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What natural disasters disrupted the filming of Apocalypse Now?

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Francis Ford Coppola, with a beard, sits on a camera dolly surrounded by crew and actors on the set of The Godfather: Part II, with storefronts in the background. — Francis Ford Coppola American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola won the Oscar for best director for *The Godfather: Part II* (1974).

The production of the 1979 film Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, was famously troubled and faced significant delays due to natural disasters. While filming on location in the Philippines, the production was struck by both a typhoon and an earthquake, which forced the crew to halt work.12