Apocalypse Now
1979 · 147 MIN · IMDB 8.4 · 736,275 VOTES · DIR. Francis Ford Coppola
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,559 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:04:20 Saigon
00:10:37 with COMSEC I Corps.
00:15:16 Now he's crossed into Cambodia with this
00:20:53 Morning, captain.
00:25:51 Why the fuck would he do that?
00:29:58 This man's hurt pretty bad, sir.
00:33:20 Well, that village you're pointing at is kind of hairy, Willard.
00:40:59 We're taking fire from the holes
00:46:44 Come here. Come here!
00:50:55 All right, that's great, motherfuckers. Yeah.
00:56:02 All I wanna do is fucking cook!
01:00:42 - Please. - This must be the guy.
01:07:16 He had only two ways home;
01:12:07 All right, captain.
01:17:11 - There ain't nothing on it. - Board it and search it.
01:21:56 Lance. Hey, Lance.
01:27:20 Yeah.
01:32:21 That's really weird, ain't it?
01:38:46 Quiet!
01:47:52 I can't... I'm a little man. I'm a little man. He's a great man.
01:52:14 I'll go up with Lance and scrounge around
02:00:10 But he's got something in mind for you.
02:07:47 You mutt.
02:12:24 A diamond bullet right through my forehead.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,559
Dialogue density10.6 lines / min
First line00:04:20
Final line02:12:24
Production Record
DirectorFrancis Ford Coppola
LanguageEnglish
Budget$31,500,000
Revenue$150,000,000
IMDb votes736,275