Real corpses used as props. No script. An insane director. These were just some of the surprising components that culminated into the 1979 seminal war epic Apocalypse Now. A sprawling, visually striking masterpiece, the film - set in late 60s Vietnam - serves as 's crowning achievement, which, with an oeuvre that includes both the Godfather I and II, is no small feat.That said, the film's production was famously riddled with roadblocks that threatened to see its celebrated final cut left unseen, including an actor's on-set heart attack, a typhoon, and the fact that filming took place during an actual war.
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