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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 2024 22:15
BBC Four

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:04

    The Doors

    The End (From Apocalypse Now)

Credits

Colonel Kurtz Marlon Brando
Photo Journalist Dennis Hopper
Lt Colonel Kilgore Robert Duvall
Captain Willard Martin Sheen
General GD Spradlin
Lance Sam Bottoms
Clean Laurence Fishburne
Chef Frederic Forrest
Chief Albert Hall
Colonel Harrison Ford
Director Francis Ford Coppola
Producer Francis Ford Coppola
Writer John Milius

Broadcasts

  • Sat 1 Aug 2020 21:30
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD
  • Sat 1 Aug 2020 22:00
    BBC Two Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
  • Sat 27 Feb 2021 23:00
    BBC Two
  • Sun 28 Nov 2021 00:10
    BBC One except Scotland & Scotland HD
  • Mon 1 Aug 2022 23:15
    BBC Two
  • Sun 20 Nov 2022 00:20
    BBC Two
  • Sun 30 Apr 2023 03:00
    BBC Two
  • Fri 27 Oct 2023 23:05
    BBC Two
  • Sun 31 Mar 2024 22:00
    BBC Two
  • Thu 4 Apr 2024 22:15
    BBC Four

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