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* SubhumanSurfacingShot: In the climax of the film, having sunk dangerously close to Kurtz's level of insanity, Willard is seen rising from a pool of water with his expressionless face daubed in camo paint, eyes snapping open as he surfaces. Having used this method to sneak into Kurtz's compound, he then [[spoiler: completes his mission by brutally murdering Kurtz with a machete.]]
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* NoAnimalsWereHarmed: Shockingly averted with the ox. However, in that case it was a RealLife sacrifice that Copolla merely filmed and took no part in.
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* AxCrazy: Kurtz's idea of embracing "the Horror" in himself is putting on camouflage paint and chopping men's head's off. Willard does the same in the end.
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** Willard is one to an extent. While not as brilliant or accomplished as Kurtz, he's still a highly trained black ops agent and assasin who's well regarded for his skills and for the most part handles the chaos around him just fine. However he's also a combat junkie who can't function in civilian life and he's got a head full of broken glass.
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** Willard is one to an extent. While not as brilliant or accomplished as Kurtz, he's still a highly trained black ops agent and assasin assassin who's well regarded for his skills and for the most part handles the chaos around him just fine. However he's also a combat junkie who can't function in civilian life and he's got a head full of broken glass.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Historians [[https://sites.google.com/a/uw.edu/vietnamstudiesgroup/discussion-networking/vsg-discussion-list-archives/vsg-discussion-2013/apocryphal-viet-cong-attrocity-story generally agree]] that there's no evidence to suggest that North Vietnamese soldiers ever amputated arms of vaccinated Vietnamese children en masse. According to John Millius, it was recounted to him by Fred Rexer, who worked as a military consultant on the film and was a Green Beret in Laos who took part in the Phoenix Program.
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** Historians [[https://sites.google.com/a/uw.edu/vietnamstudiesgroup/discussion-networking/vsg-discussion-list-archives/vsg-discussion-2013/apocryphal-viet-cong-attrocity-story generally agree]] that there's no evidence to suggest that North Vietnamese soldiers ever amputated arms of vaccinated Vietnamese children en masse. According to John Millius, it was recounted to him by Fred Rexer, who worked as a military consultant on the film and was a Green Beret in Laos who took part in the Phoenix Program.
** Historians [[https://sites.google.com/a/uw.edu/vietnamstudiesgroup/discussion-networking/vsg-discussion-list-archives/vsg-discussion-2013/apocryphal-viet-cong-attrocity-story generally agree]] that there's no evidence to suggest that North Vietnamese soldiers ever amputated arms of vaccinated Vietnamese children en masse. According to John Millius, it was recounted to him by Fred Rexer, who worked as a military consultant on the film and was a Green Beret in Laos who took part in the Phoenix Program.
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** While much of what the French patriarch is absolute nonsense meant to portray him as bitter and deluded, his allegation that the United States created the Viet Minh is the only one taken seriously by Willard, and appears to be supported by the film as fact. As the even older Frenchman claims, either President Truman or Roosevelt (likely the latter) opposed French colonialism and created the Viet Cong in 1945 to oust the French from their Indochina possessions. However, the Viet Minh were created in 1945, with their American support being to oust the Japanese as part of World War II; once the Japanese left, and the Viet Minh began fighting the French, America very quickly backed the French instead.
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* SecretlyDying: The photojournalist hints that this may be Kurtz's case, a nod to the the original source left ambiguous in the film and discussed by Coppola during interviews.
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* SecretlyDying: The photojournalist hints that this may be Kurtz's case, a nod to the the original source left ambiguous in the film and discussed by Coppola during interviews.
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** Lance is a childish and carefree teenager who can barely comprehend the war going on around him. He ends up massacring a family of Vietnamese civilians after he is startled.
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** Lance Mr. Clean is a childish and carefree teenager who can barely comprehend the war going on around him. He ends up massacring a family of Vietnamese civilians after he is startled.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Willard doing tai chi in the opening scene, as well as later in the boat prior to reaching Kurtz. It's unclear whether it is meant to inform how elite Willard is, showcasing his special forces martial arts training, or how mentally decadent he is by this point, especially given that in the opening scene it has him drunk and grievously punching the mirror (many a reviewer interpreted Willard doesn't actually know martial arts and is just drunkenly goofing around) - or perhaps it's meant to show both things, telling the viewer that no amount of training could have prepared him for the horrors of the war. This contrasts with Colby, who is shown doing much more orthodox tai chi himself in the background while Kurtz recounts his own horrors.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Willard doing tai chi in the opening scene, as well as later in the boat prior to reaching Kurtz. It's unclear whether it this is meant to inform how elite Willard is, showcasing his special forces martial arts training, or how mentally decadent has he is become by this point, especially given that in the opening scene it has him drunk and grievously punching the mirror (many with many a reviewer having interpreted Willard doesn't actually know martial arts and is just drunkenly absentmindedly goofing around) - or perhaps it's around (especially given that the opening scene has him drunk and grievously punching the mirror). It could be also meant to show both things, telling the viewer underlining that no amount of training could have prepared prepare him for the horrors of the war. This contrasts with Colby, who Colby is shown doing much more orthodox tai chi himself in the background while Kurtz recounts his own horrors.horrors, but whether this is meant to have its own meaning remains equally obscure.
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** Subverted. Villagers (unseen at this point, as in Conrad's book) attack Willard's boat with arrows. Due to the 20th century setting, Willard does not take them seriously. He refers to them as "toy arrows," and in a shout out to Conrad, he says "they're just little sticks, they're trying to scare us!" After the sailors start shooting back, they switch to spears, and one of the sailors dies as a result.
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** Subverted. Villagers (unseen at this point, as in Conrad's book) attack Willard's boat with arrows. Due to the 20th century setting, Willard does not take them seriously. He refers to them as "toy arrows," and in a shout out to Conrad, he says "they're just little sticks, they're trying to scare us!" After the sailors start shooting back, they however, the villagers switch to spears, and one of the sailors dies as a result.
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** Clean sings a few lines of Music/SurfingUSA by Music/TheBeachBoys.
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** Clean sings a few lines of Music/SurfingUSA by Music/TheBeachBoys.
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** Lt. Col. Kilgore's name is appropriate for a GeneralRipper who loves killing and gore.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Willard doing tai chi in the opening scene and scene, as well as later in the boat prior to reaching Kurtz. It's unclear whether it is meant to inform how elite Willard is, showcasing his special forces martial arts trainings, training, or how mentally decadent he is by this point, especially given that in the opening scene it concludes with has him drunk and grievously punching the mirror (many a reviewer interpreted Willard doesn't actually know martial arts and is just drunkenly goofing around) - or perhaps it's meant to show both things, telling the viewer that no amount of training could have prepared him for the horrors of the war. This contrasts with Colby, who is shown doing much more orthodox tai chi himself in the background while Kurtz recounts his own horrors.
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* PetTheDog: When he's not killing people or distracted by incredibly dangerous surfing, Kilgore [[AFatherToHisMen cares for his men]] and for civilians; he is concerned about them receiving medical treatment as soon as possible.
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** When he's not killing people or distracted by incredibly dangerous surfing, Kilgore [[AFatherToHisMen cares for his men]] and for civilians; he is concerned about them receiving medical treatment as soon aspossible.possible.
** When leaving Kurtz's village Willard takes time to rescue Lance and bring him back to civilization. However he leaves Colby behind, considering him too far gone to save.
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** When leaving Kurtz's village Willard takes time to rescue Lance and bring him back to civilization. However he leaves Colby behind, considering him too far gone to save.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Willard doing tai chi in the opening scene and later in the boat prior to reaching Kurtz. It's unclear whether it is meant to inform how elite Willard is, showcasing his special forces martial arts trainings, or how mentally decadent he is by this point, especially given that in the opening scene it concludes with him drunk and grievously punching the mirror - or perhaps it's meant to show both things, telling the viewer that no amount of training could have prepared him for the horrors of the war. This contrasts with Colby, who is shown doing much more orthodox tai chi himself in the background while Kurtz recounts his own horrors.
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** The Vietcong soldier killed by Roach is wounded and begging for his comrades to not leave him behind in Vietnamese.
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* SociopathicSoldier: Willard is a rather soft Type 3 and Kurtz a definite Type 4.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Kilgore wears a stetson and bandana like he's still riding a horse, and seems to be more focused on surfing than fighting the war. However, there appears to be no question of his competency by his superiors or by his men.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Kilgore wears a stetson cravat and bandana like he's still riding a horse, [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar civil war era]] cavalry officer's hat, and seems to be more focused on surfing than fighting the war. However, there appears to be no question of his competency by his superiors or by his men. During combat he's all business, calling out military targets and coordinating his troops. Upon landing, he leads from the front and even strides about in full view in active combat zones which is something field officers are trained to do in order to draw fire away from their men.
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In 2001, Coppola drastically ReCut the film once more, extending the running time by nearly an hour, adding some additional scenes and re-shuffling some existing ones around. The new version was released (to mixed reviews) as ''Apocalypse Now Redux'': some reviewers felt it was a beautiful expansion on the themes of the original, others thought it diluted the impact and bloated the movie.[[note]]For what it's worth, the original cut has a 97% score on Rotten Tomatoes, while Redux has 93%.[[/note]] It was recut again in 2019 as the "Final Cut", with a new runtime of just over three hours, nineteen minutes less than Redux.
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In 2001, Coppola drastically ReCut the film once more, extending the running time by nearly an hour, adding some additional scenes and re-shuffling some existing ones around. The This new version was released (to mixed reviews) as ''Apocalypse Now Redux'': Redux'' to mixed reviews; some reviewers felt it was a beautiful expansion on the themes of the original, while others thought it diluted the its impact and bloated the movie.[[note]]For what it's worth, the original cut has a 97% score on Rotten Tomatoes, while Redux has 93%.[[/note]] It its runtime. The film was recut again in 2019 as the "Final Cut", with a new runtime of just over three hours, nineteen minutes less than Redux.
''Redux''.
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It resembles one of the "things" from the Congo of the original, but it's not 'The Apocalpyse Now Book' by Peter Cowie and https://sites.google.com/a/uw.edu/vietnamstudiesgroup/discussion-networking/vsg-discussion-list-archives/vsg-discussion-2013/apocryphal-viet-cong-attrocity-story
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* NoodleIncident: In his narration, Willard mentions that he's killed six different people, and all of them had been "close enough to blow their last breath in my face." No further details are given.
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* NoodleIncident: In his narration, Willard mentions that he's killed six different people, and all of them had been "close enough to blow their last breath in my face." No further details are given.[[note]]Although one of them may have been the "government tax collector in Quang Tri" that Colonel Lucas (Harrison Ford's character) asked Willard about in Nha Trang.[[/note]]
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Special operations Captain [[Characters/ApocalypseNow Benjamin Willard]] (Creator/MartinSheen) is sent to kill [[Characters/ApocalypseNow Walter E. Kurtz]] (Creator/MarlonBrando), a Green Beret Colonel who has gone mad and formed a personality {{cult}} in Cambodia. After Colonel Bill Kilgore (Creator/RobertDuvall) clears off his initial path, Willard and his crew -- including George "Chief" Phillips (Albert Hall), Jay "Chef" Hicks (Frederic Forrest), Lance Johnson (Sam Bottoms), and Tyrone "Mr. Clean" Miller (a 14-year-old Creator/LaurenceFishburne) -- go up a river and into the recesses of humanity.
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Special operations Captain [[Characters/ApocalypseNow Benjamin Willard]] (Creator/MartinSheen) is sent to kill [[Characters/ApocalypseNow Walter E. Kurtz]] (Creator/MarlonBrando), a Green Beret Colonel who has gone mad and formed a personality {{cult}} in Cambodia. After Colonel Bill Kilgore (Creator/RobertDuvall) clears off his initial path, Willard and his crew -- including George "Chief" Phillips (Albert Hall), Jay "Chef" Hicks (Frederic Forrest), (Creator/FredericForrest), Lance Johnson (Sam Bottoms), (Creator/SamBottoms), and Tyrone "Mr. Clean" Miller (a 14-year-old Creator/LaurenceFishburne) -- go up a river and into the recesses of humanity.
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