For Francis Ford Coppola, Oscar-winning auteur at the height of his powers, Apocalypse Now was a multi-million-dollar 'personal project' for which he took an original screenplay by John Milius about the Vietnam War and forged it with themes from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness to create an unforgettable epic on the insanity of modern war.More than three years in the making, Apocalypse Now finally screened (as a 'work-in-progress') at Cannes in 1979, where it won the Palme d'Or. It proceeded to garner further acclaim and Academy Awards, becoming one of the cinema's most enduring cult movies.The compelling book reconstructs the whole extraordinary saga of how Coppola and his team battled with hurricanes, crises both psychological and financial and the calamity of a heart attack suffered by lead actor Martin Sheen while on location in the Philippines. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001651305

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Title: Apocalypse Now Book

Publisher: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, London

Publication Date: 2000

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

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Peter Cowie has been granted unprecedented access to Coppola's private archives of the production of Apocalypse Now. This work reconstructs the extraordinary story.

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Peter Cowie began writing about the cinema at Cambridge University in 1960. He has since published more than twenty books, including critical biographies of Bergman, Welles and Coppola. In 1963 he founded the annual International Film Guide, which he edited for forty years. Cowie has also provided commentaries for several DVDs of classic films in the Criterion Collection. He has served on the jury at numerous festivals and is a member of the board of the European Film College. Cowie was International Publishing Director of Variety from 1993 to 2000, and now lives in Switzerland.

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