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.
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