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This movie was based on the novel by Joseph Conrad entitled "Heart of Darkness".

US Army Captain, and CIA operative, Cpt Willard (Martin Sheen) has been assigned to infiltrate renegade special forces, Colonel Kurtz's, (Marlon Brando) troops and terminate the Colonel's command by death in Cambodia during the Vietnam war..

As Willard descends into the jungle he is slowly over taken by the jungles mesmerizing powers and the battles and insanity which surround him.

His team soon begin to succumb to drugs and are slowly killed off one by one. As Willard continues his journey he begins to realise he is becoming more and more like the man he was sent to kill.

Keywords:

Action, Adventure, Drama, War, Historical, History, Violence, Based-on-Novel, Psychological, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Vietnam War, Oscar Best Picture Nominated

Additional Information:

(1979) (USA) (5 Star)

Cast:

Marlon Brando	.... Col. Walter E. Kurtz
Robert Duvall	.... Lt. Col. William 'Bill' Kilgore
Martin Sheen	.... Capt. Benjamin L. Willard
Frederic Forrest	.... Jay Hicks/'Chef'
Albert Hall	.... Chief Quartermaster Phillips
Sam Bottoms	.... Lance B. Johnson

Supporting Cast:

Laurence Fishburne	.... 'Mr. Clean'
Dennis Hopper	.... Photo Journalist
G.D. Spradlin	.... Lt. Gen. R. Corman
Harrison Ford	.... Col. G. Lucas
Jerry Ziesmer	.... Civilian
Scott Glenn	.... Capt. Richard Colby
Bo Byers	.... MP Sergeant
James Keane	.... Kilgore's Gunner
Kerry Rossall	.... Mike from San Diego

Directors:

Francis Ford Coppola

Writers:

John Milius
Francis Ford Coppola

Narrators:

Martin Sheen

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