Coppola's Monster Film

The Making of Apocalypse Now

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by Steven Travers

Type

Stories

Subject

One Film > Apocalypse Now

Keywords

Francis Ford Coppola, film making, war

Publishing date

2016

Publisher

McFarland & Co

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 240 pages
7 x 10 inches (18 x 25.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4766-6425-5

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Book Presentation:
In 1975, after his two Godfather epics, Francis Ford Coppola went to the Philippines to film Apocalypse Now. He scrapped much of the original script, a jingoistic narrative of U.S. Special Forces winning an unwinnable war. Harvey Keitel, originally cast in the lead role, was fired and replaced by Martin Sheen, who had a heart attack. An overweight Marlon Brando, paid a huge salary, did more philosophizing than acting. It rained almost every day and a hurricane wiped out the set. The Philippine government promised the use of helicopters but diverted them at the last minute to fight communist and Muslim separatists.

Coppola filmed for four years with no ending in the script. The shoot threatened to be the biggest disaster in movie history. Providing a detailed snapshot of American cinema during the Vietnam War, this book tells the story of how Apocalypse Now became one of the great films of all time.

About the Author:
Steven Travers, a former professional baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals and the Oakland A’s, is the author of 30 books and has written for the Los Angeles Times, StreetZebra magazine and the San Francisco Examiner. A USC graduate, he lives in California.

Press Reviews:
"If you want to know everything about the famed 1979 film, Apocalypse Now, this is the book for you. Seemingly every detail is to be found between these covers"—VVA Veteran
"Few films have as fascinating a production history as Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now…recommended…insights into Coppola, Milius, and Lucas rarely found in other biographies"—The Journal of American Culture
"Highly recommended"—M.G. Paregian, Publisher.

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