Filming in the Philippines was supposed to take six weeks but instead lasted sixteen months.
Filming in the Philippines was supposed to take six weeks but instead lasted sixteen months. Harvey Keitel was replaced in the lead by Martin Sheen, who had a heart attack in mid-production. Director Francis Ford Coppola invested millions of his own money in this film when it went badly overbudget, and argued with Marlon Brando over lines for weeks. Despite these inauspicious omens, the film was a great success, garnering several Oscar nominations. FTP identify this epic 1979 film about the Vietnam War, based loosely on Conrad's "Heart of Darkness."
Filming in the Philippines was supposed to take six weeks but instead lasted sixteen months.
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