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Events on Wednesday 15 August 1979 3
1979Apocalypse Now releasedCoppola's Vietnam War epic reaches cinemasFrancis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now, a loose adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness set during the Vietnam War, opened in US cinemas on 15 August 1979. Its troubled, over-budget production became almost as famous as the film itself. It shared the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival earlier that year.
1979Led Zeppelin release In Through the Out DoorLast studio albumTheir final album recorded with John Bonham.
1979The Doors' The End opens Apocalypse NowFilmFrancis Ford Coppola's film revives interest in the band.