Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American psychological war drama film written by John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola who also directed. It stars Martin Sheen, the late Marlon Brando, Harrison Ford, the late Dennis Hopper, Robert Duvall, and Laurence Fishburne, and is based off of the late Joseph Conrad's 1899 novella Heart of Darkness.
In Vietnam in 1970, Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) takes a perilous and increasingly hallucinatory journey upriver to find and terminate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a once-promising officer who has reportedly gone completely mad. In the company of a Navy patrol boat filled with street-smart kids, a surfing-obsessed Air Cavalry officer (Robert Duvall), and a crazed freelance photographer (Dennis Hopper), Willard travels further and further into the heart of darkness.
Victims[]
Before the Film[]
- Unnamed Government Tax Collector - Assassinated by Benjamin Willard.
- Five Unnamed People - Assassinated by Benjamin Willard.
- Unnamed Soldier - Committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.
- McDonald - Shot to death by Viet Cong soldiers.
- Unnamed ARVN Lieutenant - Shot to death by a sergeant.
- Vo Van Sau - Assassinated by an unknown person, on Colonel Kurtz's orders.
- Tan Tran Dinh - Assassinated by an unknown person, on Colonel Kurtz's orders.
- Ngo Minh Tung - Assassinated by an unknown person, on Colonel Kurtz's orders.
- Nguyen-Thi-Tuy - Assassinated by an unknown person, on Colonel Kurtz's orders.
- Unnamed Viet Cong Soldier - Executed by an unknown person, on Colonel Kurtz's orders, photo shown.
- Unnamed Viet Cong Soldier - Executed by an unknown person, on Colonel Kurtz's orders, photo shown.
- Nine Unnamed Soldiers - Killed by Viet Cong soldiers, photo shown.
- Unnamed Colonel - Blown up after stepping on a land mine two months prior.
- 58 Unnamed Viet Cong Soldiers - Killed by Hubert de Marais and his men.
- 12 Unnamed North Vietnamese People - Killed by Hubert de Marais and his men.
- 11 Unnamed South Vietnamese People - Killed by Hubert de Marais and his men.
- Six Unnamed Americans - Killed by Hubert de Marais and his men.
- Hubert's Wife - Either died of unspecified causes or was killed.
- Both of Hubert's Sons - Either died of unspecified causes or killed by an unknown person.
- Roxanne's Husband - Either died of unspecified causes or killed by an unknown person.
During the Film[]
- Unnamed Vietnamese Person - Killed by an unknown person off-screen, body seen.
- Unnamed Vietnamese Woman - Killed by an unknown person off-screen, body seen.
- Two Unnamed Vietnamese Boys - Killed by unknown people off-screen, bodies seen.
- Unnamed Vietnamese Boy - Killed by an unknown person off-screen, body seen.
- Two Unnamed Vietnamese Boys - Killed by unknown people off-screen, bodies seen.
- Three Unnamed Vietnamese Boys - Killed by unknown people off-screen, bodies seen.
- Nine Unnamed People - Killed by unknown people off-screen, bodies seen.
- Six Unnamed Viet Cong Soldiers - Shot and blown up by one of Colonel Kilgore men with a helicopter.
- Three Unnamed Viet Cong Soldiers - Shot by one of Colonel Kilgore's men with a helicopter.
- Three Unnamed Viet Cong Soldiers - Blown up by one of Colonel Kilgore's men with a helicopter.
- Three Unnamed Viet Cong Soldiers - Killed by unknown people off-screen, bodies seen.
- Three Unnamed Viet Cong Soldiers - Killed when their vehicle was shot by one of Colonel Kilgore's men with a helicopter.
- Four Unnamed Soldiers - Blown up by an unknown person with a grenade.
- Two Unnamed Viet Cong Women - Shot to death by an unknown person with a helicopter minigun.
- Unnamed Vietnamese Man - Shot to death by an unknown person with a helicopter minigun.
- Three Unnamed Soldiers - Either died in a crash or was killed by an unknown person off-screen, bodies seen.
- Unnamed Soldier - Died of unspecified causes off-screen, body seen.
- Three Unnamed Vietnamese Men - Shot to death by Tyrone Miller with a mounted machine gun.
- Unnamed Vietnamese Woman - Shot in the head by Benjamin Willard with a pistol.
- Unnamed Viet Cong Soldier - Blown up by Roach with a grenade launcher off-screen.
- Two Unnamed Soldiers - Blown up by Viet Cong soldiers.
- Roach - Blown up by Viet Cong soldiers.
- At Least Eight Unnamed Soldiers - Blown up by Viet Cong soldiers.
- Tyrone "Mr. Clean" Miller - Shot to death by Viet Cong soldiers.
- Three Unnamed Men - Killed by unknown people off-screen, bodies seen.
- George "Chief" Phillips - Spear thrown into his back and out his chest by a native.
- Unnamed Man - Killed by Kurtz's natives off-screen, body seen hanging.
- Eight Unnamed Men - Killed by Kurtz's natives off-screen, bodies seen scattered about.
- Unnamed Woman - Killed by Kurtz's natives off-screen, body seen.
- Eight Unnamed People - Killed by Kurtz's natives off-screen, heads seen.
- Ten Unnamed Men - Killed by Kurtz's natives off-screen, bodies seen.
- Jay "Chef" Hicks - Decapitated by either Colonel Kurtz or his natives off-screen, head seen.
- Unnamed Kurtz Guard - Throat cut by Benjamin Willard with a Vietnamese billhook.
- Colonel Walter E. Kurtz - Slashed and stabbed to death by Benjamin Willard with a Vietnamese billhook.
Deaths[]
- Total - 216
- 216 Humans
- 111 Victims of Unknown Gender
- 98 Men
- 7 Women
- 216 Humans
Kill Counts[]
- Benjamin Willard - 9 (Alive)
- Colonel Walter E. Kurtz - 7 (Deceased)
- Tyrone "Mr. Clean" Miller - 3 (Deceased)
- Roach - 1 (Deceased)
Notes[]
- The water buffalo slaughtered in the climax was a real animal, therefore its death will not be counted.