Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

1991 "The magic and madness of making Apocalypse Now"

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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

8.1 | 1h36m | R | en | Documentary

A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.

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8.1 | 1h36m | R | en | Documentary

Synopsis

Cast

Francis Ford Coppola , Eleanor Coppola , John Milius

Director

Les Blank

Producted By

American Zoetrope , Zaloom Mayfield Productions

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Cast

Francis Ford Coppola

as Self

[2026] Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life [2026] Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean [2026] Tribeca 25 [2026] Making Marie Antoinette [2025] Megadoc [2025] Eleanor Coppola: Art is All Around Us [2025] The Making of Hearts of Darkness [2025] Films to Die For [2024] Lumière, Le Cinéma!

Eleanor Coppola

as Self

[2026] Making Marie Antoinette [2025] Megadoc [2025] Eleanor Coppola: Art is All Around Us [2021] Tell Them We Were Here [2014] Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto [2007] Coda: Thirty Years Later [2004] A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope [2002] On the Set of CQ [2000] The Making of The Virgin Suicides

John Milius

as Self

[2019] A Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian [2019] Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic [2017] Made in Hollywood: Die Welt des Raoul Walsh [2013] Milius [2010] Jaws: The Inside Story [2008] The Craft of Dirty Harry [2008] Between the Lines: The True Story of Surfers and the Vietnam War [2008] The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry [2006] The Searchers: An Appreciation