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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

The magic and madness of making Apocalypse Now

7.9(438)19911h 36m4

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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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$1.4M
Language
English
  • movie business
  • philippines
  • behind the scenes
  • madness
  • ego
  • making of
  • life imitates art
  • woman director
  • typhoon

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)R27 Nov 1991
    • Theatrical (limited)RHarvard Film Archive16 Oct 2015
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical156 Dec 1991
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM20 Feb 1992
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival7 Sept 1991
  • FinlandFI

    • TV1 Jan 1995
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival1 May 1991
    • Theatrical3 Jun 1992
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1612 Mar 1992
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical15A4 Jul 2025
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical17 Jul 1992
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical26 Jun 1992
  • PhilippinesPH

    • PremiereR-18QCinema International Film Festival23 Oct 2015
  • PortugalPT

    • TheatricalM/124 Dec 1992

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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse was released on 27 November 1991.

Audience reviews

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  • C

    CRCulver

    9/5/2018

    6/10

    Francis Ford Coppola's film <i>Apocalypse Now</i> was one of the most infamously troubled productions in the history of Hollywood, so resonating in collective memory that it can still be parodied in new-millennium like <i>Tropic Thunder</i>. A typhoon struck the set in the Philippines, local officials were difficult to work with, Martin Sheen had a heart attack during filming, and Coppola was constantly troubled how …

  • W

    Wuchak

    8/1/2019

    9/10

    ***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 …

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