Frances Ford Coppola presents...

Starring: Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Marlin Brando, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Dennis Hopper, Sam Bottoms, G. D. Spradlin

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★★★ - perfect

"Charlie didn't get much USO. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast. His idea of great R&R was cold rice and a little rat meat. He had only two ways home: death or victory." - Willard (voice-over)

Why watch this? This is Coppola's great masterpiece, an insane odyssey thru the Viet Nam.

Plot Summary: Captain Benjamin L. Willard, a U.S. Army Captain in Vietnam is assigned a clandestine mission to find and "terminate" Colonel Walter E. Kurtz. Kurtz is a highly decorated Special Forces officer who has reportedly gone rogue, operating independently and presumed to be mentally unstable. Willard embarks on a perilous journey upriver into the heart of the jungle, confronting the horrors and surreal nature of war as he seeks his target.

Dad's Preview: This haunting masterpiece descends into the jungles and the madness that was the Vietnam War. Like many drug-addicted soldiers, this film is semi-lucid, like passing in and out of consciousness. The entire mission is harrowing and takes the viewer into the heart of darkness. Its imagery, at times nonsensical, at times horrific, will stick with you.

Omni Zoetrope; United Artists