Apocalypse Now: Quick Facts

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Kurtz's jungle outpost

Martin Sheen (right) and Sam Bottoms

Robert Duvall as Lieut. Col. Bill Kilgore

Marlon Brando as Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now stares intensely forward, wearing a dark shirt and dog tags, with a blurred, ruined structure in the background.

Martin Sheen (left) and Francis Ford Coppola

Helicopters, scene from Apocalypse Now

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