Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse poster

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse( 1991)

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Filming was scheduled to last 16 weeks. One year later, it was far from over.

Overview

A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.

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      Francis Ford Coppola

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      Eleanor Coppola

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      John Milius

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      George Lucas

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      Sam Bottoms

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      Albert Hall

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      Frederic Forrest

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      Laurence Fishburne

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      Dean Tavoularis

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      Fred Roos

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      Martin Sheen

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      Vittorio Storaro

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      Robert Duvall

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      Doug Claybourne

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      Dennis Hopper

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      Marlon Brando

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      Sofia Coppola

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      Tom Sternberg

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      Gian-Carlo Coppola

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      Roman Coppola

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      Monty Cox

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    A review by CRCulver

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    Written by CRCulver on Wed Sep 05 2018
    Francis Ford Coppola's film <i>Apocalypse Now</i> was one of the most infamously troubled productions in the history of Hollywood, so resonating in collective memory that it can still be parodied in new-millennium like <i>Tropic Thunder</i>. A typhoon struck the set in the Philippines, local officials were difficult to work with, Martin Sheen had a heart attack during filming, and Coppola was constantly troubled how to bring his script to a powerful ending. The 1991 documentary <i>Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse</i> chronicles these trials and tribulations through audio recordings ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    1318449.00

    Keywords

    • movie business
    • philippines
    • behind the scenes
    • madness
    • ego
    • making of
    • life imitates art
    • woman director
    • typhoon