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punches a mirror. He does it in a drunken state (of course).
He says fishing accident on R and R. 'But you're fit and ready for duty right?' 'Yes sir, very much sir.'
Satisfaction. He waves to the villagers as the boat makes waves through the river.
a little rice and some rat meat. He was moving too quick or dug in too deep for R and R.
Mangos. 'Mango's man, I want some mangos.'
A tiger. 'Never get off the boat...'
Col. Kurtz. Marlon Brando plays Col. Kurtz.
Suzi-Q. Interestingly enough the version in the movie is not done by CCR.
Lt. Col. Kilgore. 'Kilgore knew he wasn't even going to get as much as a scratch in Vietman.'
Napalm. 'You know that smell? That gasoline smell? It smells like...victory. You know some day this war is going to end.'
Southern California. He was a legend on the beach for surfing.
New York City. 'I think the size and scope of Vietnam really put the zap on his brain.'
New Orleans. He almost cried when the he saw the Navy boil all this prime beef.
A spear. He then tries to pull Capt. Willard into the point which was protruding from his chest.
Harvey Keitel. He was in fired in pre-production. Sheen subsequently had a heart attack during the filming.
The Doors. 'The End' is also played near the movie's end.
Saigon. Willard, the opening line: 'Saigon...'
| Who was sent on a top secret mission into Cambodia at the movie's beginning? | Apocalypse Now
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Capt. Willard. All men appear, but Willard takes the mission early in the movie.
| How many people are on the boat that transports him up the river (not including him)? | Apocalypse Now
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4. The Chief, Chef, Clean, and Lance.
Air Cavalry. 'First of the Ninth.'
Surfing. Killgore: 'You either fight or surf!'
Murder. Willard: 'Charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500.'
Spear. The Chief dies after Clean, who is killed by gunfire.
'Errand boy'. Kurtz: 'You're an errand boy sent by grocery clerks to collect the bill.'
'The horror'. The last words of this great movie.
| Which lead actor, cast to play Captain Willard, was replaced by Martin Sheen weeks into the shooting? | Apocalypse Now
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Harvey Keitel. Amazing but true. Sheen was flown into the Philippines to replace Keitel. Coppola didn't see Keitel fitting the role of Captain Willard.
| Captain Willard has been back in Saigon for a week waiting for new orders. What is his military function, and which unit is he attached to? | Apocalypse Now
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US Army Intelligence - 505th Batallian, 173rd Airborne. Willard: "Everyone gets everything he wants. I wanted a mission, and for my sins, they gave me one. They brought it up to me like room service...It was a real choice mission - and when it was over, I never want another..."
| After being escorted by chopper to the military compound in Na Trang for briefing, Willard is greeted by a bespectacled intelligence officer. This young actor will go on to be a huge star in his own right. Who is he? | Apocalypse Now
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Harrison Ford. Willard: "I was going to the worst place in the world, and I didn't even know it yet. Weeks away and hundreds of miles up a river that snaked through the war like a main circuit cable plugged straight into Kurtz. It was no accident that I got to be the caretaker of Colonel Walter E. Kurtz's memory, any more than being back in Saigon was an accident."
| When reading the dossier of Colonel Kurtz, Willard thought that Kurtz was being "groomed for one of the top slots in the corporation, General, Chief Of Staff, anything." What couldn't Willard understand about Kurtz? | Apocalypse Now
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All of the these (Why they would want this man dead, The voice of Kurtz fitting the dossier, Why he would join special forces, age 38). Willard: "Charging a man with murder in this place was like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500. I took the mission. What the hell else was I gonna do? But I really didn't know what I'd do when I found him."
| At the rendezvous point, the Air Cavalry escort had destroyed a village. Dead Vietnamese villagers are everywhere. What is heard through the loudspeaker? | Apocalypse Now
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"We are here to help you". "We are here to help" as scores lay dead. Coppola frequently expressed the surrealistic and symbolic dialogue detailing the confusion, violence, fear, and nightmarish madness of the Vietnam War.
| What was Colonel Kilgore's (Robert Duvall) motivation to secure the beachhead village 'Charlie's Point', knowing it would be a fierce fight? | Apocalypse Now
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A six foot peak (surf break). This attack led to an incredible scene where the attack helecopters cruised in, guns and rockets blazing. The sound of Wagner's 'Ride Of the Valkyries' breaks the morning silence. Willard on Kilgore: "Well, he wasn't a bad officer, I guess. He loved his boys and you felt safe with him. He was one of those guys that had that weird light around him. You just knew he wasn't gonna get so much as a scratch here."
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