"This is the end" "Beautifulfriend" "This is the end" "Myonly friend" "The end" "Ofourelaborateplans" "The end" "Ofeverything thatstands" "The end" "No safetynorsurprise" "The end I'llneverlookintoyoureyes" "Again" "Canyoupicture" "What willbe" "So limitlessandfree" "Desperately in need" "Ofsome" "Stranger'shand ln a" "Desperate land" "Lost in a Roman" "Wilderness ofpain" "Andallthe children" "Are insane" "Allthe children" "Are insane" "Waiting forthesummerrain" "Yeah" "Saigon." "Shit." "I'm stillonly in Saigon." "Everytime, lthinkl'mgonna wake up backing thejungle." "When I washome after my first tour, it was worse." "I'd wake up, andthere'dbe nothing." "lhardlysaida wordto my wife untillsaidyes to a divorce." "When I washere, I wantedto be there." "When I was there, alllcouldthink ofwasgettingbackinto thejungle." "I'm here a weeknow." "Waiting fora mission... gettingsofter." "Everyminute lstay in this room, lget weaker." "Andeveryminute Charliesquats in the bush, hegetsstronger." "Each time llookedaround, the wallsmovedin a little tighter." "Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck Yeah" "Come on, babe, come on now Livin'life, yeah" "Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck Yeah" "Fuck, yeah, come on, baby" "Fuck, baby, fuck, fuck" "Oh, yeah, oh, fuck" "Yeah, do it, yeah, come on" "Yeah, allright" "Yeah" "Yeah, yeah" "Yeah" "Yeah, yeah" "Yeah" "Everyonegets everythinghe wants." "I wanteda mission... andformysins, theygave me one." "Brought it up to me like room service." "Capta¡n W¡llard?" "Are you ¡n there?" "Yeah, I'm com¡n'." "It wasa realchoice mission." "And when it was over, I'dnever want another." " What do you want?" " Are you all r¡ght, Capta¡n?" "What does ¡t look l¡ke?" " Are you W¡llard, 505th Battal¡on?" " Affirmat¡ve." " 1 73rd A¡rborne?" " Yeah." " Ass¡gned to SOG?" " Hey, buddy, gonna shut the door?" "We have orders to escort you to the a¡rfield." " What are the charges?" " S¡r?" " What'd I do?" " There's no charges, Capta¡n." "You have orders to report to Com-Sec Intell¡gence at Nha Trang." " I see." " All r¡ght?" " Nha Trang, for me?" " That's r¡ght." "Come on, Capta¡n." "You st¡ll have a few hours to get cleaned up." " I'm not feel¡ng too good." " Capta¡n?" "Dave, come here and g¡ve me a hand." "We got a dead one." "Come on, Capta¡n." "Let's take a shower." " Don't be an ass." " Get a hold of h¡m good." "We're gonna take a shower, Capta¡n." "In we go." "Stand underneath th¡s, Capta¡n." "I wasgoing to the worstplace in the world... andldidn 't even knowityet." "Weeksawayandhundreds ofmiles up a river... thatsnakedthrough the war like a main circuit cable... pluggedstraight into Kurtz." "It wasno accident that Igot to be the caretaker... ofColonel WalterE." "Kurtz'smemory-- anymore than beingback in Saigon wasan accident." "There isno wayto tellhisstory without telling myown." "lfhisstory is reallya confession" " Capta¡n W¡llard report¡ng, s¡r." " then so ismine." " Capta¡n." "Good." "Come on ¡n." " Thankyou, s¡r." " Stand at ease." " General." "You want a c¡garette?" "No, thankyou, s¡r." "Have you ever seen th¡s man before?" "No, s¡r." " Met the general or myself?" " No, s¡r." "Not personally." " You've worked a lot on your own?" " Yes, s¡r, I have." "Your report spec¡fies ¡ntell¡gence... counter¡ntell¡gence w¡th Com-Sec, "I" Corps." "I'm not presently d¡sposed to d¡scuss those operat¡ons, s¡r." "D¡d you not work for the CIA ¡n "I" Corps?" "No, s¡r." "D¡d you not assass¡nate a government tax collector..." "Quang Tr¡ Prov¡nce, June 1 8, 1 968?" "Capta¡n?" "S¡r, I am unaware ofany such act¡v¡ty or operat¡on-- nor would I be d¡sposed to d¡scuss such an operat¡on..." "¡f ¡t d¡d, ¡n fact, ex¡st, s¡r." "I thought we'd have a b¡te of lunch wh¡le we talk." "I hope you brought a good appet¡te, Capta¡n." "I not¡ce that you have a bad hand there." "You wounded?" "I had a l¡ttle fish¡ng acc¡dent on R and R, s¡r." " F¡sh¡ng on R and R?" " Yes, s¡r." "But you're feel¡ng fit?" "You're ready for duty?" "Yes, General." "Very much so, s¡r." "Well, let's see what we have here, roast beef, and usually ¡t's not bad." "Try some,Jerry, and pass ¡t around." "To save a l¡ttle t¡me, we m¡ght pass both ways." "Capta¡n, I don't know how you feel about th¡s shr¡mp... but ¡fyou'll eat ¡t... you'll never have to prove your courage ¡n any other way." "I swear, why don't I just take a p¡ece here?" "Capta¡n, you've heard of Colonel Walter E. Kurtz?" "Yes, s¡r, I've heard the name." "Oh,Jesus!" "Operat¡ons officer, F¡fth Spec¡al Forces." "Luke, would you play that tape for the capta¡n, please?" " Yes, s¡r." "I'm sorry, s¡r." " L¡sten to th¡s carefully, Capta¡n." "October9, 0430hours, sectorPeter, Victor, King." "These were mon¡tored out of Cambod¡a." "Th¡s has been ver¡fied as Col. Kurtz's vo¡ce." "I watcheda snail... crawlalong the edge ofa straight razor." "That's my dream." "That's mynightmare." "Crawling, slithering... along the edge... ofa straight razor... andsurviving." "Transmission 1 1, received '68, December30, 0500hours." "SectorKing, Zulu, King." "But we must killthem." "We must incinerate them." "Pigafterpig." "Cowaftercow." "Village after village." "Armyafterarmy." "Andtheycallme an assassin." "What doyou callit when the assassinsaccuse the assassin?" "They lie." "They lie, and we have to be merciful... forthose who lie." "Those nabobs." "lhate them." "Ido hate them." "Walt Kurtz was one of the most outstand¡ng officers... th¡s country's ever produced." "He was br¡ll¡ant." "He was outstand¡ng ¡n every way." "And he was a good man, too, a human¡tar¡an man." "A man ofw¡t and humor." "Hejo¡ned the Spec¡al Forces." "And after that h¡s..." "¡deas, methods... became... unsound." "Unsound." "Now he's crossed ¡nto Cambod¡a w¡th th¡s..." "Montagnard army of h¡s that worsh¡p... the man l¡ke a god... and follow every order, however r¡d¡culous." "Well, I have some other shock¡ng news to tell you." "Col. Kurtz was about to be arrested for murder." "I don't follow, s¡r." "Murdered who?" "Kurtz had ordered the execut¡on of some V¡etnamese ¡ntell¡gence agents-- men he bel¡eved were double agents." "So he took matters ¡nto h¡s own hands." "Well, you see, W¡llard..." "¡n th¡s war, th¡ngs get confused out there." "Power, ¡deals, the old moral¡ty... and pract¡cal m¡l¡tary necess¡ty." "But out there w¡th these nat¡ves..." "¡t must be a temptat¡on to... be God." "Because there's a confl¡ct ¡n every human heart... between the rat¡onal and the ¡rrat¡onal... between good and ev¡l... and good does not always tr¡umph." "Somet¡mes... the dark s¡de... overcomes what L¡ncoln called the better angels ofour nature." "Every man has got a break¡ng po¡nt." "You and I have them." "Walt Kurtz has reached h¡s." "And very obv¡ously, he has gone ¡nsane." "Yes, s¡r." "Very much so, s¡r." "Obv¡ously ¡nsane." "Your m¡ss¡on ¡s to proceed up the Nung R¡ver ¡n a navy patrol boat-- p¡ck up Col. Kurtz's path at Nu Mung Ba... follow ¡t, learn what you can along the way." "When you find the colonel, ¡nfiltrate h¡s team by-- whatever means ava¡lable and term¡nate the colonel's command." "Term¡nate the colonel?" "He's out there operat¡ng w¡thout any decent restra¡nt... totally beyond the pale ofany acceptable... human conduct... and he ¡s st¡ll on the field, command¡ng troops." "Term¡nate w¡th extreme prejud¡ce." "You understand, Capta¡n, that th¡s m¡ss¡on... does not ex¡st nor w¡ll ¡t ever ex¡st." "Howmanypeople hadlalready killed?" "There were thosesix that lknewabout forsure-- close enough to blow theirlast breath in my face." "But this time it wasanAmerican... andan officer." "That wasn 'tsupposedto make any difference to me... but it did." "Shit." "Charginga man with murdering thisplace... waslike handing out speeding ticketsat the lndy500." "Itook the mission." "What the hellelse waslgonna do?" "But lreally didn 't know what I'ddo when lfoundhim." " D¡d you check the tank?" " Yeah." "I wasbeing ferrieddown the coast in a navy PBR... a type ofplasticpatrolboat-- aprettycommon sight on the rivers." "Theysaidit wasagood wayto pick up information andmove... without drawinga lot ofattention, andthat was okay." "lneededthe airandthe time." "Onlyproblem was I wouldn 't be alone." "Morn¡n', Capta¡n." "The crew were mostlyjust kids-- rockandrollers with one foot in theirgraves." " How old are you?" " Seventeen." "The machinist-- the one they calledChef-- wasfrom New Orleans." "He was wrappedtoo tight for Vietnam." "Probably wrappedtoo tight forNew Orleans." "Lance, on the forwardfifties... wasa famoussurfer from the beachessouth ofL.A." "To lookat him, you wouldn 't believe he'deverfireda weapon in his life." "Clean" " Mr. Clean-- was from someSouth Bronxshit-hole... andlthink the light andthespace ofVietnam... reallyput thezap on hishead." "Then there wasPhillips, the chief." "It might have been mymission, but itsure asshit was the chief'sboat." "There's about two po¡nts where we can draw enough water... to get ¡nto the Nung R¡ver." "They're both hot." "Belong to Charl¡e." "Don't worry about ¡t." "Don't smoke." "You know, I've pulled a few spec¡al ops ¡n here." "About s¡x months ago..." "I took a man who was go¡ng up past the br¡dge at Do Lung." "He was regular army too." "Heard he shot h¡mself ¡n the head." "At first lthought theyhandedme the wrong dossier." "lcouldn 't believe they wantedthisman dead." "Third-generation West Point, top ofhis class." "Korea, Airborne, about a thousanddecorations." "Et cetera, et cetera." "I'dheardhis voice on the tape, andit reallyput the hooking me... but lcouldn 't connect up that voice with thisman." "Like theysaid, he hadan impressive career." "Maybe too impressive." "lmean, perfect." "He wasbeinggroomedforone of the top slots in the corporation-- general, chiefofstaff, anything." "ln 1964, he returnedfrom a tour withAdvisory Commandin Vietnam... andthingsstartedto slip." "His report to theJoint Chiefs ofStaff... andLyndonJohnson wasrestricted." "Seems they didn 't dig what he hadto tellthem." "During the next fewmonths, he made three requests fortransfer... toAirborne training, Fort Benning, Georgia, and wasfinallyaccepted." "Airborne?" "He was38years old." "Whythe fuck wouldhe do that?" "1966,joinsSpecialForces... returns to Vietnam." "Hey, what's that?" " Arc l¡ght." " What's up?" " B-52 str¡ke." " Yeah?" " What's that?" " Arc l¡ght." "I hate that." "Every t¡me I hear that, someth¡ng terr¡ble happens." "Charl¡e don't never see 'em or hear 'em, man." "There they are." "Concuss¡on w¡ll suck the a¡r out ofyour damn lungs." "Someth¡ng terr¡ble ¡s gonna happen." "Smoke!" "Secondary burn¡ng." "Hueys over there." "Lots of Hueys." "Let's have a look, Ch¡ef." "It was theAir-Cav." "First ofthe Ninth" "That's them." "ourescorts to the mouth ofthe NungRiver." "But they weresupposedto be waiting forusanother30kilometersahead." "Well, airmobile." "Those boysjust couldn 'tstayput." "Hey, k¡d, come on." "Get down." "Come on." "First ofthe Ninth was an oldcavalry division... that hadcashedin itshorses forchoppers... andgone tear-assingaround 'Nam looking fortheshit." "They'dgiven Charlie a fewsurprises in theirtime here." "What they were mopping up nowhadn 't even happenedyet an hourago." "Just keep¡ng runn¡ng by." "We're for telev¡s¡on." "Don't look at the camera." "Just keep" " Go on." "Keep go¡ng." "Th¡s ¡s for telev¡s¡on." "Don't look at the camera." "Just go by l¡ke you're fight¡ng, I¡ke you're fight¡ng." "Don't look at the camera." "It's for telev¡s¡on.Just go through." "Just go by." "Keep on go¡ng." "Keep go¡ng." "Don't look at the camera." "Go on." "Keep go¡ng." "All r¡ght, come on." "Go." "R¡ght here." "Yes." "Over here." "Over here." "Where can I find the CO?" "That's the colonel com¡n' down!" "The CO's on that chopper." "L¡eutenant, bomb that tree I¡ne back about 1 00 yards!" " G¡ve me some room to breathe!" " Yes, s¡r!" "Body cards!" " S¡r?" " Br¡ng my body cards!" "Yes, s¡r!" "I'm the Fourth Tank commander." "I got five tanks broken down." "We're all r¡ght w¡th the tanks." "It's all r¡ght, Capta¡n." "Capta¡n W¡llard!" "I carry pr¡or¡ty papers from Com-Sec Intell¡gence, II Corps." "I understand Nha Trang has br¡efed you... on the requ¡rements of my m¡ss¡on." "What m¡ss¡on?" "I haven't heard from Nha Trang." "S¡r, your un¡t ¡s supposed to escort us ¡nto the Nung!" " We'll see what we can do." " Colonel!" "Butjust stay out of my way unt¡l th¡s ¡s done, Capta¡n." "All r¡ght, let's see what we have." "Let's see what we have." "A two ofspades, three ofspades, four ofd¡amonds... s¡x ofclubs, e¡ght ofspades." "There ¡sn't one worth a jack ¡n the whole bunch." "Four ofd¡amonds." " Hey, Capta¡n, what's that?" " Death cards!" " What?" " Death cards!" " Death?" " Lets Charl¡e know who d¡d th¡s." " Cheer up, son." " We willnot hurt orharmyou." " F¡re ¡n the hole!" " F¡re ¡n the hole!" "This isan area that is controlled... bythe Vietcong andNorth Vietnamese." "J¡m." "We are here to helpyou." " We extenda welcome hand..." " Come on." "to those who wouldlike to return..." "Everybody ¡n?" "to the arms of theSouth Vietnamesegovernment." "Get ¡n." "Hurry up." "Move ¡t out." "This isan area that is controlled... bythe Vietcong andNorth Vietnamese." "Hey!" "What's th¡s?" "What ¡s th¡s?" "Th¡s man's hurt pretty bad, s¡r." "About the only th¡ng that's hold¡ng h¡s guts ¡n, s¡r, ¡s that pot I¡d." "Yeah?" "What do you have to say?" "Th¡s sold¡er ¡s d¡rty VC." "He wants water." "He can dr¡nk paddy water." "Get outta here!" "G¡ve me that canteen." " He's VC!" " Any man that's brave enough to" "Get outta here!" "I'll k¡ckyour fuck¡n' ass!" "He k¡lled a lot ofour people!" "Any man brave enough to fight w¡th h¡s guts... strapped on h¡m can dr¡nk from my canteen." "Hey, Colonel, I th¡nk one ofthose sa¡lors ¡s LanceJohnson, the surfer." " Where?" "Here?" "You sure?" " Down there." "Yeah?" "Here." "Repeat." "We have a body count." "We have" "What's your name, sa¡lor?" "Gunner's Mate Th¡rd ClassJohnson." "Gunner's Mate Th¡rd Class" " LanceJohnson, the surfer?" " Yes, s¡r." "It's an honor to meet you." "I've adm¡red your nose r¡d¡ng foryears." "I I¡ke your cutback too." "I th¡nk you have the best cutback there ¡s." " Thankyou, s¡r." " You can cut out the "s¡r" crap." "I'm B¡ll K¡lgore." "I'm a goofy foot." " Th¡s guy w¡th ya?" " Yeah." "I want you to meet some guys." " Th¡s ¡s M¡ke from San D¡ego." " Far out." "Johnny from Mal¡bu." "Sol¡d surfers." "John, h¡." "Far out." "None of us are anywhere nearyour class though." "No way." "We do a lot ofsurfing around here." "I I¡ke to fin¡sh operat¡ons early." "Fly down to Yung Tau for the even¡ng glass." "Been r¡d¡ng s¡nce you got here?" "No way." "I haven't surfed s¡nce I been here." "Through Chr¡st, our Lord... from Whom all good th¡ngs come... through H¡m ¡n the un¡ty ofthe Holy Sp¡r¡t." "All glory and honor ¡s Yours, Alm¡ghty Father." "Let us br¡ng our ¡n¡qu¡t¡es to the Father..." "¡n the words our Sav¡or gave us." "Our Father, Who art ¡n heaven, hallowed be Thy name." "Thy k¡ngdom come." "Thy w¡ll be done on earth as ¡t ¡s ¡n heaven." "G¡ve us th¡s day our da¡ly bread... and forg¡ve us our trespasses... as we forgive those who trespass against us." "Leadusnot into temptation, but deliverus from evil." "Kilgore hadhadapretty goodday forhimself." "Theychopperedin the T-bonesandthe beer... andturnedthe LZ into a beachparty." "The more theytried to make itjust like home... the more theymade everybodymiss it." "Make my meat rare-- rare but not cold." "Well, he wasn 't a badofficer, lguess." "He lovedhisboys, andyou felt safe with him." "He was one ofthoseguys that hadthat weirdlight aroundhim." "Youjust knewhe wasn 'tgonna getso much asa scratch here." "What happened to your m¡ss¡on?" "Nha Trang forget all about you?" "A¡rborne." "S¡r, two places we can get ¡nto the r¡ver." " Yeah." " Here and here." "It's a pretty w¡de delta, but these are the only two spots I'm sure of." "That v¡llage you're po¡nt¡ng at ¡s k¡nd of ha¡ry." " What do you mean "ha¡ry," s¡r?" " It's ha¡ry." "Got some pretty heavy ordnance." "I lost a few recon sh¡ps ¡n there now and aga¡n." "What's the name of that goddamn v¡llage?" "V¡n Dr¡n" " Dop." " Dop or Lop?" "Damn gook names all sound the same." "M¡ke, you know anyth¡ng about th¡s po¡nt at V¡n Dr¡n Dop?" "That's a fantast¡c peak." " Peak?" " About s¡x foot." "It's an outstand¡ng peak." "It's got both the long r¡ght and left sl¡de... w¡th a bowl sect¡on that's unbel¡evable." "It'sjust tube c¡ty." "Why d¡dn't you tell me that before?" "A good peak." "There aren't any good peaks ¡n th¡s whole sh¡tty country." "It's all goddamn beach break." "It's really ha¡ry ¡n there." "That's where we lost McDonald." "They shot the hell out of us there." "That's Charl¡e's po¡nt." "S¡r, we can go ¡n there tomorrow at dawn." "There's always a good offshore breeze ¡n the morn¡ng." "We may not be able to get the boat ¡n." "The draft at the mouth of that r¡ver may be too shallow." "We'll p¡ckyour boat up and put ¡t down I¡ke a baby where you want ¡t." "Th¡s ¡s the F¡rst ofthe N¡nth, A¡r-Cav, son." "A¡r mob¡le!" "I can take that po¡nt and hold ¡t as long as I I¡ke." "You can get anyplace up that r¡ver that su¡ts you, young Capta¡n." "Hell, a s¡x-foot peak." "Take a gunsh¡p back to the d¡v¡s¡on." "Lance, go w¡th M¡ke and let h¡m p¡ck out a board foryou." "Br¡ng me my Yater Spoon, the e¡ght-s¡x." " I don't know, s¡r" " What ¡s ¡t, sold¡er?" "It's ha¡ry ¡n there." "It's Charl¡e's po¡nt." "Charl¡e don't surf!" "Hey,Jesus, Clean, you a¡n't gonna bel¡eve th¡s." "Look." "Hey, man!" "They're p¡ck¡n' up the boat!" " How are you feel¡ng,J¡mmy?" " L¡ke a mean motherfucker, s¡r!" "All r¡ght, son, let 'er r¡p." "Let's go!" "I never have got used to a l¡ght board." "I can't get used to one." " I'm used to a heavy board." " I know, ¡t's a real drag." " You prefer a heavy or I¡ght board?" " Heav¡er." " Really?" " Yeah!" "I thought all the young guys l¡ke l¡ghter boards." " You can't r¡de the nose on those." " BigDukeSix." "Th¡s ¡s Eagle Thrust Seven." "We've got ¡t spotted." "DukeSixto Eagle Thrust." "Put on head¡ng two-seven-zero." "Assume attack format¡on." "That'sa roger, BigDuke." "We'regoing in." "Hey, Lance, we'll come ¡n low out ofthe r¡s¡ng sun." "About a m¡le out, we'll put on the mus¡c." " Mus¡c?" " Yeah, I use Wagner." "Scares the hell out ofthe slopes." "My boys love ¡t." "Hey, they're gonna play mus¡c!" "How come all you guys s¡t on your helmet?" "So we don't get our balls blown off." "B¡g Duke S¡x to Eagle Thrust." "Put on psy war op." "Make ¡t loud." "Th¡s ¡s a Romeo Fox Trot." "Shall we dance?" "Yes, s¡r!" " Come on!" " All r¡ght." "F¡re." "Wegot a couple-- at that tree line." "We're taking fire from the holes." "Run, Charl¡e!" "This shouldmake everythingburn." "Wegot a couple ofpeople aheadhere." "What'sgoing down here?" "Wegot an automatic!" "Shoot to kill!" "Shoot to killing the open!" "lspotteda large weapon down below." "We're gonna go down and check ¡t out." "Allright, this is Fox Trot." "We'repullin'in." "What a shot." "Outstand¡ng, Red Team." "Outstand¡ng." "Get you a case of beer for that." "Six-four-one-zero, we're overthe village right now." "I see a veh¡cle ¡n the courtyard." "I'm gonna check ¡t out." "Well done, Hawks." "Want some twenty-M¡ke-M¡ke-Vulcan along those tree I¡nes." "R¡pple the sh¡t out of'em." "Got a veh¡cle on the br¡dge, 50 cal¡ber on board." "He's mov¡ng across to resupply the weapon." "BigDukeSix, clearthe area." "I'm coming down myself." "Don't these people ever g¡ve up?" "N¡ce shot, B¡ll." " Sh¡t!" " All r¡ght, all r¡ght!" "It'sjust a flare!" "It's a flare!" "Gotta get outta here!" "Un-ass that sh¡t." "Get ¡t outta here!" "Get ¡t out." "It'sjust a flare." "It's all r¡ght." " Everybody all r¡ght?" "Lance?" " I'm fine!" "Get down!" "I'm not go¡ng!" "I'm not go¡ng!" "I'm not go¡ng." "Wejustgot a secondary down there in theplaza." "Holdon toyourposition." "DukeSix, we'vegot woundeddown there." " Get a stretcher over here!" " You're all r¡ght." " Please, God!" "Help me!" " G¡ve h¡m some morph¡ne." "My God!" "Oh!" " Seven-four-two!" " Where's that duster?" "I want my wounded out ofthere and ¡n the hosp¡tal ¡n 1 5 m¡nutes." "I want my men out." "Somebodystay in there tight with BigDuke." "This is Ten-Ten." "We'regonna be in, throw 'em on andget out." "She's got a grenade!" "She's got a grenade!" "The whole th¡ng blew up." " She blewtheshit" " Fuck¡ng savages." " Get a medevac." " Holy Chr¡st, she's a SAP." "I'mgonnaget that dinkbitch." "Get overthere,Johnny." "Roll that rightskidright up herass." "We gotta get some a¡r ¡n these trees." "It's goddamn eat-up w¡th enemy down here." "I'm taking fire." "I'm takinghitsallover." "Three o'clock!" "I'm draw¡ng heavy fire!" "I'm hit!" "Mayday!" "Mayday!" "I'mgoin'in." "Mytailrotor's out." "lgot control." " What do you th¡nk?" " Wow!" "Th¡s ¡s really exc¡t¡ng, man." " No!" "No!" "The waves!" "The waves!" " Oh, r¡ght." "Look at that." "Breaks both ways." "Watch." "Watch." "Look!" "Goodsix-footswells!" "Come here, Lance." "Incom¡ng!" "Th¡s LZ ¡s st¡ll pretty hot, s¡r." "Maybe you ought to surf somewhere else." "What do you know about surfing, Major?" "You're from goddamn NewJersey." "Come here!" "Come here!" " Change!" " You mean r¡ght now, s¡r?" "I wanna see how r¡deable that stuff ¡s." "Go change." "It's st¡ll pretty ha¡ry out there." " Do you wanna surf, sold¡er?" " Yes, s¡r." "That's good, son, 'cause you e¡ther surfor fight." "That clear?" "Get go¡ng." "I'll cover for 'em." "And br¡ng a board for Lance." "We can't do sh¡t unt¡l the boat gets here." "Lance, I'll bet you can't wa¡t to get out there." " What?" " See how they break both ways?" "One guy can break r¡ght, one left, s¡multaneous." "What do you th¡nk?" "We ought to wa¡t for the t¡de to come up." " Come here." "Look." " Incom¡ng!" "The t¡de doesn't come ¡n for s¡x hours!" "You wanna wa¡t here for s¡x hours?" "Yo!" "Ch¡ef!" "Ch¡ef!" "Okay, fellas, quit hiding." "Come on!" "Let'sgo!" " Dick-heads, take off!" " Goddamn ¡t!" "Don't you th¡nk ¡t's a l¡ttle r¡sky for R and R?" "If I say ¡t's safe to surfth¡s beach, ¡t's safe to surfth¡s beach!" "I'm not afra¡d to surfth¡s place!" "I'll surfth¡s fuck¡n' place." "G¡ve me that R-T, sold¡er." "Dove Four, th¡s ¡s B¡g Duke S¡x." "Goddamn ¡t!" "I want that tree line bombed!" "BigDukeSix, roger." "Dove One-Three, standby." "Blowthem into theStoneAge, son!" " Out!" " No, back, no!" "Let me take care ofth¡s." "Get that out of here!" " I'm sorry." " Come here now." "All r¡ght." " No, ma'am." "Sorry!" "J¡mmy!" "Hawk One-Two, Dove One-Three." "Theyneedsome napalm in the tree line." "Canyouput it down there?" "Right, One-Three." "We're fixin ' to fuck with 'em." "What's the target?" "We're trying to suppresssome mortar fire offthe tree line down there." " Roger." "Here we come." " Good." "Give it allyougot." "Bring in allyourships." "Put h¡m ¡n my chopper." "Get h¡m back to the hosp¡tal." "No, no, no, you got to go w¡th h¡m." "Come on!" "Go!" "Go!" "Get ¡t outta here!" "Tell my guys I want my board!" "BigDukeSix, this isDove One-Three." "Thejetsare inboundnow." "Yougot about30seconds to bomb station." "Getyourpeople backandheads down." "This isgonna be a big one." "Don't worry." "We'll have th¡s place cleaned up ¡n a j¡ffy, son." "Don't you worry." "G¡ve me those shorts." "These are from the A¡r-Cav, a present from me and the boys." "I want to see you do your stuff ¡n 'em out there." "You smell that?" " Do you smell that?" " What?" "Napalm, son." "Noth¡ng else ¡n the world smells I¡ke that." "Come on." "Move ¡t!" "Move ¡t!" "Move ¡t!" "I love the smell of napalm ¡n the morn¡ng." "You know, one t¡me we had a h¡ll bombed for 1 2 hours." "When ¡t was all over, I walked up." "We d¡dn't find one ofthem, not one st¡nk¡ng d¡nk body." "But the smell-- You know, that gasol¡ne smell." "The whole h¡ll smelled I¡ke... v¡ctory." "Someday th¡s war's gonna end." " Lance!" "The w¡nd!" " Huh?" " The w¡nd!" " What?" "It's blow¡n' onshore!" "It's gonna blow th¡s place out." " It's gonna ru¡n ¡t!" " Not cool!" "It's gonna blow out!" "It's the goddamn napalm!" "That's what's do¡n' ¡t!" "I know." "I'm really sorry, Colonel." "I'm afra¡d that does ¡t." "The k¡d's got a reputat¡on." "You can't expect h¡m to surfthose sloppy waves." " I understand." " I'm an art¡st, B¡ll." " I couldn't surfthat stuff." " I apolog¡ze." "It's not my fault." "The waves are gett¡n' blown out by the napalm." "Don't get me wrong" "It was the bombs caus¡ng a vortex w¡th the w¡nd." "I accept your apology." "But ¡fyou could hang around 20 m¡nutes" " Some other t¡me, B¡ll." "Just 20 m¡nutes!" " I'm an art¡st." " Keep walk¡ng." "Okay, give it a try, guys." "Onegoes left andonegoes right." "Look, Lance." " You through surfing?" " Yeah!" " Wanna say good-bye to the colonel?" " No." " You sure?" " Yeah!" " Get the fuck outta here." " lt's the napalm." "Just wait20minutes!" "Damn!" "Fuck!" "They've been look¡n' forya." " Don't leave w¡thout me!" " Where the fuckyou go¡n'?" "Here!" "Incom¡ng!" "That's the colonel's surfboard!" "Hey, get the fuck off me!" "It's m¡ne!" "You fuck¡ng A¡rborne!" " Lance." " Chef, I¡ght up, man." "Come on." "Let's get h¡gh." " Wanna smoke?" " Let's do ¡t, man." "L¡ght up." "Somedaythis war'sgonna end." "That wouldbejust fine with the boys on the boat." "They weren't looking for anythingmore than a wayhome." " Capta¡n?" " Trouble is, I'dbeen back there... andlknewthat itjust didn 't exist anymore." "Buddha t¡me." "Here." "All r¡ght, that's great, you motherfuckers." "Yeah." "Ifthat'showKilgore fought the war... lbegan to wonder what they reallyhadagainst Kurtz." "It wasn 'tjust insanityandmurder." "There was enough ofthat togo aroundforeveryone." "I mean, he never was hurt¡n' for pussy." "I'm not here." "I'm walk¡ng through thejungle gather¡ng mangos." "I meet Raquel Welch." "I make a n¡ce mango cream pudd¡ng." "You know, k¡nd of spread ¡t around on us." "She's ¡nto mangos too." "She's I¡ke one I¡mb above me." "We're both ¡n thejungle here nude." "Hey, Ch¡ef." " Yeah?" " Here comes that colonel guy aga¡n." "You knowhowhardit is to finda boardyou like." "I willnot hurt orharmyou." "I willnot hurt orharmyou." "Justgive me back the board, Lance." "It wasagoodboard, andllike it." "You knowhowhardit is to finda boardyou like." " He's a determ¡ned motherfucker!" " l willnot hurt orharmyou." "I willnot hurt orharmyou." "Justgive me back the board, Lance." "It wasagoodboard, andllike it." "You knowhowhardit is to finda boardyou like." " l willnot hurt orharmyou." "Jesus Chr¡st." "That guy's too fuck¡n' much, man." "Do you th¡nk he would have shot us?" "He wouldn't have shot us on the beach... but he would have shot us ¡f he saw me tak¡ng h¡s board." "Let'sgo surfing'now Everybody's learnin'how" "Let's get th¡s board out of my turret." "Sucker." "How am I go¡ng to shoot h¡m the next t¡me he comes around?" "Hey, Chef, make some room back there for the board." "Sock ¡t to me, Lance." "I wonder ¡fthat's the same chopper." "He's probably got them all over the r¡ver w¡th that record¡ng." "We'll have to hold up here t¡ll dark, Ch¡ef." "Don't worry, Lance." "He won't follow us too far." "What makes you say that?" "You th¡nk that b¡g Cav colonel wants everyone upr¡ver... to know we stole h¡s board?" "I d¡dn't steal ¡t!" " Capta¡n?" " Hmm?" "Just how far up th¡s r¡ver we go¡n'?" "It's class¡fied, Ch¡ef." "I can't tell ya." "We're go¡n' up pretty far." "Is ¡t gonna be ha¡ry?" "I don't know, k¡d." "Yeah, probably." "You I¡ke ¡t l¡ke that, Capta¡n, when ¡t's hot, ha¡ry?" "Fuck." "Maybe you'll get a chance to know... what the fuckyou are ¡n some factory ¡n Oh¡o." "Hey, Ch¡ef, I'm gonna go get those mangos now, okay?" " Take somebody w¡th ya." " Yeah, I'll take" "I'll go w¡th h¡m." "Chef?" " Yes, s¡r?" " How come they call you that?" " Call me what, s¡r?" " Chef." " Because you I¡ke mangos and stuff?" " No, s¡r, I'm a real chef." " I'm a sauc¡er." " Sauc¡er?" "Yes, s¡r." "See, I come from New Orleans." "I was ra¡sed to be a sauc¡er, a great sauc¡er." " What's a sauc¡er?" " You spec¡al¡ze ¡n sauces." "Gotta be a mango tree here somewhere." "Then, I was supposed to go to Par¡s... study at the Escoffier school." "But then I got orders for my phys¡cal." "Hell, I jo¡ned the navy." "Heard they had better food." "Cook school-- that d¡d ¡t." " Yeah, how's that?" " You don't wanna hear about that." "They l¡ned us up ¡n front ofa hundred yards of pr¡me r¡b." "All of us, you know, I¡ned up look¡n' at ¡t." "Magn¡ficent meat." "Really!" "Beaut¡fully marbled." "Next th¡ng, they're throw¡ng the meat ¡nto these b¡g cauldrons-- all of ¡t-- bo¡l¡ng ¡t!" "I looked ¡ns¡de, man." "It was turn¡ng gray." "I couldn't fuck¡ng bel¡eve that one." "That's when I appl¡ed for rad¡oman school, but then they gave me" "What ¡s ¡t?" "Charl¡e?" "It's a t¡ger!" "Son ofa b¡tch!" "It's a t¡ger, man!" "It's a t¡ger!" "Battle stat¡ons." "Lance, up front." " Get on your 60!" " Got ¡t." " Holy sh¡t!" "A fuck¡n' t¡ger!" " Chef, come on!" " Capta¡n, come on!" " Let's hop ¡n and go!" "Let's go!" "You were r¡ght." "Never get out ofthe boat." " Br¡ng that 60 forward!" " Why never get out ofthe boat?" "I gotta remember!" "Never get out ofthe boat!" "Never get out ofthe boat!" " How many ¡s ¡t?" " A fuck¡n' t¡ger!" " What?" " A t¡ger?" "Yes!" "I've had ¡t!" "I've had the whole goddamn fuck¡n' sh¡t, man!" "You can k¡ss my ass on the county square... because I'm fuck¡n' bugg¡n' out." "I d¡dn't come here for th¡s." "I don't fuck¡n' need ¡t!" "I don't want ¡t." "I d¡dn't get out the goddamn e¡ghth grade for th¡s k¡nd ofsh¡t!" "All I wanted to do was fuck¡n' cook!" "I just wanted to learn to fuck¡n' cook, man!" " You're all r¡ght." " What happened, bro?" "You're all r¡ght." "You're gonna be all r¡ght." "All r¡ght?" "It's gonna be all r¡ght?" "Never get out ofthe fuck¡n' boat." "H¡, t¡ger!" "Bye, t¡ger!" "Good-bye!" "Neverget out ofthe boat." "Absolutely, goddamn right... unlessyou were goingallthe way." "Kurtzgot offthe boat." "Hesplit from the whole fuckin'program." "Howdidthat happen?" "What didhesee here that first tour?" "Thirty-eight fuckingyears old." "lfyoujoined the Green Berets... there wasno way you'deverget above colonel." "Kurtz knew what he wasgiving up." "The more lread andbegan to understand... the more ladmiredhim." "His familyandfriends couldn 't understandit... andtheycouldn 't talkhim out ofit." "He hadto applythree times, andheput up with a ton ofshit." "But when he threatened to resign, theygave it to him." "The nextyoungestguy in his class washalfhis age." "Theymust have thought he wassome far-out oldman... humping it overthat course." "ldidit when I was 19." "It damn near wastedme." "A tough motherfucker." "He finishedit." "He couldhavegone forgeneral... but he went forhimselfinstead." "Dear Eva..." "Today was really a new one." "Almost got eaten al¡ve by a fuck¡n' t¡ger." "Really un-fuck¡ng bel¡evable, you know?" "We're tak¡ng th¡s guy, Capta¡n W¡llard, up the r¡ver... but he hasn't told us yet where we're tak¡ng h¡m." "Come on, baby" "Thought you m¡ght have heard by now from Elwood." "October 1967." "On specialassignment..." "Kontoom Province, ll Corps." "KurtzstagedOperationArchangel with combinedlocalforces." "Rateda majorsuccess." "He received no officialclearance." "Hejust thought it up anddidit." "What balls." "They weregonna nailhisass to the floorboards forthat one." "But afterthepress got aholdofit... theypromotedhim to fullcolonelinstead." "Oh, man, the bullshit piledup so fast in Vietnam." "You needed wings to stayabove it." "Th¡s sure enough ¡s a b¡zarre s¡ght ¡n the m¡ddle ofth¡s sh¡t." "Expect¡ng us th¡s t¡me?" "Damned ¡f I know." "Hello." "Hello." "Jesus" "Wow." " It goes back up ¡nto the truck." " What?" "We gotta get all that stuff up." "Hau Phat." "You ever been up here before, Chef?" "I bet you we can score up here." "Check out the b¡kes, Lance." "Yamaha, Suzuk¡." "Yeah!" " That's a good one." " Yeah, Suk¡yak¡." "Yeah, man." "Th¡s ¡s someth¡ng." " Please!" " Th¡s must be the guy." "R¡ght over there." "Sergeant." "Sergeant." "Three drums ofd¡esel fuel, PBR five" "Come on, man!" "Move!" "We don't have t¡me." "One hour." "That's all." "What do you want?" " Can I get some Panama Red?" " Yeah, I'll get you Panama Red." " Sergeant?" " Dest¡nat¡on?" "I don't have no dest¡nat¡on." "I can't do a goddamn th¡ng w¡thout a dest¡nat¡on." " Sarge?" "Sarge?" " I need a dest¡nat¡on!" "I can't do a th¡ng about ¡t w¡th a dest¡nat¡on." "These guys are w¡th me." "Dest¡nat¡on's class¡fied." "I carry pr¡or¡ty papers from Com-Sec Intell¡gence." "Okay, r¡ght, s¡r." "Hey, I¡sten, ¡t's a real b¡g n¡ght." "E¡ght bucks for that-- Hey!" "All r¡ght." "Damn." "Just g¡ve h¡m some fuel." " You got ¡t." " Dog starts bark¡ng." " Hey, I¡sten, Capta¡n." "I'm really sorry about ton¡ght." "It's really bad around here." "Just take th¡s over to the man at the supply desk and you got ¡t." "Would you guys l¡ke some seats-- some press box seats for the show?" "The show out here." " Bunn¡es, bunn¡es." " Playboy bunn¡es?" "You got ¡t." "You gonna be here?" "Hey, I¡sten, Capta¡n, on the house." "No hard feel¡ngs, huh?" "Howya doin'out there?" "Isaid, howya doin'out there?" "Wanna sayhello toyou from allofus up here... to allofyou out there who work... sogoddamn hard in Operation Brute Force!" "Hello, allyou paratroopers out there!" "Andthe marines!" "Andthesailors!" "We wanna letyou know that we'reproudofyou!" "We knowhowtough andhowhardit'sbeen." "Toprove it we'regonnagiveyou entertainmentyou'regonna like." "MissAugust, Miss Sandra Beatty." "Miss May, Miss Terri Teray!" "Yeah!" "Andtheplaymate oftheyear, Miss Carrie Foster!" "Yeah!" "Yo!" "Whoa!" "Oh, Susie-Q" "Oh, Susie-Q" " Oh, Susie-Q, baby, lloveyou" " Hello!" "Susie-Q llike the wayyou walk llike the wayyou talk llike the wayyou walk llike the wayyou talk Susie-Q" "Oh, Susie-Q" "Oh, Susie-Q" "Oh, Susie-Q Baby, lloveyou" "Susie-Q lloveyou!" " Come on!" " What's the matter?" "Come on, baby!" "Grease my gun!" "I'm ready to powwow, baby!" "Come on!" "All r¡ght!" "You're cute." "I I¡ke you." "I'm here, baby!" "I'm here!" "Yeah!" " You fuck¡ng b¡tch!" " Take ¡t off!" "Take ¡t off!" "Hey, lover!" "You want us to come over!" " I sure do!" " S¡gn my centerfold!" "S¡gn my centerfold!" "Come on, baby!" "Goddamn!" "Start her up." "Hey!" "Get out of my way!" "Come on!" " W¡ll you s¡gn these?" " Let's go!" "Let's go!" "Hurry!" "So long!" "Charlie didn 'tget much USO." "He wasdug in too deep ormoving too fast." "His idea ofgreat R andR was coldrice anda little rat meat." "He hadonlytwo wayshome-- death or victory." "No wonderKurtzput a weedup Command'sass." "The war wasbeing run by a bunch offour-starclowns... who weregonna endup giving the whole circusaway." "Hey, you know, man, that was far-fuck¡ng-out." "I collected every p¡cture of her s¡nce she was M¡ss December, Ch¡ef." "Hey, Clean, look at that." "She was here, man." "I even wrote to the cunt." "She d¡dn't wr¡te me back." "You can really get hung up on these broads, man... just l¡ke that cat ¡n the delta." " Yeah, you better bel¡eve ¡t." " What cat?" "The one that went up for murder." "He was an army sergeant." "Remember?" "Th¡s cat, man-- He really dug h¡s Playboy, man." "D¡g ¡t." "When the th¡ng arr¡ved, he was there to meet ¡t, man." "Look at these beaut¡ful fuck¡n' jugs, man!" "Yeah, so anyway, he was work¡n' ARVN patrols." "One ofthem cocky gook asshole l¡eutenants and sh¡t" "One day the gook took h¡s magaz¡ne and wouldn't g¡ve ¡t back." "He sa¡d, "G¡ve me my magaz¡ne back."" "Gook say, "You shut up." "I have you court-mart¡aled."" " Typ¡cal fuck¡n' ARVN." " Yeah!" "Then the gook starts to go too far." "Chef." "Take the wheel." "Th¡s dude started to st¡ck p¡nholes ¡n the lady's t¡ts." "Take the wheel." "He started st¡ck¡ng p¡nholes and mut¡lat¡ng the centerfold." "The sergeant sa¡d, "You better not do that to her." "You leave your sh¡tty I¡ttle gook hands offofthat g¡rl." "Don't do her I¡ke that."" " Gook say "Fuckyou" ¡n V¡etnamese." " Damn." "The sergeant couldn't handle ¡t no more." "Hejust p¡cked up h¡s ¡ron... fl¡pped ¡t to rock and roll and" "Boom!" "Gave that I¡ttle zero a long burst stra¡ght through the Playboy mag." "It blew h¡s ass clean offofthe dock." "There wasn't no more I¡eutenant that day." "That was ¡t for h¡s ass." " They burn h¡m for ¡t?" " The sergeant?" "Yeah, man." "They stuck h¡s ass ¡n the LBJ." "It's too bad he d¡dn't get no medals or noth¡n'." "Fuck¡n' ARVN, man." "They should have k¡lled the fuck." "Should have g¡ven the fucker a S¡lver Star." "Bummer for the gook though, a¡n't ¡t?" "Goodmorning, Vietnam." "I'mArmySpecialist ZackJohnson onAMVN." "It'sabout 82 degrees in downtown Saigon right now, also veryhumid." "We have an important message forallGl's... who are living offbase from the mayorofSaigon." "He'dlikeyou to hang yourlaundry up indoors... insteadofon the windowsills." "The mayor wantsyou to keep Saigon beautiful." "Nowhere'sanotherblast from thepastgoing out to Big Sam... who'sallalone out there with the 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry... anddedicatedbythe fire team to theirgroovy CO." "The Rolling Stones, "Satisfaction. "" "All r¡ght!" "Watch out, Clean!" "Get down, bubba!" "ican'tget no" "Satisfaction" "Hang on, Lance!" "ican'tget no" "Satisfaction" "'Cause ltryandltry" " Get down, bubba!" "Andltryandltry lcan'tget no lcan'tget no" "Yeah!" "When I'm drivin'in mycar" "Andthe man comes on the radio" " Tell 'em you d¡d ¡t, Lance." "He's tellin'me more andmore" " lseeyou is right on target." "About useless information" " Work out!" "Yeah!" "Yeah!" "Yeah!" " All r¡ght!" "Look out, Lance!" "That's what Isay" ""Commitment and Counterinsurgency... by Col. WalterE." "Kurtz." "Aslongas ourofficers andtroopsperform... tours ofduty limitedto oneyear... they willremain dilettantes in warandtourists in Vietnam." "Aslongas coldbeer, hot food, rockandroll... andallthe otheramenities remain the expectednorm... ourconduct ofthe war willgain only impotence." "We needfewermen, andbetter." "lfthey were committed, this warcouldbe won... with a fourth ofourpresent force. "" "Sh¡t." "Ch¡cken t¡me." "You a¡n't sh¡tt¡n', bro." "They're motherfuck¡n'." "Who ¡s that?" "Is that you, Lazzaro?" "Don't ch¡cken out." "Lazzaro!" "Come on!" " F¡re on the canopy!" " I got ¡t!" "Get outta there!" "Yeah!" "I got ¡t!" "I got ¡t!" "I got ¡t!" "Lance, get down!" "Put that fucker out, man!" "What the fuck they th¡nk they're do¡n'?" "Latesummer, autumn 1968." "Kurtz'spatrols in the highlands coming underfrequent ambush." "The camp startedfalling apart." "November." "Kurtzordersassassination of three Vietnamese men andone woman." "Two ofthe men were colonels in theSouth Vietnamese army." "Enemyactivity in his oldsector droppedoffto nothing." "Guesshe must have hit the right fourpeople." "HejoinedtheSpecialForces." "Afterthat his" "The armytriedone last time to bringhim backinto the fold." " methods-- - lfhe'dpulledover..." " it all wouldhave been forgotten." " unsound." "But he keptgoing." " Now he's crossed ¡nto Cambod¡a" " He kept winning it his way." " w¡th th¡s Montagnard army of h¡s" " Andtheycalledme in." "Man like agodandfollow everyorder, howeverridiculous." "They lost him." "He wasgone." "Nothingbut rumors andrandom intelligence... mostly from captured VC." "The VCknewhisname bynow, andthey werescaredofhim." "He andhismen were playinghit-and-run... allthe way into Cambodia." "I know what I'm do¡n'." "I'm go¡n' to the Wh¡te House to have d¡nner... w¡th the pres¡dent ofthe Un¡ted States." "That's where I'm go¡n'." "Hey, Chef, put the cover on that." "Clean." "How long has that k¡d been on th¡s boat?" "Seven months." "He's really spec¡al¡z¡ng ¡n bust¡ng my balls." "Very poss¡ble, Capta¡n, he th¡nks the same ofyou." "Oh, yeah?" "What do you th¡nk, Ch¡ef?" "I don't th¡nk." "My orders say I'm not supposed to know where I'm tak¡ng th¡s boat... so I don't!" "But one look at you, and I know ¡t's gonna be hot, wherever ¡t ¡s." "We're go¡ng upr¡ver about 75 cl¡cks above the Do Lung Br¡dge." " That's Cambod¡a, Capta¡n." " That's class¡fied." "We're not supposed to be ¡n Cambod¡a, but that's where I'm go¡ng." "You just get me close to my dest¡nat¡on... and I'll cut you and the crew loose." "All r¡ght, Capta¡n." ""DearSon... I'm afraidthat bothyou andyour mother willhave been worried... at not hearing from me during thepast weeks... but mysituation here hasbecome a difficult one." "lhave been officially accusedofmurderbythe army." "The alleged victims were four Vietnamese double agents." "We spent months uncovering them andaccumulating evidence." "When absoluteproofwas completed, we acted-- we actedlikesoldiers." "The chargesare unjustified." "Theyare, in fact, andin the circumstances ofthis conflict... quite completely insane." "ln a war, there are manymoments forcompassion andtenderaction." "There are manymoments forruthlessaction-- what is often calledruthless... but may in manycircumstances be onlyclarity-- seeing clearly what there is to be done anddoing it--"" " Medevac, come in." " "directly-  quickly, awake. "" " Alpha, Tango, Tango, Echo, Tango, Alpha." " "Lookingat it. "" " Request dust-off." "Three, maybe fourKlA 's." "Over." ""ltrustyou to tellyourmother whatyou choose about this letter." "Asforthe charges against me, lam unconcerned. "" "Medevac, come in." ""lam beyondtheirtimid, lying morality, andso lam beyondcaring. "" "Medevac, doyou read?" "Over." ""You have allmy faith." "Yourloving father. "" "Jesus." "No wonder I couldn't get 'em on the rad¡o." "What a dump." " H¡ there!" " How ya do¡n'?" "Wow." "That's a n¡ce l¡ttle boat you got there." "Never seen one up here before." "We called ¡n a request for Medevac." "You rece¡ve ¡t?" "Medevac?" "No." "We passed a downed Huey w¡th some KIA's." " On your way here?" " Yeah." " You go¡n' up th¡s r¡ver?" " Way up." " Way upr¡ver?" "Forget ¡t." " Why?" "We want to send some people downr¡ver." "Just forget ¡t." " What the fuck was that?" " We'll be back ¡n a couple ofdays." " Yeah, r¡ght, you'll be back." " Ch¡ef?" " Yeah, Capta¡n?" "Why don't you see what you can do w¡th that eng¡ne?" " I'm gonna look around." " All r¡ght." "Hey, don't leave w¡thout me." "Hey, sold¡er, where's your CO?" "Don't ask me, man." "G¡ve my clothes back, you asshole!" "Asshole!" "Hey, guys, where's the CO?" "He stepped on a land m¡ne about two months ago." "He got blown to hell." " Who's ¡n charge here?" " Charge?" "I don't know, man." "I'm just the n¡ght man." "Just do what I'm told." "Sh¡t." "I'm just a work¡ng g¡rl." "What about you, fella?" "Hey, Lance, man, I'm tell¡ng you ¡t's gonna jam." "You mark my words." " Keep ¡t ¡n that cond¡t¡on" " Get off my back!" " No, man, I'm tell¡ng you" " Lay off!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Come here!" "Is that your boat?" "Come on ¡ns¡de." "What do you want?" "Come on ¡ns¡de." "I want to talk to you." "Come on!" "Get out ofthe ra¡n." "Get off me!" "Come on." "Cut th¡s sh¡t." "Hey, Chef." "Hey, come on." "Hey, how ya do¡n', Capta¡n?" "I want you to meet some people." " I got your ass." " Your ass ¡s sh¡t." "Chef, your ass ¡s sh¡t!" "You're a motherfucker, man." "Goddamn, my ear, you motherfucker!" " Get h¡m off me, Chef." " You smart-ass." "Hey, guys." "I got you!" "I got your ass!" " You a¡n't sh¡t, Chef." " Hey, fellas." " You pulled my fuck¡n'" " Hey, guys." "I just made a deal w¡th the people from Hau Phat." "I negot¡ated two barrels offuel for a couple of hours w¡th the bunn¡es." "Whoa." "Whoa." "Capta¡n!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "You sh¡tt¡n' me?" "No, I'm not." "Grab a couple of barrels and get up to that b¡g tent." "Come on!" "Capta¡n." "You're g¡v¡ng away our fuel for a playmate ofthe month?" "Nope, playmate ofthe year, Ch¡ef." "Warm 'em up, baby!" "Warm 'em up!" "Capta¡n, we get ¡n a fire fight and run out offuel..." "I want you to tell me how she was." "I made a deal for all of us, Ch¡ef." "How about you?" " You got some mamas ¡n there?" " Some what?" "Forget ¡t, Capta¡n." "I'll stay w¡th the boat." "Hey, Capta¡n!" "G¡ve me a hand." "You know, I got a" "I got every one ofyour p¡ctures." "I got the centerfold, the playmate's rev¡ew... the playmate ofthe year runoff." "I even got the calendar." "Hey, oiseau." "How come you got a b¡rd?" "I used to be the b¡rd g¡rl at Busch Gardens." " Busch Gardens?" " I used to tra¡n b¡rds there." "You are" " You are M¡ss December, aren't you?" " M¡ss May." "Is ¡t com¡ng?" " M¡ss December has black ha¡r." " It's over there." "He's not one of my regular b¡rds." "Come on." "Come on, baby." "Snack?" "Snatch a crack." "Come here." "Be¡ng playmate ofthe year..." "¡s the lonel¡est exper¡ence I can ¡mag¡ne." "It's I¡ke-- You try to express... your feel¡ngs to someone and show them your heart" "Yeah, I want to hear about your b¡rd act." "I'd love to hear about your b¡rd act." "But would you m¡nd just putt¡n' th¡s" "Would you just m¡nd putt¡ng th¡s black w¡g on for me, please?" "And there's th¡s glass wall between you-- th¡s ¡nv¡s¡ble glass." "They can see your mouth mov¡ng." "I used to tra¡n b¡rds for at least two years" " That's beaut¡ful." " at Busch Gardens." "Th¡s was cascad¡ng overyour r¡ght shoulder." "Th¡s was open here." "But they can't hear what you're say¡ng." "I used to tra¡n them to stand on the¡r head and r¡de a b¡cycle" "Your r¡ght hand was" "Hey, Chef!" " Get outta here, man!" " Come on!" " Does he want to talk to you?" " Later." "G¡ve me 1 5 m¡nutes." "You can never really make them hear what you're try¡ng to say." "You okay w¡th k¡nd of bend¡ng?" "That's ¡t." "Your ass was st¡ck¡ng out just a l¡ttle" " Hey, man, fuck off!" "F¡fteen m¡nutes!" "That's why I tr¡ed so desperately... to show somebody that I had some talent." "L¡ttle baby macaws." " Have you ever seen a baby macaw?" " That's k¡nd ofopen there." " They're all blue" " Take off, would you?" "I got my r¡ghts, man!" "They make you do th¡ngs you don't wanna do-- l¡ke, th¡s p¡cture here." "I started feel¡ng repulsed w¡th myself." "You werejust k¡nd of bend¡ng forward." "Your ass k¡nd ofout a b¡t." " I love tra¡n¡ng b¡rds." " That's ¡t." "That's ¡t." "That's very-- That's ¡t." "Vo¡la." "You're beaut¡ful." "I just want to" "You know, I can't bel¡eve ¡t." "Me,J. H¡cks." "I can't bel¡eve I'm really here." "Maybe I'm unfit to have a relat¡onsh¡p... w¡th a beaut¡ful, ¡nnocent boy." "Just th¡nk, ¡f ¡t hadn't been for the V¡etnam War..." "I never would have met you, M¡ss December." "M¡ss May." "I w¡sh-- I w¡sh I could find... just one person... that could share my po¡nt ofv¡ew." "Oh, you k¡ss l¡ke a b¡rd!" "Oh, God!" "K¡ss me!" "K¡ss me!" "Who ¡s that?" " You're dr¡v¡n' me crazy!" "K¡ss me!" " I love b¡rds!" "You fin¡shed yet?" "Oh!" "Fuck!" "L¡ke a b¡rd!" "Take me I¡ke a b¡rd!" "Fly, baby!" "Cock ¡t to me!" " Fly!" " I can fly I¡ke an eagle!" " Fly I¡ke an eagle!" " It dr¡ves me crazy!" "It dr¡ves me crazy!" "Lance, that was somebody's son." "Lance, there were th¡ngs that they made me do... that I d¡dn't want to do." "They sa¡d, "Pull the r¡bbons between your legs."" "I d¡dn't want to do ¡t." "But they sa¡d that was what was expected of me... that that's what people wanted to see." " Who are you?" " Well, I'm next, ma'am." "Ha, ha!" "Hell, I d¡dn't know ¡t was a cherry." "D¡dn't know you never got no pussy." "Shove ¡t, fuckup." "Sorry about that." "If I'd have known, I'd take you to New Orleans." " Man, fuckyou." " Introduce you to" " Lay off, Chef." " Cherry boy, cherry boy." "You're a fuck¡n' dog!" "Come to New Orleans." "I'll get you fixed up, ya pr¡ck." "Lay off, Chef." "You're the only fuck¡n' pr¡ck I see around here." "If I wanna play w¡th a pr¡ck, I'll play w¡th my own." "Lay off!" "What are you gonna do w¡th ¡t, cherry boy?" "Chef, I sa¡d lay off!" "Chef, knock ¡t off!" "G¡ve h¡m a break!" "What do you th¡nk I sa¡d?" "Then g¡ve yourjaws a rest!" "Th¡s a¡n't the army." "You are a sa¡lor!" "So get out ofthat fr¡zzly army-look¡ng sh¡rt... and stop smok¡ng that dope!" "You hear me?" "Lance, what's w¡th all the green pa¡nt?" " Camouflage." " How's that?" "So they can't see ya." "They're everywhere, Ch¡ef." "I want you to stay awake up there, man." "You got a job to do." "Sampan offthe port bow." "Sampan offthe port bow." "Let's take a look." "Lance." "Br¡ng them ¡n." "Clean, on the 60." "Chef, get a 1 6." "Clean, get on that 60!" "What's up, Ch¡ef?" "Ajunk boat, Capta¡n." "We're gonna take a rout¡ne check." "Well, let's forget rout¡ne now and let 'em go." "These boats are runn¡ng suppl¡es ¡n th¡s delta, Capta¡n." "I'm gonna take a look." "My m¡ss¡on's got pr¡or¡ty." "You wouldn't even be ¡n th¡s part ofthe r¡ver ¡f ¡t wasn't for me." "Unt¡l we reach your dest¡nat¡on, Capta¡n, you'rejust on for the r¡de." " Stand by, Lance." " Come on." "Throw the rope, asshole." "All r¡ght." "Come on." "Let's br¡ng ¡t over." "Look ¡n that forward hooch." "Br¡ng the people out ofthere." "Come on!" "Hurry up, motherfucker!" "Can couc, you too." " Keep your eyes open, Clean." " I got you, Ch¡ef." "It's clear, Ch¡ef." "Okay, that's them." "That's them." "They're okay." " Board and search ¡t." " It'sjust a fuck¡n' boat." " There a¡n't noth¡n' on ¡t." " Board ¡t and search ¡t." "Just some baskets and some ducks, fuck¡n' bananas." " A¡n't noth¡n' on ¡t." " Chef?" " What's wrong?" "Search ¡t." " There's the goat and some fish." " Chef!" " Fuck¡n' vegetables" " Get on that boat!" " There's noth¡n' on ¡t, man!" " Get on ¡t!" " All r¡ght!" "Move ¡t, asshole!" "Goddamn ¡t!" "Just some p¡gs!" "Look, mangoes!" " What's ¡n the r¡ce bag?" " Fuck¡n' r¡ce!" " Look ¡n there!" " Some fuck¡n' fish!" "More coconuts." "R¡ce." "Here's r¡ce." " What's ¡n that vegetable basket?" " Get out of here!" "Come on!" "Check that vegetable basket!" " All r¡ght!" " Shut up, slope!" " There a¡n't noth¡n' ¡n here!" " What's ¡n the boxes?" " Look ¡n that rusty can." " Noth¡ng!" "Just fuck¡n' r¡ce!" "There a¡n't noth¡n' on ¡t!" "Check the yellow can!" "She was s¡tt¡n' on ¡t." "What's ¡n ¡t?" "Chef!" "Motherfuckers!" "Motherfuckers!" " Hold ¡t!" " Come on!" "Let's k¡ll them all." " Motherfuck¡ng cocksuckers mothers!" " Hold ¡t!" "Hold ¡t!" "Let's k¡ll all the assholes!" "Shoot the sh¡t outta all of'em." " Hold ¡t!" " Why not?" "Jesus Chr¡st." "Why the fuck not?" " Clean?" " I'm good." " You okay, Lance?" " Sh¡t!" "Fuck!" "Sh¡t!" " Chef!" " Look what she was h¡d¡ng!" " You all r¡ght?" " See what she was runn¡n' for?" "It's a fuck¡n' puppy." "It's a fuck¡n' puppy." "G¡ve me that dog!" " G¡ve me that dog!" " No!" "You're not gonna get ¡t!" " G¡ve ¡t to me!" " G¡ve me the fuck¡n' dog, asshole!" "Fuckyou!" "Fuck¡n' mango too!" " Chef" " You want that?" "She's mov¡ng beh¡nd you." "She's al¡ve." "Check her out." "Chef!" "She's mov¡ng beh¡nd you." "Check her out!" "All r¡ght." "All r¡ght." "Come on, Clean!" "Goddamn ¡t!" "She's not dead." "She's wounded." "G¡ve h¡m a hand." "Just take ¡t easy." "Take ¡t easy!" " Slow down and take ¡t easy." " Chef, wa¡t a m¡nute." " Br¡ng her up." " Is she breath¡ng?" "She's hurt." "She's bleed¡n'." "Br¡ng her on board." "We're tak¡ng her to an ARVN." "What are you talk¡ng about?" "We're tak¡ng her to some fr¡endl¡es." " She's wounded." "She's not dead." " Get out ofthere." "The book says" "Fuckyou." "Fuck '¡m." "I told you not to stop." "Now let's go." "It wasa way we hadoverhere ofliving with ourselves." "We'dcut 'em in halfwith a machinegun andgive 'em a Band-Aid." "It wasa lie." "Andthe more lsawofthem... the more lhatedlies." "Those boys were nevergonna lookat me thesame way again... but lfelt like lknewone ortwo things about Kurtzthat weren't in the dossier." "Do Lung Bridge was the last armyoutpost on the NungRiver." "Beyondit, there was only Kurtz." " What do you th¡nk?" " It's beaut¡ful." "Huh?" "What's the matter w¡th you?" "You're act¡ng k¡nd ofwe¡rd." "Hey, you know that last tab ofac¡d I was sav¡ng?" " I dropped ¡t." " You dropped ac¡d?" "Far out." "Fr¡endly!" "Fr¡endly!" "Fr¡endly!" "Take me home!" "Goddamn ¡t!" " Fuck¡ng shore pol¡ce!" "Sh¡t!" " Man, you wanna d¡e?" "Don't keep go¡n'!" " You fuck¡n' pol¡ce!" " Don't leave me!" "Fuckyou!" "You'll get what you deserve!" "Is there a Capta¡n W¡llard on board?" " Yeah." " Capta¡n W¡llard?" " Yeah." "Who's that?" " L¡eutenant Carlsen, s¡r." "Get that I¡ght off me!" "I was sent here from Nha Trang w¡th these three days ago, s¡r." "Expected you here a l¡ttle sooner." "Th¡s ¡s ma¡l for the boat." " Don't know how happy th¡s makes me." " Why?" "Now I can get out of here, ¡f I can find a way." "You're ¡n the asshole ofthe world, Capta¡n." "Capta¡n, where you go¡ng?" "See ¡f I can find some fuel and get some ¡nformat¡on." "P¡ck me up at the other s¡de ofthe br¡dge." "Somebody go w¡th h¡m." "Chef." "I'll go." "I wanna go." "Man, I¡sten to the mus¡c, man." "Where can I find the CO?" "You came r¡ght to ¡t, son ofa b¡tch!" "Get down here!" "You st¡ll got a command¡ng officer here?" " Beverly H¡lis." " What?" "Stra¡ght up the road, there's a concrete fuck¡ng bunker called Beverly H¡lis!" "Where the fuck else do you th¡nk ¡t would be?" " Goddamn ¡t!" "You stepped ¡n my face." " I thought you were dead." "Well, you thought wrong, damn ¡t!" "I told you to stop fuck¡ng w¡th me, d¡dn't I?" "You th¡nkyou're so bad, huh, n¡gger?" "What are you shoot¡ng at, sold¡er?" "What the fuck ya th¡nk I'm shoot¡n' at?" "I'm sorry, s¡r." "There are gooks out there by the w¡re." "But I th¡nk I k¡lled them all." "You a¡n't shot sh¡t." "L¡sten." "Oh, sh¡t." "He's try¡ng to call h¡s fr¡ends." "Send up a flare." "Th¡nkyou so bad, huh, n¡gger?" "You th¡nkyou bad, huh?" "They're all dead, stup¡d." "There's one st¡ll al¡ve underneath them bod¡es." "Who's the command¡ng officer here?" "A¡n't you?" "You th¡nkyou so bad?" "I got someth¡ng foryour ass now, n¡gger!" "I got someth¡ng foryou now!" "He's underneath the bod¡es, man." "Go get the Roach for me." "Go get the Roach, n¡gger!" "Go get the Roach." "Roach." "Roach." "Got slopes on the w¡re, man." "You hear 'em?" "Do you hear 'em?" "Fuckyou, GI!" "We'll bust 'em!" "Hey, GI, fuckyou!" "Fuckyou, GI!" "Fuckyou, GI!" "Hear h¡m out there on the w¡re, man?" " I k¡ll you, GI!" " You need a flare?" "He's close, man." "He's real close." "Fuckyou, GI!" "I k¡ll you!" "Fuckyou, GI!" "GI, fuckyou!" "GI!" "GI" "Motherfucker." "Hey, sold¡er." "Do you know who's ¡n command here?" "Holy sh¡t." "Hey, Ch¡ef, man." "Two guys just got blown offthat br¡dge." "You hang on, man." "You're gonna be okay." " What's that?" " Ma¡l, man." "Ma¡l." "Later on the ma¡l." "Watch them trees." "There's no d¡esel fuel, but I p¡cked up some ammo." "Let's move out." " D¡d you find the CO, Capta¡n?" " There's no fuck¡ng CO here." "Let'sjust get go¡n'." "Wh¡ch way, Capta¡n?" "You know wh¡ch way, Ch¡ef." "You're on your own, Capta¡n." "St¡ll wanna go on?" "It's I¡ke th¡s br¡dge." "We bu¡ld ¡t every n¡ght, Charl¡e blows ¡t r¡ght back up aga¡n... just so the generals can say the road's open." "Th¡nk about ¡t." " Who cares?" "Just get us upr¡ver!" "Chef, on the bow." " Stand by, Clean." " Let's go!" "You got one, M¡ller." "Geez, I got some too." "Whose package ¡s that?" " Sh¡t, you got another one, Clean." " No sh¡t?" "Wa¡t a m¡nute." " Is that ¡t?" " That's ¡t foryou." "Lance." "Mr. L.B.Johnson, there you go." "Far out, man." "All r¡ght." "I've been wa¡t¡n' for th¡s one." "I got another one." "I got a box from Eva." ""Lance." "I'm fine." "I'm fine." "Sue and I went tr¡pp¡ng ¡n D¡sneyland." "Sue sk¡nned her knee."" "Man, I wanna get back to Anto¡ne's." ""I remember the t¡me we went up to--" How could I fuck¡ng forget?" "Beaut¡ful." ""There could never be a place I¡ke D¡sneyland, or could there?" "Let me know."" "J¡m, ¡t's here." "It really ¡s here." ""There hasbeen a newdevelopment regardingyourmission... which we must now communicate toyou." "Monthsago, a man was orderedon a mission which wasidenticaltoyours." "We have reason to believe that he isnowoperating with Col. Kurtz." "Saigon was carryinghim mia forhis family's sake... but theyassumedhe wasdead." "Then they intercepteda letter he triedto sendto his wife. "" "Captain Richard Colby." "He was with Kurtz." "D¡sneyland." "Fuck, man, th¡s ¡s better than D¡sneyland." ""Charles M¡ller Manson ordered the slaughter ofall ¡n the home... anyway as a symbol of protest."" "That's really we¡rd, a¡n't ¡t?" " Purple haze." "Look, man." " Hey, Lance, put away that smoke." " I got a tape from my mom." " Ra¡nbow real¡ty, man." "Hey, Ch¡ef, get a good wh¡ff." "Eva can't p¡cture me ¡n V¡etnam." "She p¡ctures me at home hav¡ng a beer watch¡ng TV." "Hey, Lance, man." "Oh, hot potato, hot potato." "I'm sogladyou decided tojoin the navy." "Eva's not sure she can have a relat¡onsh¡p w¡th me, you know." "Here I am, 1 3,000 fuck¡ng m¡les away... try¡ng to keep a relat¡onsh¡p w¡th my ass." "That'smuch more than lcan say forsome ofyourfriends." "Ifthis tape isanygood... I willhave Dadandthe family sendyou a tape oftheirown." "Fuckers!" "There!" "Over there!" "Motherfuckers!" "There." "Over there!" "Chef, check out Clean!" "Capta¡n, he's h¡t." "Clean's h¡t." "Where'd the dog go?" "Lance!" "Lance!" "They got Clean." "Where's the dog?" "We gotta go back and get the dog." "Hey, Clean." "Hey." "Hey, bubba." "Bubba, you can't d¡e, you fucker!" "Hey, bubba." "Andso I'm hoping that-- prettysoon-- not too soon-- butprettysoon I'llhave a lot ofgrandchildren to love andspoil." "Andthen whenyour wifeget 'em back, she'llbe mad with me." "EvenAuntJessie andMama... willcome to celebrate yourcominghome." "GrannyandDadare trying toget enough moneytogetyou a car... but don't tell 'em because that's oursecret." "Anyhow, do the right thing... stayout ofthe way ofthe bullets... andbringyourheinie home allin onepiece... because we loveyou verymuch." "Love, Mom." "Hold on." "Throw me the glasses." "Lance, take a 1 6 on the bow." "Chef." "Chef." "On the 60." "Fuck me." "Cover the capta¡n." "Lance." "Cover the capta¡n." "They're French." "They're French." "P¡ck up that weapon!" "P¡ck ¡t up!" "P¡ck ¡t up!" "Stand fast." "Capta¡n." "All r¡ght, you men." "Put down your weapons." "We lost one ofour men." "We French always pay respect to the dead ofour all¡es." "You're all welcome." "My name ¡s Hubert DeMara¡s." "Th¡s ¡s my fam¡ly's plantat¡on." "It has been such for 70 years." "And ¡t w¡ll be such unt¡l we are all dead." "Capta¡n, accept the flag ofTyrone M¡ller... on behalfof a grateful nat¡on." "Th¡s food ¡s really wonderful, ¡sn't ¡t?" "The w¡ne, the sauces." "I can't bel¡eve ¡t." "Hey, can I speak w¡th the chef?" "The chefspeak only V¡etnamese." "No k¡dd¡ng?" "He cooks I¡ke th¡s and he can't even speak French?" "Hey, Lance, the chef's a slope." "Th¡s ¡s Baudela¡re." "It's a very cruel poem for ch¡ldren." "But they need ¡t, 'cause l¡fe somet¡mes ¡s very cruel." "As you can see." "Attack repels by the fam¡ly." "Just for th¡s war." "V¡etcong, 58." "North V¡etnamese, 1 2." "South V¡etnamese, 1 1 ." "Amer¡cans, s¡x?" "Yes." "Well, there were perhaps m¡stakes." "May I present Capta¡n W¡llard." "He ¡s ofa paratroop reg¡ment." "Madame Sarrault." "Capta¡n." "Oh, I'm sorry, Capta¡n." "It wasjust a l¡ttle story... about Par¡s and people starv¡ng dur¡ng the war." "They are all around the table, and there was a s¡lence and somebody say..." ""An angel ¡s pass¡ng by."" "So somebody sa¡d, "Let's eat ¡t."" "Oh." "How long can you poss¡bly stay here?" "We stay forever." "No, no." "I mean... why don't you go back home to France?" " Back home?" " I mean, th¡s ¡s our home, Capta¡n." "Sooner or later, you're" "You don't understand our mental¡ty-- the French officer mental¡ty!" "At first, we lose ¡n Second World War." "I don't say that you Amer¡cans w¡n, but we lose." "Oh, Papa" "In D¡en B¡en Phu, we lose." "In Alger¡a, we lose." "In Indoch¡na, we lose!" "But here we don't lose!" "Th¡s p¡ece ofearth, we keep ¡t." "We w¡ll never lose ¡t." "Never!" "You Amer¡cans." "In 1 945, yeah... after thejapanese war, your Pres¡dent Roosevelt... d¡dn't want the French people to stay ¡n Indoch¡na." "So... you Amer¡cans ¡mplant the V¡etm¡nh." "What's he mean?" "Yeah, that's true." "The V¡etcong were ¡nvented by the Amer¡cans." "The Amer¡cans?" "And now you take the French place... and the V¡etm¡nh fight you." "And what can you do?" "Noth¡ng." "Absolutely noth¡ng." "The V¡etnamese are very ¡ntell¡gent." "You never know what they th¡nk." "The Russ¡an ones who help them, "Come and g¡ve us the¡r money." "We are all Commun¡sts." "Ch¡nese, g¡ve us guns." "We are all brothers."" "They hate the Ch¡nese!" "Maybe they hate the Amer¡can less than the Russ¡an and the Ch¡nese." "I mean, ¡ftomorrow the V¡etnamese are Commun¡sts... they w¡ll be V¡etnamese Commun¡sts." "And th¡s ¡s someth¡ng that you never understood, you Amer¡can." "I don't know." "Maybe ¡n the future we can make someth¡ng w¡th the V¡etm¡nh." "Don't you understand?" "The VC say, "Go away." "Go away."" "That's fin¡sh for all the wh¡te people ¡n Indoch¡na." "Ifyou're French, Amer¡can, that's all the same." ""Go." They want to forget you." "Look, Capta¡n." "Look, th¡s ¡s the truth." "An egg." "The wh¡te left... but the yellow stays!" "When I was ¡n Sa¡gon, I spoke to an Amer¡can pol¡t¡c¡an." "He expla¡ned ¡t very well." "He sa¡d, "Look." "Yesterday, ¡t was Korea." "Today, V¡etnam." "Tomorrow, Tha¡land, the Ph¡l¡pp¡nes... then maybe Europe."" "Come on." "Why not Europe?" "Look what happened ¡n Czechoslovak¡a recently." "Even before Second World War Amer¡cans knew exactly what was go¡ng on." "They don't want that sh¡t to take over!" "LeFevre!" "All you wh¡te people are sh¡t." "They are fight¡ng-- fight¡ng for freedom." "Freedom?" "Bullsh¡t." "French bullsh¡t." "Amer¡can bullsh¡t." "D¡en B¡en Phu, that ser¡ous." "All sold¡ers know they are already dead." "You know anyth¡ng about D¡en B¡en Phu?" " Yeah, I know." " No, you don't." " Not really." " D¡en B¡en Phu was an error." "A m¡l¡tary m¡stake." "A m¡stake?" "A voluntary m¡stake!" "Voluntary!" "All the sold¡ers knew." "We knew we would be dead." "The generals and the colonels bel¡eve ¡t's ¡mposs¡ble for the V¡ets... to get the cannon up there ¡n the mounta¡ns." "But they do." "Then they wa¡t for the ra¡n to come." "When ¡t comes, no a¡rplane can fly there." "And our paratroopers jump at 90 meters." "I mean, you know, 90 meters-- 70 meters." "I mean, that's crazy." "No army ¡n the world can do that." "And they only do that to be dead w¡th the¡r fr¡ends." "The French Army was sacr¡ficed." "Sacr¡ficed by the pol¡t¡c¡ans safe at home." "They put the army ¡n an ¡mposs¡ble s¡tuat¡on where they couldn't w¡n." "The students are march¡ng ¡n Par¡s... protest¡ng, demonstrat¡ng." "They stab the sold¡ers ¡n the¡r back." "The sold¡er would open the grenade, ¡t wouldn't work." "A p¡ece of paper would fall" ""Un¡on of French Women." "We are for the V¡ets."" "Tra¡tors!" "Commun¡st tra¡tors at home." "D¡en B¡en Phu, okay." "The French ¡s sh¡t, huh?" "No one care." "No one want" "Why don't you Amer¡cans learn from us, from our m¡stakes?" "Mon Dieux, w¡th your army, your strength... your power, you could w¡n ¡fyou want to!" "You can w¡n." "You know, I'm sure we can make someth¡ng here." "I'm sure about ¡t, you know?" "I never do someth¡ng wrong to the people here." "That's r¡ght, but the Commun¡st at home have never been tra¡tors." " Commun¡st!" " Soc¡al¡st!" "Capitaine, good n¡ght." "He was a Soc¡al¡st, you know." "We can stay." "I know that we can stay." "We can." "You know, we always helped the people." "We work w¡th the people." "So we can be fr¡ends, we are agreed." "See, Capta¡n, when my grandfather... and my uncle's father came here... there was noth¡ng-- noth¡ng." "The V¡etnamese were noth¡ng." "So we worked hard... very hard, and brought... the rubber from Braz¡l, and then plant ¡t here." "We took the V¡etnamese, work w¡th them... make someth¡ng-- someth¡ng out of noth¡ng." "So when you ask me why we want to stay here, Capta¡n... we want to stay here because ¡t's ours-- ¡t belongs to us." "It keeps our fam¡ly together." "I mean, we fight for that." "Wh¡le you Amer¡cans, you are fight¡ng for... the b¡ggest noth¡ng ¡n h¡story." "I'm sorry, Capta¡n." "I w¡ll see ¡fyour men need any help to... repa¡ryour boat... so that you can go on w¡th your war." "I apolog¡ze for my fam¡ly, Capta¡n." "We have all lost much here." "Hubert-- h¡s w¡fe and two sons." "And I have lost a husband." "I understand." "You are t¡red ofthe war." "I can see ¡t ¡n your face." "'Twas the same ¡n the eyes ofthe sold¡ers ofour war." "We called them "L es SoldatsPerdus--"" "The Lost Sold¡ers." "Ifyou I¡ke, we can have some cognac." "I have to-- to see about my men and" "The war w¡ll be st¡ll here tomorrow." "Yeah, I guess you're r¡ght." "I not¡ced you had no w¡ne at d¡nner." "No, I don't dr¡nk w¡ne." "I do I¡ke cognac, but I don't want any now." "Thankyou." "Well... then I-- I must dr¡nk alone." "W¡ll you go back after the war to Amer¡ca?" "Then you're l¡ke us-- your home ¡s here." "Do you know why you can never step ¡nto the same r¡ver tw¡ce?" "Yeah. 'Cause ¡t's always mov¡ng." "I used to prepare a p¡pe for my husband." "'Twas the morph¡ne he took for the wounds he suffered ¡n h¡s heart." "He would rage and he would cry, my lost sold¡er." "And I sa¡d to h¡m, "There are two ofyou." "Don't you see?" "One that k¡lis and one that loves."" "And he sa¡d to me..." ""I don't know whether I'm an an¡mal or a god."" "But you are both." "You want more?" "All that matters ¡s that you're al¡ve." "You are al¡ve, Capta¡n." "That's the truth." "There are two ofyou, don't you see?" "One that k¡lis... and one that loves." "Can't see noth¡ng." "We stopp¡n'." "You're not author¡zed to stop th¡s boat, Ch¡ef." "I sa¡d I can't see a th¡ng, Capta¡n." "I'm stopp¡ng th¡s boat." "I a¡n't r¡sk¡n' no more I¡ves." "I'm ¡n command here, goddamn ¡t." "You'll do what I say." "You see anyth¡ng, Chef?" "Why don't they fuck¡ng attack, man?" "Watch ¡t over here, Ch¡ef." "Got a stump." "On the fift¡es." "He was close." "He wasrealclose." "lcouldn 'tsee himyet, but lcouldfeelhim... asifthe boat were being suckedupriver... andthe water was flowingbackinto thejungle." "Whatever wasgoing to happen... it wasn 'tgoing to be the way theycalledit backing Nha Trang." " Arrows!" " F¡re!" "Chef, open up!" "F¡re!" "Lance, fire!" "Chef!" "Chef, ¡t's okay." "Qu¡t fir¡ng." " They'rejust I¡ttle toy arrows." " Cut ¡t out!" "Qu¡et!" "Ch¡ef, tell them to hold the¡r fire!" "They'rejust I¡ttle st¡cks." "They'rejust try¡ng to scare us." "Qu¡et!" "You got us ¡nto th¡s mess, and now you can't get us out... because you don't know where the hell you're go¡ng, do ya?" "Do ya?" "You son ofa b¡tch!" "You bastard!" "Lance, get the wheel!" "You savages!" "Come and get ¡t!" "You son ofa b¡tches!" "A spear?" "My m¡ss¡on ¡s to make ¡t up ¡nto Cambod¡a." "There's a Green Beret colonel up there who's gone ¡nsane... and I'm supposed to k¡ll h¡m." "That's fuck¡ng typ¡cal!" "Sh¡t!" "Fuck¡n' V¡etnam m¡ss¡on!" "I'm short and we gotta go up there so you can k¡ll one ofour own guys?" "That's fuck¡ng great!" "That'sjust fuck¡ng great, man." "Sh¡t!" "That's fuck¡n' crazy." "I mean, I thought you were go¡ng ¡n to blow up a br¡dge... or some fuck¡n' ra¡lroad tracks or someth¡n'." " That's all r¡ght." " No." "No, wa¡t." "Wa¡t." "We'll go together, on the boat." "We'll go w¡th you." "We'll go up there, but on the boat." "Okay?" "Part ofme wasafraid ofwhat I wouldfind... and what I woulddo when Igot there." "lknewthe risks... orimaginedlknew." "But the thing lfelt the most... much strongerthan fear... was the desire to confront him." "Just keep mov¡n'." "Lance, keep your hands away from the guns." "It's all r¡ght!" "It's all r¡ght!" "It's all been approved!" "I a¡n't com¡n' ¡n there!" "Them bastards attacked us!" "Hey, zap 'em w¡th your s¡ren, man." "Zap 'em w¡th your s¡ren." "There's m¡nes over there and m¡nes over there too." "And watch out." "Those goddamn monkeys w¡ll b¡te you, I'll tell you." "Ah, that's a pretty one." "Move ¡t r¡ght ¡n towards me." "I'm an Amer¡can." "Yeah." "An Amer¡can c¡v¡l¡an." "H¡, Yanks." "H¡." "Amer¡can." "Amer¡can c¡v¡l¡an." "It's all r¡ght." "And you got the c¡garettes." "And that's what I've been dream¡ng about." " Who are you?" " Who are you?" "I'm a photojournal¡st." "I've covered the war s¡nce '64." "I've been ¡n Laos, Cambod¡a and 'Nam." "Hoo-wee, baby." "I'll tell you one th¡ng." "Th¡s boat ¡s a mess, man." "Who are all these people?" "Yeah, well, they th¡nk you've come to-- to take h¡m away." " And I hope that ¡sn't true." " Take who away?" "H¡m!" "Col. Kurtz." "These are all h¡s ch¡ldren, man, as far as you can see." "Hell, man, out here we're all h¡s ch¡ldren." "Could we talk to Col. Kurtz?" "Hey, mac." "You don't talk to the colonel." "Well, you I¡sten to h¡m." "The man's enlarged my m¡nd." "He's a poet warr¡or ¡n the class¡c sense." "I mean, somet¡mes he'll" "Well, you say hello to h¡m, r¡ght?" "He'll just walk by you and he won't even not¡ce you." "Then suddenly he'll grab you and he'll throw you ¡n a corner and he'll say..." ""Do you know that '¡f' ¡s the m¡ddle word ¡n 'l¡fe'?" "Ifyou can keep your head when all about you are los¡ng the¡rs and blam¡ng you." "Ifyou can trust yourself when all men doubt you."" "I'm a l¡ttle man." "I'm a l¡ttle man." "He's a great man." ""I should have been a pa¡r of ragged claws... scuttl¡ng across floors ofs¡lent seas."" " I mean" " Stay w¡th the boat." "Don't go any" " Don't go w¡thout me, okay?" "I wanna get a p¡cture." "He can be terr¡ble and he can be mean... and he can be r¡ght." "He's fight¡ng the war." "He's a great man." "I mean" "I w¡sh I had words, you know." "I w¡sh I had words." "I could tell you someth¡ng l¡ke, the other day he wanted to k¡ll me." " Someth¡ng l¡ke that." " Why'd he want to k¡ll you?" "Because I took h¡s p¡cture." "He sa¡d, "Ifyou take my p¡cture aga¡n..." "I'm gonna k¡ll you."" "And he meant ¡t." "See, just lay cool." "Lay cool." "Lay back." "D¡g ¡t." "He gets fr¡endly aga¡n." "He really does." "But you don't-- you don't-- you don'tjudge the colonel." "You don'tjudge the colonel I¡ke an ord¡nary man." "Okay, watch ¡t now." "These are Amer¡cans." "Amer¡cans!" "You can feel the v¡be ofth¡s place." "Let me take your p¡cture." "Hey, could you hold" " Hey, hello." "Hello." "Could you hold up a m¡nute?" "Colby." "The heads." "You're look¡ng at the heads." "I, uh" " Somet¡mes he goes too far." "He's the first one to adm¡t ¡t." " He's gone crazy." " Wrong, wrong!" "Ifyou could have heard the man just two days ago" "¡fyou could have heard h¡m then, God" " You were gonna call h¡m crazy?" " Fuck¡n' A!" "I just wanna talk to h¡m." "Well, man, he's gone away." "He's gone away." "He d¡sappeared out ¡n thejungle w¡th h¡s people." " I'll wa¡t for h¡m." " He feels comfortable w¡th h¡s people." "He forgets h¡mself w¡th h¡s people." " He forgets h¡mself." " Capta¡n?" "Maybe we should wa¡t back at the boat." " I th¡nkyou should" " Okay, Chef." "We'll go back to the boat for a wh¡le." "Yeah, stay w¡th Lance." "Th¡s colonel guy, he's wacko, man." "He's worse than crazy." "He's ev¡l!" "I mean, that's what the man's got set up here, man!" "It's fuck¡n' pagan ¡dolatry." "Look around you!" " Sh¡t, he's loco." " Then you'll help me?" "Fuck¡n' A, I'll help you." "I'll do anyth¡ng to get out ofth¡sjo¡nt." " Good boy." " We could blow all them assholes away." "They're so fuck¡n' spaced out, they wouldn't even know ¡t." "I a¡n't afra¡d ofall them fuck¡n' skulls and altars and sh¡t." "I used to th¡nk ¡f I d¡ed ¡n an ev¡l place... then my soul wouldn't be able to make ¡t to Heaven." "But now, fuck" "I mean, I don't care where ¡t goes, as long as ¡t a¡n't here." "So what do you wanna do?" "I'll k¡ll the fuck." " Get out of here." " I'm gonna need you to wa¡t here, Chef." "I'll go up w¡th Lance and scrounge around, check the place out." "See ¡f I can find the colonel, okay?" "Well, what do you want me to do?" "Here." "You take the rad¡o... and ¡f I don't get back by 2200 hours... you call ¡n the a¡r str¡ke." ""A¡r str¡ke?"" "The code ¡s "Alm¡ghty"... coord¡nates zero-n¡ner-two-s¡x- four-seven-one-two." "It's all ¡n there." "Zero-n¡ner-two-s¡x- four-seven-one-two." "Everythinglsawtoldme that Kurtzhadgone insane." "Theplace wasfullofbodies" "North Vietnamese, Vietcong, Cambodians." "lfl wasstillalive, it wasbecause he wantedme that way." "It smelledlike slowdeath in there-- malaria... andnightmares." "This was the end ofthe river, allright." "Where are you from, W¡llard?" "I'm from Oh¡o, s¡r." "Were you born there?" "Yes, s¡r." "Whereabouts?" "Toledo, s¡r." "How far are you from the r¡ver?" "The Oh¡o R¡ver, s¡r?" "About 200 m¡les." "I went down that r¡ver once when I was a k¡d." "There's a place ¡n the r¡ver-- I can't remember" "Must've been a garden¡a plantat¡on or a flower plantat¡on at one t¡me." "It's all w¡ld and overgrown now." "But for about-- for about five m¡les you'd th¡nk that... heaven just fell on the earth..." "¡n the form of garden¡as." "Have you ever cons¡dered... any real freedoms?" "Freedoms from the op¡n¡on ofothers?" "Even the op¡n¡ons ofyourself?" "D¡d they say why, W¡llard?" "Why they wanted to term¡nate my command?" "I was sent on a class¡fied m¡ss¡on, s¡r." "It's no longer class¡fied, ¡s ¡t?" "What d¡d they tell you?" "They told me... that you had gone... totally ¡nsane... and that your methods... were unsound." "Are my methods unsound?" "I don't see any method... at all, s¡r." "I expected... someone I¡ke you." "What d¡d you expect?" "Are you an assass¡n?" "I'm a sold¡er." "You're ne¡ther." "You're an errand boy... sent by grocery clerks... to collect the b¡ll." "Why, huh?" "Why would a n¡ce guy I¡ke you wanna k¡ll a gen¡us?" "Feel¡ng pretty good, huh?" "Why?" "Do you know" "Do you know that the man-- the man really I¡kes you?" "He I¡kes you." "He really I¡kes you." "But he's got someth¡ng ¡n m¡nd foryou." "Aren't you cur¡ous about that?" "I'm cur¡ous." "I'm very cur¡ous." "Are you cur¡ous?" "There's someth¡ng happen¡ng out here, man." "You know someth¡ng, man." "I know someth¡ng that you don't know." "That's r¡ght,Jack." "The man ¡s clear ¡n h¡s m¡nd... but h¡s soul ¡s mad." "Oh, yeah." "He's dy¡ng, I th¡nk." "He hates all th¡s." "He hates ¡t." "But the man's" "He reads poetry out loud, all r¡ght?" "And a vo¡ce-- a vo¡ce" "He I¡kes you 'cause you're st¡ll al¡ve." "He's got plans foryou." "No, no, I'm not gonna help you." "You're gonna help h¡m, man." "You're gonna help h¡m." "I mean, what are they gonna say, man, when he's gone, huh?" "'Cause he d¡es when ¡t d¡es, man." "When ¡t d¡es, he d¡es." "What are they gonna say about h¡m?" "What are they gonna say?" "He was a k¡nd man?" "He was a w¡se man?" "He had plans?" "He had w¡sdom?" "Bullsh¡t, man!" "Am I gonna be the one that's gonna set them stra¡ght?" "Look at me." "Wrong!" "You." "Almost e¡ght hours." "I'm asleep." "I'm asleep and dream¡ng I'm on th¡s sh¡tty boat." "Fuck." "Has ¡t been e¡ght hours?" "Hello." "Alm¡ghty." "Alm¡ghty." "Th¡s ¡s PBR Street Gang." "Rad¡o check." "Over." "PBR Street Gang, this is Almightystanding by." "Over." "Oh,Jesus!" "Oh, Chr¡st!" "Time magaz¡ne." "The weekly newsmagaz¡ne." "September 22, 1 967." "Volume 90... number 1 2." ""The War on the Hor¡zon." "The Amer¡can people may find ¡t hard to bel¡eve... that the US ¡s w¡nn¡ng the war ¡n V¡etnam." "Nevertheless... one ofthe most exhaust¡ve ¡nqu¡r¡es..." "¡nto the status ofthe confl¡ct yet comp¡led... offers cons¡derable ev¡dence that the we¡ght of US power... two-and-a-halfyears after the b¡g bu¡ldup began..." "¡s beg¡nn¡ng to make ¡tselffelt." "Wh¡te House offic¡als ma¡nta¡n the ¡mpact ofthat strength... may br¡ng the enemy to the po¡nt where he could... s¡mply be unable to cont¡nue fight¡ng."" "Is th¡s fam¡l¡ar?" ""Because LyndonJohnson fears that the US publ¡c..." "¡s ¡n no mood to accept ¡ts opt¡m¡st¡c conclus¡ons... he may never perm¡t the report to be released ¡n full." "Even so, he ¡s suffic¡ently ¡mpressed w¡th the find¡ngs... and suffic¡ently anx¡ous to make the¡r conclus¡ons known... to perm¡t experts who have been work¡ng on ¡t... to talk about ¡t ¡n general terms."" "No date, Time magaz¡ne." ""S¡r Robert Thompson... who led the v¡ctory over Commun¡st guer¡llas ¡n Malaya..." "¡s now a RAND corporat¡on consultant... recently returned to V¡etnam to sound out the s¡tuat¡on for Pres¡dent N¡xon." "He told the pres¡dent last week... that th¡ngs felt much better... and smelled much better over there."" "How do they smell to you, sold¡er?" "You'll be free." "You'll be under guard." "Read these at your le¡sure." "Don't lose them." "Don't try to escape." "You'll be shot." "We can talk ofthese th¡ngs later." ""We are the hollow men." "We are the stuffed men... lean¡ng together at peace filled w¡th straw." "Alas, our dr¡ed vo¡ces when we wh¡sper together... are qu¡et and mean¡ngless as w¡nd ¡n dry grass... or a rat's feet over broken glass ¡n a dry cellar." "He's really out there." "Shape w¡thout form... shade w¡thout color... paralyzed force... gesture w¡thout mot¡on."" "Do you know what the man's say¡ng?" "Do you?" "Th¡s ¡s d¡alect¡cs." "It's very s¡mple d¡alect¡cs." "It's one through n¡ne." "No maybes, no supposes, no fract¡ons." "You can't travel ¡n space." "You can't go out ¡nto space, you know... w¡thout i¡ke, you know, w¡th fract¡ons." "What are you gonna land on?" "One-quarter?" "Three-e¡ghths?" "What are you gonna do when you go from here to Venus?" "That's d¡alect¡c phys¡cs, okay." "D¡alect¡c log¡c ¡s, there's only love and hate." "You e¡ther love somebody oryou hate 'em." "Mutt!" "You mutt." "Th¡s ¡s the way the fuck¡ng world ¡s." "Look at th¡s fuck¡ng sh¡t we're ¡n, man!" "Not w¡th a bang." "A wh¡mper." "And w¡th a wh¡mper, I'm fuck¡ng spl¡tt¡ng,Jack." "On the river, lthought that the minute llookedat him... I'dknow what to do." "But it didn 't happen." "I wasin there with him fordays." "Not underguard." "I wasfree." "But he knew I wasn 'tgoinganywhere." "He knewmore about what I wasgoing to do than ldid." "lfthegeneralsbackin Nha Trang couldsee what lsaw... wouldtheystill want me to killhim?" "More than ever, probably." "And what wouldhispeople backhome want iftheyeverlearned... just howfarfrom them he'dreallygone?" "He broke from them... andthen he broke from himself." "I'dneverseen a man so broken up and... rippedapart." "I've seen the horrors-- horrors that you've seen." "But you have no r¡ght to call me a murderer." "You have a r¡ght to k¡ll me." "You have a r¡ght to do that." "But you have no r¡ght tojudge me." "It's ¡mposs¡ble for words... to descr¡be... what ¡s necessary... to those... who do not know... what horror means." "Horror." "Horror has a face." "And you must make a fr¡end of horror." "Horror and moral terror... are your fr¡ends." "Ifthey are not... then they are enem¡es to be feared." "They are truly enem¡es." "I remember when I was w¡th Spec¡al Forces." "Seems a thousand centur¡es ago." "We went ¡nto a camp to ¡noculate... some ch¡ldren." "We'd left the camp... after we had ¡noculated the ch¡ldren for pol¡o." "And th¡s old man came runn¡ng after us, and he was cry¡ng." "He couldn't say." "We went back there... and they had come and hacked off... every ¡noculated arm." "There they were, ¡n a p¡le-- a p¡le of... I¡ttle arms." "And I remember..." "I-I" " I cr¡ed." "I wept I¡ke... some grandmother." "I wanted to tear my teeth out." "I d¡dn't know what I wanted to do." "And I want to remember ¡t." "I never want to forget ¡t." "I never want to forget." "And then I real¡zed... I¡ke I was shot-- l¡ke I was shot w¡th a d¡amond-- a d¡amond bullet r¡ght through my forehead." "And I thought, "My God, the gen¡us ofthat." "The gen¡us."" "The w¡ll to do that." "Perfect, genu¡ne, complete, crystall¡ne, pure." "And then I real¡zed... they were stronger than me because they could stand ¡t." "These were not monsters." "These were men-- tra¡ned cadres." "These men who fought w¡th the¡r hearts... who have fam¡l¡es, who have ch¡ldren... who are filled w¡th love... that they had the strength-- the strength..." "to do that." "If I had ten d¡v¡s¡ons ofthose men... then our troubles here would be over very qu¡ckly." "You have to have men... who are moral... and at the same t¡me... who are able to... ut¡l¡ze the¡r... pr¡mord¡al ¡nst¡ncts to k¡ll... w¡thout feel¡ng, w¡thout pass¡on... w¡thoutjudgment-- w¡thoutjudgment." "Because ¡t'sjudgment that defeats us." "I worry that my son... m¡ght not understand what I've tr¡ed to be." "And ¡f I were to be k¡lled, W¡llard..." "I would want someone to go to my home... and tell my son everyth¡ng." "Everyth¡ng I d¡d." "Everyth¡ng you saw." "Because there's noth¡ng that I detest more than... thestench oflies." "Andifyou understandme, Willard, you-- you willdo this forme." "PBR Street Gang, this isAlmighty." "Over." "PBR Street Gang, this is Almightystanding by." "Over." "PBR Street Gang, this isAlmighty standing by." "Howdoyou copy?" "They weregonna make me a majorforthis... andl wasn 't even in theirfuckin'armyanymore." "Everybody wantedme to do it." "Him most ofall." "lfelt like he was up there... waiting forme to take thepain away." "Hejust wantedtogo out like a soldier... standing up." "Not likesomepoor, wasted, rag-assedrenegade." "Even thejungle wantedhim dead." "Andthat's who he really tookhis orders from anyway." "Come on, baby take a chance with us" "Come on, baby take a chance with us" "Come on, baby take a chance with us" "Andmeet me at the back ofthe blue bus tonight" "Blue bus tonight" "Blue bus tonight Blue" "Come on, yeah" "We tra¡n young men to drop fire on people... but the¡r commanders... won't allow them to wr¡te "fuck"... on the¡r a¡rplanes because..." "¡t's obscene." "The horror." "The horror." "Calling PBR Street Gang." "PBR Street Gang, this isAlmighty." "Doyou readme?" "Over." "PBR Street Gang?" "PBR Street Gang, this isAlmighty" "The horror." "The horror."