Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)

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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)

R 11/27/1991 (US) Documentary 1h 36m

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Filming was scheduled to last 16 weeks. One year later, it was far from over.

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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.

George Hickenlooper

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Fax Bahr

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Eleanor Coppola

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Written by Wuchak on August 1, 2019

Outstanding documentary on the making of the hallowed "Apocalypse Now"

Released in 1991, "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" chronicles the making of 1979's "Apocalypse Now," combining footage shot by Eleanor Coppola during the shooting of the film with more recent interviews with the cast & crew.

Documentaries or commentaries on how a particular film was made don't interest me because I'm not a filmmaker and only care about the final product. As a writer and former musician I'm familiar with the creative process and understand how some ideas fail to deliver the goods and... read the rest.

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