Loosely based on Joseph Conrad's novel, "The Heart of Darkness", the film transplants the tale to the Vietnam War. A young American captain is given the assignment to hunt down and kill one of his own, a colonel, who has apparently gone insane. The deranged colonel murders hundreds of innocent people and constructs a strange kingdom for himself deep in the jungle, where he is deified by his followers.
Production Zoetrope Studios;
Cast Names Don Gordon Bell; Francis Ford Coppola; R. Lee Ermey; Jim Gaines; Evan A. Lottman; Nick Nicholson; Linn Phillips III; Pierre Segui; Vittorio Storaro; Henry Strzalkowski; Lonnie Woodley; Marlon Brando; Martin Sheen; Robert Duvall; Frederic Forrest; Sam Bottoms; Laurence Fishburne; Albert Hall; Harrison Ford; Dennis Hopper; G.D. Spradlin; Jerry Ziesmer; Scott Glenn; Bo Byers; James Keane; Kerry Rossall; Ron McQueen; Tom Mason; Cynthia Wood; Colleen Camp;
Box Office USD 4,626,290
Release Date 1979-08-15 1987-08-28 (re-release) 2001-08-03 (Los Angeles, California) (Redux version) 2001-08-03 (New York City, New York) (Redux version)
Genres Drama; War;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for disturbing violent images, language, sexual content
and some drug use. (2001 director's cut)
Running Time 2 hr. 33 min. 3 hr. 22 min. (Redux version)