A three-hour version of '' Apocalypse Now '' was screened as a " work in progress " at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival and met with prolonged applause . At the subsequent press conference , Coppola criticized the media for attacking him and the production during their problems filming in the Philippines and said , " We had access to too much money , too much equipment , and little by little we went insane " , and " My film is not about Vietnam , it '' is '' Vietnam " . The filmmaker upset newspaper critic Rex Reed who reportedly stormed out of the conference . '' Apocalypse Now '' won the Palme d'Or for best film along with Volker Schlöndorff 's '' The Tin Drum '' – a decision that was reportedly greeted with " some boos and jeers from the audience "
1979 Cannes Film Festival
1979 Cannes Film Festival
Apocalypse Now