Bill Graham was a German-born American concert promoter. Born to a Jewish family in Berlin, he escaped Nazi persecution as a child and reached the United States as one of the One Thousand Children; hi
Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American anti-war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The screenplay, written by Coppola and John Milius, with narration by Michael Herr, is loosely inspired b
Bill Graham (promoter)
…build a large menorah which is lit during every Hanukkah in downtown San Francisco. Graham had long dreamed of being a character actor. He appeared in Apocalypse Now in a small role as a promoter. In 1990, he was cast as Charles "Lucky" Luciano in the film Bugsy. During one scene, he is shown in a Latin dance number…
Theatrical release poster by Bob Peak
The 1979 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or was awarded to Apocalypse Now.
May 1, 2010, cover of the Economist newspaper, illustrating the euro area crisis with imagery from the movie, attests to the film's pervasive cultural impact.