( 1970 ), Patton ( 1970 ), and Apocalypse Now ( 1979 ), which all show the trials and hardships of war, are still considered classic war films.

Another example is Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now Redux, which, like the original film, polarized the audience, with some fans considering the original version to be the definitive cut.

He was unable to build on his success for several years, until a featured role in Apocalypse Now ( 1979 ) brought him attention.

He next directed Apocalypse Now ( 1979 ), notorious for its overlong and strenuous production, but critically acclaimed for its vivid and stark depiction of the Vietnam War, winning the Palme d ' Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.

Coppola would later use Morrison's well-known song " The End " in Apocalypse Now.

Following the success of The Godfather, The Conversation and The Godfather Part II, Coppola began filming Apocalypse Now, an adaptation of Conrad ’ s Heart of Darkness set in Cambodia during the Vietnam War ( Coppola himself briefly appears as a TV news director ).

The 1991 documentary film Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, directed by Eleanor Coppola ( Francis's wife ), Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper, chronicles the difficulties the crew went through making Apocalypse Now, and features behind-the-scenes footage filmed by Eleanor.

After filming Apocalypse Now, Coppola famously stated: " We were in the jungle, there were too many of us, we had access to too much money, too much equipment, and little by little, we went insane.

In 2001, Coppola re-released Apocalypse Now as Apocalypse Now Redux, restoring several sequences lost from the original 1979 cut of the film, thereby expanding its length to 200 minutes.

Apocalypse Now marked the end of the golden phase of Coppola's career.

It was the first box-office success for Coppola since Apocalypse Now.

His father Carmine, a composer and professional musician, co-wrote much of the music in The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, and Apocalypse Now.

Four of Coppola's films-The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now and Patton featured in WGAW's list of 101 greatest screenplays ever.

Three of his films feature in AFI's 100 Years … 100 Movies: The Godfather (# 2 ), Apocalypse Now (# 28 ) and The Godfather Part II (# 32 ).

The most famous adaptation is Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 motion picture Apocalypse Now, which moves the story from the Congo to Vietnam and Cambodia during the Vietnam War.

In Apocalypse Now, Martin Sheen plays Captain Benjamin L. Willard, a US Army officer charged with " terminating " the command of Colonel Walter E. Kurtz.

He finished out the decade of the 1970s with his controversial performance as Colonel Walter Kurtz in another Coppola film, Apocalypse Now ( 1979 ), a box office hit for which he was highly paid and that helped finance his career layoff during the 1980s.

Brando starred as Colonel Walter E. Kurtz in Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam epic Apocalypse Now.

" Similarly, Louie Kemp, in his article for Jewish Journal, wrote: " You might remember him as Don Vito Corleone, Stanley Kowalski or the eerie Col. Walter E. Kurtz in " Apocalypse Now ," but I remember Marlon Brando as a mensch and a personal friend of the Jewish people when they needed it most.

* After its initial release, Paramount bought the worldwide distribution rights to Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now ( on behalf of Coppola's company American Zoetrope ).

* The Apocalypse Now Sessions – Rhythm Devils ( 1980 )

*" The Circumstances of Ghostly Cats ", by Michael Minnis ( Apocalypse Rhythm: The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales of Michael Minnis, Volume 1, Lindisfarne Press )

*" Gros Vert ", by Michael Minnis ( Apocalypse Rhythm: The Complete Cthulhu Mythos Tales of Michael Minnis, Volume 1, Lindisfarne Press )

* Dressed for the Apocalypse ( 1984 ) ( w. Rhythm Plague )

* People Like Us and Sniper Play The Three DJs of The Apocalypse ( with Sniper ) Kleptones 4 ( LP ) 1997

While they do not appear in the film, a nod is given to them with the fictional Nung River which runs through Vietnam and Cambodia in the film Apocalypse Now.

* Apocalypse Now ( 1979 ) – some scenes were filmed on the Chavón River

Notable examples of the more contemporary based war epics include The Bridge on the River Kwai, Saving Private Ryan and Apocalypse Now

The younger generation of our legendary group recorded under the names " Master Musicians of Jajouka " and " Master Musicians of Jajouka Featuring Bachir Attar " with The Rolling Stones ( Steel Wheels, 1989 ), Bill Laswell ( Apocalypse Across the Sky, Axiom Records, 1992 ), Tchad Blake ( Jajouka Between the Mountains, WOMAD / Real World Records, 1996 ), Talvin Singh ( The Master Musicians of Jajouka Featuring Bachir Attar, Point Music, 2000 ), Lee Ranaldo ( Crossing Border Fest, The Hague, 2003 ), Bernardo Bertolucci ( The Sheltering Sky film soundtrack ), Nicolas Roeg ( Bad Timing film soundtrack ), and others.

* Apocalypse Now ( 1979, Composer ( Music Score ))

PopMatters published four books in a series with Counterpoint / Soft Skull in 2008-2009 including " China Underground " by Zachary Mexico, " Apocalypse Jukebox: The End of the World in American Popular Music " by Edward Whitelock and David Janssen, " Rebels Wit Attitude: Subversive Rock Humorists " by Iain Ellis, and " The Solitary Vice: Against Reading " by Mikita Brottman.

The band's live DVD Alive from the Apocalypse was released on March 18, 2008, and debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard Top Music Video Chart, with sales around 1, 800.

The 1980 Adam and the Ants song " Killer in the Home " ( from their Kings of the Wild Frontier album ) is based on the same ominous, descending three-chord glissando riff that is featured in " Rumble " ( Ants ' guitarist Marco Pirroni, an avid Wray fan, has described the song as " Link Wray meets Col. Kurtz " — the latter being a reference to Apocalypse Now ).

More recently, Saxon may be best known as a supporting player in horror films, most notably Bob Clark's Black Christmas ( 1974 ) as the relatively smart leader of a bunch of dumb cops ; in Dario Argento's Tenebrae ( 1982 ) as the writer hero's shifty agent ; in Mitchell ( 1975 ) as the murderous union lawyer and prostitute provider Walter Deaney ; in Battle Beyond the Stars ( 1980 ) as Sador ; in Cannibal Apocalypse ( 1980 ) where he played a Vietnam veteran tormented because his worthless pal bit him and years later, he is starting to get the urge to do the same ; in Prisoners of the Lost Universe as a alternate-universe warlord, and in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street ( 1984 ) as the heroine's ( Nancy Thompson's ) father.

The Dean and Chapter commissioned Anthony Hollaway to prepare a scheme for reglazing the cathedral, with particular priority to the five western windows: St George ( 1973 ), St Denys ( 1976 ), St Mary ( 1980 ), The Creation ( 1991 ) and The Apocalypse ( 1995 ).

Apocalypse is a board game released by Games Workshop in 1980.

After Apocalypse Now and The Deer Hunter, another film by Michael Cimino premiered in 1980.

Gowers ' works include the following music scores: Comic Act ( 1998 ), Forever Green ( 1989 ), The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1988 ), The Sign of Four ( 1987 ), Whoops Apocalypse ( 1986 ), Anna Karenina ( 1985 ), Smiley's People ( 1982 ), I remember Nelson ( 1982 ), Therese Raquin ( 1980 ), Stevie ( 1978 ), Children of Rage ( 1975 ), A Bigger Splash ( 1974 ), Farlige kys ( 1972 ), Giv Gud en Chance Om Soendagen ( 1970 ), The Virgin and the Gypsy ( 1970 ), Balladen Om Carl-Henning ( 1969 ), Hamlet ( 1969 ), Thomas er Fredloes ( 1968 ), Marat / Sade ( 1966 ).

Compositions by Nørholm include the opera The Young Park ( 1969 – 70 ), Symphony No. 3 ( 1973 ), sonatas for accordion ( 1967 ) and guitar ( 1976 ), Idylles d ' Apocalypse for organ and orchestra ( 1980 ), Symphony No. 5 ' The Elements ' ( 1980 ), Immanence for solo flute ( 1983 ), Aspects of Sand and Simplicity for string orchestra ( 1987 ), a symphonic fantasy Hearing Andersen ( 1987 ), and the choral work Sjaelfuld Sommer ( 1997 ).

Porklips Now is a short, low budget parody film, made in 1980 by the American director Ernie Fosselius, based on the 1979 motion picture Apocalypse Now.

* Apocalypse and the Writings on Revelation ( 1931 ) edited by Mara Kalnins, Cambridge University Press, 1980, ISBN 0-521-22407-1