Apocalypse Now

In Francis Ford Coppola's epic 'Apocalypse Now,' Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Colonel who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe. The film explores the dark side of war, human nature, and the madness that can come from power.

• Marlon Brando arrived on set overweight and unprepared.
• Martin Sheen had a heart attack during production.
• The film took three years to edit.
• The film's budget ballooned from $12 million to $31 million.
• Director Francis Ford Coppola invested his own money into the film.

• I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
• The horror... the horror...
• We train young men to drop fire on people.
• You're an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks, to collect a bill.
• Never get out of the boat.