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    What actor was orginally hired to play the role of Capt. Willard?'Apocalypse Now' and Forever

      Harvey Keitel. He was in fired in pre-production. Sheen subsequently had a heart attack during the filming.

    What kills the Chief in the movie?'Apocalypse Now' and Forever

      A spear. He then tries to pull Capt. Willard into the point which was protruding from his chest.

    Where was the Chef from?'Apocalypse Now' and Forever

      New Orleans. He almost cried when the he saw the Navy boil all this prime beef.

    Where was Mr. Clean from?'Apocalypse Now' and Forever

      New York City. 'I think the size and scope of Vietnam really put the zap on his brain.'

    Where was Lance from?'Apocalypse Now' and Forever

      Southern California. He was a legend on the beach for surfing.

    What does he love to smell in the morning?'Apocalypse Now' and Forever

      Napalm. 'You know that smell? That gasoline smell? It smells like...victory. You know some day this war is going to end.'

    What is Robert Duvall's name in the movie?'Apocalypse Now' and Forever

      Lt. Col. Kilgore. 'Kilgore knew he wasn't even going to get as much as a scratch in Vietman.'

    What song is played while the Playboy bunnies dance?'Apocalypse Now' and Forever

      Suzi-Q. Interestingly enough the version in the movie is not done by CCR.

    What is the name of the person who Capt. Willard is sent to assasinate?'Apocalypse Now' and Forever

      Col. Kurtz. Marlon Brando plays Col. Kurtz.

    What scares the Chef and Capt. Willard back on to the boat, from the jungle?'Apocalypse Now' and Forever

      A tiger. 'Never get off the boat...'

    What does the Chef try to find in the jungle?'Apocalypse Now' and Forever

      Mangos. 'Mango's man, I want some mangos.'

    What is 'Charlie's' idea of a little R and R?'Apocalypse Now' and Forever

      a little rice and some rat meat. He was moving too quick or dug in too deep for R and R.

    What song is playing while Lance waterskies behind the boat?'Apocalypse Now' and Forever

      Satisfaction. He waves to the villagers as the boat makes waves through the river.

    How does Capt. Willard explain his injured hand to his superiors?'Apocalypse Now' and Forever

      He says fishing accident on R and R. 'But you're fit and ready for duty right?' 'Yes sir, very much sir.'

    How does Capt. Willard hurt his hand in the begining of the movie?'Apocalypse Now' and Forever

      punches a mirror. He does it in a drunken state (of course).

    What does Col. Kurtz mutter twice before dying?Apocalypse Now

      'The horror'. The last words of this great movie.

    What does Col. Kurtz call Capt. Willard?Apocalypse Now

      'Errand boy'. Kurtz: 'You're an errand boy sent by grocery clerks to collect the bill.'

    What kills The Chief?Apocalypse Now

      Spear. The Chief dies after Clean, who is killed by gunfire.

    What crime has Col. Kurtz been charged with?Apocalypse Now

      Murder. Willard: 'Charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500.'

    What sport did Col. Killgore encourage during battle?Apocalypse Now

      Surfing. Killgore: 'You either fight or surf!'

    What was the division that Col. Killgore was leading?Apocalypse Now

      Air Cavalry. 'First of the Ninth.'

    How many people are on the boat that transports him up the river (not including him)?Apocalypse Now

      4. The Chief, Chef, Clean, and Lance.

    Who was sent on a top secret mission into Cambodia at the movie's beginning?Apocalypse Now

      Capt. Willard. All men appear, but Willard takes the mission early in the movie.

    In what city does the movie begin?Apocalypse Now

      Saigon. Willard, the opening line: 'Saigon...'

    A song by what music group is played to open the movie?Apocalypse Now

      The Doors. 'The End' is also played near the movie's end.

    During Willard's first encounter with Kurtz, what did Kurtz rebut with when Willard told him he was a soldier, not an assasin?Apocalypse Now

      "You're neither, you're an errand boy sent by grocery clerks.". Willard: "Everything I saw told me that Kurtz had gone insane. The place was full of bodies. North Vietnamese, Vietcong, Cambodians. If I was still alive, it was because he wanted me that way."

    In Kurtz' camp, a site of primitive evil, they are greeted by a hyperactive, fast talking, spaced-out, free lance American photo-journalist. What is the actor's name? Apocalypse Now

      Dennis Hopper . Dennis Hopper wasn't even part of the original casting. He just happened to be in the Philippines at the time and Coppola wanted to use him somehow.

    After Chief Phillips is speared through the back, what is his last action before dying?Apocalypse Now

      He tries to pull Willard onto the spear sticking from his chest. Willard: "He was close, real close. I couldn't see him yet, but I could feel him, as if the boat were being sucked upriver and the water was flowing back into the jungle. Whatever was going to happen, it wasn't gonna be the way they call it back in Nha Trang."

    They arrive for supplies at an isolated US base supply depot at Hau Phat in a surreal night scene. The warehouse arena is glittering and brilliantly lit by half circles of floodlights for a USO show. What makes the supply sergeant testy? Apocalypse Now

      That their destination is 'classified'. Willard: "Charlie didn't get much USO. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast. His idea of great R and R was cold rice and a little rat meat. He had only two ways home: death or victory."

    After the routine search on the Sampan goes wrong, Willard executes a wounded Vietnamese. Why did he do it?Apocalypse Now

      He didn't want to divert the boat to get medical help. Willard: "It was the way we had over here of living with ourselves. We'd cut 'em in half with a machine gun and give 'em a bandaid. It was a lie - and the more I saw of 'em, the more I hated lies. Those boys were never gonna look at me the same way again."

    To make the surfing beach even safer from sniper fire, Kilgore orders an additional air strike with napalm along the tree line. It led to a famous quote. What does Napalm smell like to Kilgore? Apocalypse Now

      Victory. Colonel Kilgore: "You smell that? Do you smell that?...Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for twelve hours. When it was all over I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know, that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like - victory."

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