From the visionary director of The Godfather Trilogy, this definitive Vietnam War epic features a star-studded cast and many of the most iconic lines, shots and scenes in cinema history.

George Lucas was originally attached to direct this adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. This film transplants Conrad’s setting of 1890s Belgian-ruled Congo to the Vietnam War, with Marlon Brando starring as the rogue Colonel Kurtz, hunted by Martin Sheen’s jaded veteran assassin.

The film’s planned five-month shoot in the Philippines ultimately took place over a year, with severe weather and combatting personalities on set creating one of the most chaotic film productions of all time. The Philippines had no professional film laboratories at the time, so the raw negatives had to be shipped to the US to be processed. Thus, the entire film was shot blind, and not a single frame was seen until editing commenced. What emerged is one of the most staggering achievements in cinema history, winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes and Oscars for Best Cinematography and Best Sound.