Apocalypse now [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures ; an Omni Zoetrope production ; directed and produced by Francis Coppola ; written by John Milius and Francis Coppola.
Other Titles: Heart of darkness.
Edition: Widescreen.
Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, [1999]
ISBN: 0792159497
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Series: Widescreen DVD collection
Subject: Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 Film and video adaptations.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Drama.
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Credits: Director of photography, Vittorio Storaro ; production design, Dean Tavoularis ; editor, Richard Marks ; narration, Michael Herr ; music, Carmine Coppola, Francis Coppola.
Performers: Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Larry Fishburne, Dennis Hopper.
Target Audience: Rated R.
Notes: English and French language tracks; closed-captioned.
Inspired by the story: Heart of Darkness / by Joseph Conrad.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1979.
Special features: interactive menus; scene selection; theatrical trailer; excerpts from the original theatrical program; destruction of the Kurtz compound with commentary by Francis Ford Coppola.
Summary: A United States Army officer/trained assassin is sent into the depths of a southeast Asian jungle to seek out a renegade colonel and terminate his command during the Vietnam War.