"Apocalypse Now" quotes
A U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Writer: John Milius, Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Herr
Production: N/A
Year: 1979
MetaScore: 94/100
ImdbRating: 8.5
BoxOffice: $83,471,511
Released: 15 Aug 1979
Awards: Won 2 Oscars. 21 wins & 33 nominations total
109 Clips
00:58 Looking at it
02:00 I'm still only in Saigon
00:32 I've seen the horrors horrors that you've seen
00:34 I watched a snail
00:30 Did they say why Willard
00:35 Could we talk to Colonel Kurtz
00:22 Never get out of the boat
00:36 Your mission is to proceed up the Nung River in a Navy...
00:37 I was going to the worst place in the world and I...
00:28 Everyone gets everything he wants
00:12 No wonder Kurtz put a weed up Command's ass
00:09 Man the bullshit piled up so fast in Vietnam
00:12 This is the way the fucking world ends Look at this fucking...
00:15 If that's how Kilgore fought the war
00:36 The machinist the one they called Chef was from New Orleans
00:37 I worry that my son might not understand what I've...
00:36 How many people had I already killed
00:17 We train young men to drop fire on people but their...
00:36 Well you see Willard
00:21 Have you ever considered any real freedoms
00:35 Everybody wanted me to do it him most of all
00:11 What are they gonna say about him
00:06 How are you feeling Jimmy Like a mean motherfucker sir
00:24 I've had the whole goddamn fucking shit man
00:18 Someday this war's gonna end
00:35 On the river I thought that the minute I looked at him
00:31 This Colonel guy he's wacko man He's worse than...
00:11 As for the charges against me I am unconcerned
00:12 What do you call it when the assassins accuse the assassin
00:05 Who are you I'm next ma'am
00:33 Where are you from Willard
00:09 They were gonna make me a Major for this
00:33 Your report specifies Intelligence
00:34 My mission is to make it up into Cambodia
00:09 Lieutenant bomb that tree line back about 100 yards
00:21 Lance Hey Lance what do you think
00:17 But we must kill them
00:19 It was the way we had over here of living with ourselves
00:27 He was close
00:36 You're looking at the heads Sometimes he goes too far
00:35 You don't understand our mentality the French Officer...
00:10 Captain
00:30 Why don't you Americans learn from us From our mistakes
00:06 He likes you 'cause you're still alive He's...
00:06 There's mines over there and mines over there too
00:08 The crew were mostly just kids
00:05 This sure enough is a bizarre sight in the middle of this...
00:33 He can be terrible he can be mean and he can be right
00:06 What do you know about surfing Major You're from...
00:30 Why Why would a nice guy like you wanna kill a genius
00:24 Part of me was afraid of what I would find and what I would...
00:05 The war will be still here tomorrow
00:35 Then I was supposed to go to Paris study at the Escoffier...
00:08 How come all you guys sit on your helmet
00:07 No Then you're like us
00:04 Don't look at the camera Just keep Go on Keep going
00:11 Captain I don't know how you feel about this shrimp
00:10 As long as cold beer hot food rock 'n' roll
00:16 Well he wasn't a bad officer I guess
00:05 This is a Romeo Foxtrot Shall we dance
00:11 Do you know why you can never step into the same river twice
00:04 Buddha time here
00:16 And now here's another blast from the past
00:04 What A fucking tiger
00:09 The horror
00:17 We train young men to drop fire on people
00:50 You smell that
00:07 It's pretty hairy in there
00:14 I will not hurt or harm you
00:09 How come all you guys sit on your helmets
00:14 Don't you think its a little risky for some R R
00:37 That's classified
00:10 Do you know who's in command here
00:26 Charlie didn't get much USO
00:11 First of the Ninth was an old cavalry division
00:25 She's not dead
00:12 Don't you see
00:05 That's good son 'cause you either surf or fight
00:07 Disneyland
00:18 One through nine
00:21 They expected you here a little sooner
00:09 We use Wagner
00:05 Outstanding
00:12 Fire in the hole Fire in the hole
00:04 Run Charlie
00:04 A spear
00:11 I don't know
00:19 Let's see what we have
00:07 Goddamn it
Cast
Colonel Walter E. Kurtz - Marlon Brando
Captain Benjamin L. Willard - Martin Sheen
Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore - Robert Duvall
Jay 'Chef' Hicks - Frederic Forrest
Lance B. Johnson - Sam Bottoms