Ebert, Roger (November 28, 1999). "Great Movies: Apocalypse Now". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008 . Retrieved November 24, 2008. Ebert, Roger (June 1, 1979). " Apocalypse Now". RogerEbert.com. Archived from the original on December 16, 2008 . Retrieved December 27, 2022. Smith, Terence (August 14, 1969). "Details of Green Beret Case Are Reported in Saigon" (PDF). The New York Times. pp.1–2 . Retrieved November 30, 2015. His status as a double agent was reportedly confirmed by the Central Intelligence Agency, which, according to the sources, suggested that he either be isolated or 'terminated with extreme prejudice.' This term is said to be an intelligence euphemism for execution. Albert Hall as Chief Petty Officer George Phillips. The Chief runs a tight ship and frequently clashes with Willard over authority. The book has some very interesting, illuminating, and little-know tidbits about the making of the film, including:

On March 1, 1976, Coppola and his family flew to Manila and rented a large house there for the planned four-month shoot. [51] [1] Sound and photographic equipment had been coming in from California since late 1975. John Ashley assisted with production in the Philippines. [69] The film was due to be released on Coppola's 38th birthday, April 7, 1977. [1] Canby, Vincent (August 15, 1979). "APOCALYPSE NOW". New York Times. Archived from the original on September 10, 2017 . Retrieved June 5, 2017. DVD Review Apocalypse Now – Apocalypse Now DVD Review". Homevideo.about.com. March 5, 2014. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011 . Retrieved July 16, 2014. The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made. The New York Times via Internet Archive. Published April 29, 2003. Retrieved June 12, 2008. War epic Apocalypse Now tops UK film critics poll". BBC. December 1, 2009. Archived from the original on December 4, 2009 . Retrieved December 2, 2009.

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The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015 . Retrieved October 7, 2011. Other added material includes extra combat footage before Willard meets Kilgore, a scene in which Willard's team steals Kilgore's surfboard (which sheds some light on the hunt for the mangoes), a follow-up scene to the dance of the Playboy Playmates, in which Willard's team finds the Playmates stranded after their helicopter has run out of fuel (trading two barrels of fuel for two hours with the Bunnies), and a scene of Kurtz reading from a Time magazine article about the war, surrounded by Cambodian children. Heart of Darkness & Apocalypse Now: A comparative analysis of novella and film". Cyberpat.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2010 . Retrieved March 6, 2010. Lewis, Gordon (March 14, 2019). "Tribeca: Danny Boyle's Beatles Movie 'Yesterday' Set as Closing Night Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 14, 2020 . Retrieved April 24, 2019.Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius and Michael Herr, is loosely based on the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, with the setting changed from late 19th-century Congo to the Vietnam War. The film follows a river journey from South Vietnam into Cambodia undertaken by Captain Willard ( Martin Sheen), who is on a secret mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz ( Marlon Brando), a renegade Special Forces officer who is accused of murder and presumed insane. The ensemble cast also features Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne and Dennis Hopper. But really, my most important objection was the very one that Nguyen helped me see: Coppola and his team paid zero attention to the Vietnamese people. They were nothing more than props to surround the true heroes, aka the Americans. About the only saving grace of the movie is that they didn't (couldn't) film it in Vietnam. Sight & Sound Top Ten Poll 2002 The Rest of Director's List". old.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 . Retrieved July 27, 2021. DeadBySense, Apocalypse Now – Interview with John Milius, archived from the original on May 29, 2019 , retrieved December 9, 2018