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Making Apocalypse Now: Ep.2 | George Lucas Almost Directed ‘Apocalypse Now' Instead of 'Star Wars'

by CinemaTyler

In Episode 2 of Making Apocalypse Now, we look at a version of Apocalypse Now that would never be made– George Lucas’ hand-held, black & white, war mockumentary that could have been shot in Vietnam DURING the war.

Apocalypse Now

Directed by

Francis Ford Coppola
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