Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

1991 96 min ★ 7.9 Documentary

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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Cast

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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Details

Director

George Hickenlooper

Screenplay

George Hickenlooper

Tagline

"The magic and madness of making Apocalypse Now"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Revenue

$1,394,661

Production

American Zoetrope, Zaloom Mayfield Productions

Reviews

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CRCulver

September 5, 2018

★ 6/10

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 cons...

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Wuchak

August 1, 2019

★ 9/10

***Outstanding documentary on the making of the hallowed "Apocalypse Now"*** Released in 1991, "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" chronicles the making of 1979's "Apocalypse Now," combining footage shot by Eleanor Coppola during the shooting of the film with more recent interviews with the cast & crew. Documentaries or commentaries on how a particular film was made don't interest...