Apocalypse Now

Francis Ford Coppola (director, screenwriter)
John Milius, Michael Herr (screenwriters)
Joseph Conrad (novella)
Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall (starring)

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1975. Draft script for the 1979 film.

Loosely based on the 1899 novella "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad. The ultimate reflection of the American experience in Vietnam, taking Conrad's dark vision of an expedition up the Congo and transplanting it to Vietnam-era Cambodia.

Nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning two. Winner of the Palme d'Or.

Shot on grueling location in the Philippines.

Red untitled wrappers. Title page present, dated December 3, 1975, with credits for director Francis Ford Coppola, screenwriter John Milius, and author Joseph Conrad. 154 leaves, with last page of text numbered 153. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, with front wrapper partially detached from the binding, bound with two gold brads.

National Film Registry. Ebert I. Godard, Histoire(s) du Cinema. Rosenbaum 1000.

[Book #162426]

Price: $4,500.00

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