

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
The magic and madness of making Apocalypse Now
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
2- C6/10
CRCulver
9/5/2018
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 …
- W9/10
Wuchak
8/1/2019
***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 …
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