Where was Apocalypse Now filmed?

1979 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola

Apocalypse Now (1979) was filmed in Manila, Sacramento, Stockton, University of the Philippines and Iba, 5 places named in its Wikipedia article, in United States, Philippines. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as Philippines. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.

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Places per Wikipedia's article

The article names 5 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.

Places whose own article says it was shot there

1 place whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.

• Iba Philippines

  “The American war film Apocalypse Now (shot in 1976; released in 1979) was about to be filmed by Francis Ford Coppola in Iba when Typhoon Olga (Didang) destroyed the sets constructed for production.” Wikipedia

Recorded only at country level

Wikidata also records this film as shot in Philippines, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.

Filming locations that are mapped there: Philippines

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