Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse is a documentary film chronicling the chaotic, troubled production of Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and personal reflections.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse Context triple: [Eleanor Coppola, notableWork, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse]
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A.
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now is a landmark 1979 war film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, renowned for its hallucinatory portrayal of the Vietnam War and its central place in the New Hollywood era.
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B.
The Documentary
The Documentary is the debut studio album by American rapper The Game, widely regarded as a landmark West Coast hip-hop release of the mid-2000s.
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C.
Fitzcarraldo
Fitzcarraldo is a 1982 Werner Herzog adventure-drama film, starring Klaus Kinski and Claudia Cardinale, about an obsessed man’s quixotic quest to build an opera house in the Amazon jungle.
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D.
Pennebaker Hegedus Films
Pennebaker Hegedus Films is a documentary film production company founded by D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, known for its influential cinéma vérité works on music, politics, and culture.
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E.
The Killing Fields
The Killing Fields is a 1984 historical drama film about the Cambodian genocide under the Khmer Rouge, focusing on the harrowing experiences of a journalist and his interpreter.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse Target entity description: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse is a documentary film chronicling the chaotic, troubled production of Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and personal reflections.
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A.
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now is a landmark 1979 war film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, renowned for its hallucinatory portrayal of the Vietnam War and its central place in the New Hollywood era.
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B.
The Documentary
The Documentary is the debut studio album by American rapper The Game, widely regarded as a landmark West Coast hip-hop release of the mid-2000s.
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C.
Fitzcarraldo
Fitzcarraldo is a 1982 Werner Herzog adventure-drama film, starring Klaus Kinski and Claudia Cardinale, about an obsessed man’s quixotic quest to build an opera house in the Amazon jungle.
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D.
Pennebaker Hegedus Films
Pennebaker Hegedus Films is a documentary film production company founded by D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, known for its influential cinéma vérité works on music, politics, and culture.
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E.
The Killing Fields
The Killing Fields is a 1984 historical drama film about the Cambodian genocide under the Khmer Rouge, focusing on the harrowing experiences of a journalist and his interpreter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | documentary film ⓘ |
| authorOfSource | Eleanor Coppola NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| award |
National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Information Programming – Directing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Notes: The Making of Apocalypse Now NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy |
Eric Saarinen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stevan Larner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
Marlon Brando’s late arrival and condition
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Martin Sheen’s on-set heart attack ⓘ budget overruns ⓘ chaotic production of Apocalypse Now ⓘ creative conflicts ⓘ logistical difficulties ⓘ |
| director |
Eleanor Coppola
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fax Bahr NERFINISHED ⓘ George Hickenlooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Paramount Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy |
Jay Miracle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael H. Chandler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features |
archival footage
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behind-the-scenes footage ⓘ interviews ⓘ on-set audio recordings ⓘ personal reflections ⓘ |
| featuresPerson |
Dennis Hopper
NERFINISHED
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Eleanor Coppola NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Ford Coppola NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Roos NERFINISHED ⓘ Harvey Keitel NERFINISHED ⓘ John Milius NERFINISHED ⓘ Marlon Brando NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Sheen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary
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film-about-filmmaking ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicBy | Todd Boekelheide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrator |
Eleanor Coppola
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Martin Sheen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
intimate portrayal of Francis Ford Coppola’s creative process
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use of Eleanor Coppola’s on-set audio diaries ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Showtime NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
George Zaloom
NERFINISHED
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Leslie Greif NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | American Zoetrope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 96 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Eleanor Coppola
NERFINISHED
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Fax Bahr NERFINISHED ⓘ George Hickenlooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Apocalypse Now
NERFINISHED
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Francis Ford Coppola NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam War film ⓘ film production ⓘ |
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