A 1979 film that was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starred an American actor who also became known for roles in The Subject was Roses, and what 1973 film?
Apocalypse Now Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film directed, produced, and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola. It was co-written by John Milius with narration written by Michael Herr. It stars Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Larry Fishburne, and Dennis Hopper. The screenplay, written by Milius, adapts the story of Joseph Conrad's novella "Heart of Darkness", changing its setting from late nineteenth-century Congo to the Vietnam War. It draws from Herr's "Dispatches" and Werner Herzog's "Aguirre, the Wrath of God" (1972). The film revolves around Captain Benjamin L. Willard (Sheen) on a secret mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz, a renegade who is presumed insane.
Luke Askew Francis Luke Askew (March 26, 1932 – March 29, 2012) was an American actor best known for his role in the 1969 film "Easy Rider". He appeared in many westerns, and had a rare lead role in the spaghetti Western "Night of the Serpent" ("La notte dei serpenti"; 1969).