Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 147 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
The story
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
- guerrilla warfare
- vietnam war
- journalist
- mission
- vietnam
- vietcong
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- cambodia
- army
- drug abuse
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Martin Sheen
Captain Benjamin Willard
Marlon Brando
Colonel Walter Kurtz
Frederic Forrest
Jay 'Chef' Hicks
Albert Hall
Chief Phillips
- Laurence Fishburne — Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
- Sam Bottoms — Lance B. Johnson
- Robert Duvall — Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
- G.D. Spradlin — General Corman
- Harrison Ford — Colonel
- Jerry Ziesmer — Jerry, Civilian
- Scott Glenn — Lieutenant Richard M. Colby
- Kerry Rossall — Mike from San Diego
- James Keane — Kilgore's Gunner
- Tom Mason — Supply Sergeant
- Cynthia Wood — Playmate of the Year
- Directed
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Written
- John Milius, Francis Ford Coppola
Production
- Rating
- 8.3 / 10 · 9,344 ratings
- Studio
- American Zoetrope
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
