Studio executives summary / pitch
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| Francis
Coppola's Vietnam sojourn of discovery.
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Short plot
summary |
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Journey to find,
and then kill artistically, mad Colonel Kurtz during Vietnam war. |
What our
panel of critics thought |
"Marlon
Brando, you badly lit wobble bottom.""From
the musical agent orange bombing, to the smell of Napalm in the morning? How can
one possibly sleep during this masterpiece?""Wunderbarr!
Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries offers a musical accompaniment offering no riposte.
Oh helicopter - bringer of death tragicomedian - you naughty boy!""Crisply
comic which goes at a good crack!""Is
that a very young Harrison Ford as an officer in that movie? A triumph!""Is
that the actor in the Chewbacca suit next to Harrison Ford in that movie? Wonderful!""It
took ages to film, almost made the director bankrupt, the least you can do is
watch the darn thing.""Homoerotic
pot smoking bedlam. Thank goodness President Nixon is not included, his chin on
its own could have ruined everything.""It
made me laugh in all of the wrong places.""'Nam
hell. At least this time with an off switch.""Brando
is as weird as can be. Method acting or just good lighting?""Dennis
Hopper gives a pot be-smoked masterpiece of a performance. Triple bongs all round!""Nobody
shaves their hair off like Brando. (Did he just do his head hair? We are never
told.)""Even
with no hair on his bonce, Brando still manages a poorly lit madness lesser actors
could not attain.""A
veritable cornucopia of lesser illuminated atrocities, both acting and explosive,
coupled with moments of awe inspired whiny voiced actors with hard pectorals.
Captures the essence of a pot dislodged existence which one reads about constantly
from those gentlemen who can remember 'Nam. Remind me to pack toilet rolls on
my expedition if I ever were to be ensconced in the idea to travel Nam-wards,
as the country looks like it would make me shit like Niagara.""I
could not wait for the movie to end as I had promised myself a thorough masturbatory
session now that I have the apartment to myself. This glorious expectation of
self inflicted joys to come helped me through the end of this movie no end.""The
ending seems to go on for an eternity.""What
would this movie have been without The Doors offering some of their finest work?
Both in the musical as well as hallucinogenic sense.""The
killing of the cow coupled with the killing of Kurtz has all of the poetry of
a tragic teenager about to kill himself on a whim of ecstasy. Perfect. ""To
be killed metaphorically is bad enough. But to be killed in a movie metaphor of
sliced cow culling would be most actors worst nightmare. Indeed, could this have
been attempted by any actor not of the caliber of, tortured, flabby-assed, bald
Brando. Could you imagine another actor dying so well, following a clean slicing
of the neck on that cow? I doubt it and if you disagree, I shall disagree back
with twice the vigor!""A
masterpiece of editing. Was Brando ever there in the first place? One wonders,
expecting a negative with confidence." |
Please
tell me the ending or whole plot if necessary
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| Lieutenant
Willard (Martin Sheen) seeks Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando) with a mission to kill
him. He
kills him in the end in bloody bull-filled metaphor. |
Quotable quotes (real) |
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"Charging
a man with murder in this place is like giving out speeding tickets at the Indy
500." |
What snack
should I eat while watching this movie? |
Marijuana flavored
dry roasted peanuts. |
If I were
to watch this at home how best should I sit? |
In
the airplane about to crash position. |
How funny
is this film? |
Not funny.
Another movie for the prison lounge - laugh uncontrollably at times to ensure
single cell. |
Suggest
marketing tie-in products based on this movie |
| Dress
up like a VietCong make-up and thong set. Apocalypse
Now stir fry kit Apocalypse
Now Vietnam recipe book (with complementary bottle of super-explosive cognac for
flamed meals) Weird
actor lighting kit. Face
and nipple painting kit (prickly/soft brush and nipple wipe editions). Build
a cardboard Vietnam boat kit. Kurtz
all over body balding gel |
Would
the scary bits make your cat jump out of your lap causing scratch marks? Would
your dog like it? Other pets?
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| Cats
will try to wrap cloth around their heads, swing guns over their shoulders and
take control of the room. Dogs
would run round in circles not sure what to do to stop the cats, ending up their
activity falling to sleep under your legs. Parrots
would learn Colonel Kurtz's words by heart and repeat them until your insanity
is assured. |
How much would you pay for a copy of this movie in goods? |
| One
pooper scooper with lifetime supply of plastic bags. |
Would this
movie win awards for performances of the f-word? |
The
word is used, but not Oscar winningly. |
Does the
film attempt technobabble? If so does this succeed? |
No
technobabble. Just point the boat in the general direction and sail on into weird
tribal hell. |
Other comments
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| A
core movie in most connoisseur's top fifty. Watch
any making of this movie documentary to understand how such a movie can be rescued
against all the odds - this movie was once referred to as Apocalypse
When due to its shooting overruns. |