, sexual content and some drug use. (2001 director's cut)
Highest Combined Star Gross277 (see full chart)
Keywords Vietnam War, War
Distributed by MGM
Source Based on Book/Short Story
Major Genre Action
Country United States
Production Method Live Action
Creative Type Historical Fiction
Time Frame 1970-1980
Director Francis Ford Coppola

Cast

Martin Sheen    Captain Benjamin L. Willard
Robert Duvall    Lt. Col. William 'Bill' Kilgore
Dennis Hopper    Photo Journalist
Marlon Brando    Col. Walter E. Kurtz
Scott Glenn    Captain Richard Colby
Laurence Fishburne    Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Tyrone Miller/Mr.Clean
Colleen Camp    Terri Turee
R. Lee Ermey    Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot
Frederic Forrest    Engineman 2nd Class (EN2) Jay Hicks/'Chef'
Albert Hall    Chief Quartermaster (QMC) Phillips
Sam Bottoms    Gunner's Mate 3rd Class (GM3) Lance B. Johnson
Harrison Ford    Col. G. Lucas
Francis Ford Coppola    Director of TV Crew
Jack Thibeau    Soldier in Trench

Weekend Chart Record

DateRank Gross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
8/17/1979 3 $118,558   3 $39,519 $322,489 5