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Apocalypse Now: Final Cut

War epic. In 1970, Captain Willard is given a secret mission by the top brass to travel into Cambodia to 'terminate' a decorated American colonel who has gone rogue and is presumed insane.

In 1970, Captain Willard on R&R in Saigon is given a secret mission by the top brass to travel the perilous river route through war-torn South Vietnam into neighbouring Cambodia to 'terminate' a decorated American colonel who has gone rogue and is presumed insane.

Regularly voted one of the greatest films ever made, Apocalypse Now is based on Joseph Conrad's literary classic Heart of Darkness.

2 hours, 50 minutes

Last on

Thu 4 Apr 202422:15
BBC Four

Music Played

  • The Doors

    The End (From Apocalypse Now)

Credits

Colonel KurtzMarlon Brando
Photo JournalistDennis Hopper
Lt Colonel KilgoreRobert Duvall
Captain WillardMartin Sheen
GeneralGD Spradlin
LanceSam Bottoms
CleanLaurence Fishburne
ChefFrederic Forrest
ChiefAlbert Hall
ColonelHarrison Ford
DirectorFrancis Ford Coppola
ProducerFrancis Ford Coppola
WriterJohn Milius

Broadcasts

  • Sat 1 Aug 202021:30
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD
  • Sat 1 Aug 202022:00
    BBC Two Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
  • Sat 27 Feb 202123:00
    BBC Two
  • Sun 28 Nov 202100:10
    BBC One except Scotland & Scotland HD
  • Mon 1 Aug 202223:15
    BBC Two
  • Sun 20 Nov 202200:20
    BBC Two
  • Sun 30 Apr 202303:00
    BBC Two
  • Fri 27 Oct 202323:05
    BBC Two
  • Sun 31 Mar 202422:00
    BBC Two
  • Thu 4 Apr 202422:15
    BBC Four

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