Apocalypse Now Edit

A bad hand, there. Are you wounded?

A cook school, that did it.

A diamond bullet right through my forehead.

A great saucier.

A humanitarian man.

A junk boat, Captain. We're gonna take a routine check.

A man of wit and humor.

A mistake? A voluntary mistake! Voluntary!

A piece of paper would fall.

A spear.

A tough motherfucker. He finished it.

A two of spades, three of spades, four of diamonds,

A type of plastic patrol boat, a pretty common sight on the rivers.

About 200 miles.

About six months ago,

About the only thing that's holding his guts in, sir,

Absolutely goddamn right.

Ain't you?

Air strike?

Airborne?

Airborne.

All glory and honor is yours, Almighty Father. Amen.

All I wanted to do was fucking cook!

All of it, boiling it. I looked inside, man. It was turning gray.

All of us lined up, looking at it.

All right, Captain.

All right, Chef, just wait a minute. Wait a minute, Chef.

All right, let's see what we have. Let's see what we have.

All right, now. Let me take care of this. You all right? Get that out of here!

All right, son, let her rip.

All right, take a gunship back to the division.

All right, that's great, you motherfuckers. Yeah.

All right, then. But if you could hang around just 20 minutes...

All right, this is Fox Five. We're going in.

All right, you men, put down your weapons.

All right!

All right. All right.

All right. Come on. Let's bring it over.

All right. Damn.

All right. You got a destination? I need a destination.

All soldiers know they are already dead.

All that matters is that you are alive.

Almost eight hours.

Along the edge

Alpha Tango Tango. Echo Tango Alpha...

Am I gonna be the one that's gonna set them straight? Look at me. Wrong!

American civilian. It's all right.

Americans, six.

Americans!

An American civilian. Hi, Yanks.

And a voice, a voice...

And about a mile out, we'll put on the music.

And after that,

And at the same time, who are able

And blew his ass clean off of the dock.

And bring me my Yater Spoon, the 8'6".

And bring your heinie home all in one piece

And dedicated by the fire team at An Khe to their groovy CO...

And every minute Charlie squats in the bush,

And follow every order, however ridiculous.

And for my sins, they gave me one.

And good does not always triumph.

And he is still in the field, commanding troops.

And he said to me,

And he was a good man, too.

And he'll just walk right by you and he won't even notice you.

And I have lost a husband.

And I remember,

And I said to him,

And I think the light and space of Vietnam

And I thought, "My God, the genius of that. The genius."

And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it.

And I wasn't even in their fucking Army anymore.

And I'm supposed to kill him.

And if he'd pulled over, it all would have been forgotten.

And if his story is really a confession...

And if I were to be killed, Willard,

And if you understand me, Willard, you will do this for me.

And it will be such until we are all dead.

And mutilating the centerfold and all kinds of shit like that.

And now, here's another blast from the past

And one day, the gook took his magazine from him and wouldn't give it back to him.

And people starving during the war.

And practical military necessity.

And surviving.

And terminate the Colonel's command.

And that was okay.

And that your methods were unsound.

And that's who he really took his orders from anyway.

And the Marines! And the sailors!

And the more I read and began to understand, the more I admired him.

And the Playmate of the Year, Miss Carrie Foster! Yeah!

And the sergeant said, "You better not do that to her.

And the water was flowing back into the jungle.

And then I realized

And then I realized, like I was shot,

And then suddenly he'll grab you, he'll throw you in a corner and he'll say,

And then when your wife get them back, she'll be mad with me.

And they call me an assassin.

And they couldn't talk him out of it.

And they had come and hacked off every inoculated arm.

And they only do that to be dead with their friends.

And things started to slip.

And this ain't the Army. You are a sailor!

And this is something that you never understood, you Americans.

And this old man came running after us, and he was crying, he couldn't see.

And to prove it, we're gonna give you some entertainment we know you're gonna like.

And turned the LZ into a beach party.

And very obviously he has gone insane.

And watch out. Those goddamn monkeys bite you, I'll tell you.

And we have an important message for all GIs

And what would his people back home want,

And when it was all over, I walked up.

And when it was over, I'd never want another.

And with a whimper, I'm fucking splitting, jack.

And you can get any place up that river that suits you, young Captain.

And you got the cigarettes. And that's what I've been dreaming about.

And you must make a friend of horror.

Any man brave enough to fight with his guts strapped on him

Any more than being back in Saigon was an accident.

Anyhow, do the right thing, stay out of the way of the bullets,

Are my methods unsound?

Are you an assassin?

Aren't you curious about that?

Army after army.

Arrested for murder.

Arrows!

As if the boat were being sucked upriver

As you can see...

Assume attack formation.

At first, I thought they handed me the wrong dossier.

At first, we lose in Second World War.

Battle stations. Lance, up front! On the .60, Clean!

Beautifully marbled.

Became

Because I took his picture.

Because it's judgment that defeats us.

Because life sometimes is very cruel.

Because there's a conflict in every human heart

Because there's nothing that I detest more than the stench of lies.

Because we love you very much. Love, Mama.

Because you don't know where the hell you're going, do you?

Between good and evil.

Between the rational and the irrational,

Beyond that, there was only Kurtz.

Big Duke Six to Eagle Thrust, put on heading 2 7 0.

Big Duke Six to Eagle Thrust, put on psy war op, make it loud.

Big Duke Six, clear the area. I'm coming down myself.

Big Duke Six, roger. Dove One Three, stand by.

Big Duke Six, this is Dove One Three.

Big Duke Six, this is Eagle Thrust Seven. We've got it spotted.

Blow them into the Stone Age, son!

Blue Three, Blue Four, hold out over position...

Board it and search it.

Bring her on board. We're taking her to an ARVN.

Bring in all your ships.

Bring them in. Clean, on the .60. Chef, get a .16.

Brought it up to me like room service.

Bubba, you can't die, you fucker!

Buddha time, here.

Bummer for the gook, though, ain't it?

But after the press got a hold of it, they promoted him to full colonel instead.

But don't tell her, because that's our secret.

But for about five miles, you'd think that heaven just fell on the Earth,

But here, we don't lose.

But I couldn't connect up that voice with this man.

But I felt like I knew one or two things about Kurtz

But I really didn't know what I'd do when I found him.

But I think he would have shot us if he saw me taking his board.

But I think I killed them all.

But if you'll eat it,

But it didn't happen. I was in there with him for days, not under guard.

But now, fuck.

But one look at you, and I know it's gonna be hot, wherever it is.

But out there with these natives,

But the man's...

But the smell, you know, that gasoline smell...

But the thing I felt the most, much stronger than fear,

But then I got orders for my physical.

But they were supposed to be waiting for us another 30 km ahead.

But this time it was an American and an officer.

But we must kill them.

But when he threatened to resign, they gave it to him.

But you are both.

But you don't judge the Colonel.

But you have no right to call me a murderer. You have a right to kill me.

But you're feeling fit? You're ready for duty?

By whatever means available

Calling PBR Street Gang. PBR Street Gang, this is Almighty.

Can drink from my canteen any day!

Can I get a medevac?

Can I speak with the chef?

Can you guys push ground and put it down there?

Can't see nothing. We're stopping.

Captain Richard Colby,

Captain Willard reporting, sir.

Captain Willard, are you in there?

Captain Willard!

Captain, accept the flag of Tyrone Miller on behalf of a grateful nation.

Captain, have you ever seen this gentleman before?

Captain, I don't know how you feel about this shrimp,

Captain, where you going?

Captain, you've heard of Colonel Walter E. Kurtz?

Captain?

Captain?

Captain? Just how far up this river we going?

Charlie didn't get much USO.

Charlie don't never see them or hear them, man.

Charlie don't surf!

Charlie?

Check the yellow can. She was sitting on it. What's in it?

Chef, Chef, on the .60.

Chef, knock it off! Give him a break!

Chef, on the bow.

Chef, open up! Fire!

Chef, pick up that weapon! Pick it up! Pick it up!

Chef, she's moving behind you. She's alive. Check her out.

Chef!

Chef! Chef, it's okay. Quit firing.

Chef?

Chef.

Chicken time. You ain't shitting, bro. They're motherfucking...

Chief, my mission's got priority here.

Chief, tell them to hold their fire!

Chief, you were right. Never get out of the fucking boat.

Christ!

Clean, get on that .60!

Clean, Mr. Clean, was from some South Bronx shithole,

Clean.

Clean.

Close enough to blow their last breath in my face.

Colby.

Colonel Kurtz is about to be

Come here, Lance.

Come here! Come here!

Come on down to New Orleans, Bubba, and I'll get you fixed up, you prick.

Come on, baby! Come up here now.

Come on, Captain. Let's take a shower.

Come on, Captain. You still have a few hours to get cleaned up.

Come on, Clean, God damn it. Give me a hand.

Come on, man! Move! We don't have time. One hour. That's all.

Come on, man. Listen to the music, man.

Come on!

Come on! Hurry up, motherfucker! Move it!

Come on. Let's get high.

Come on. Move it! Move it! Move it!

Communist traitors at home.

Confused out there.

Could we talk to Colonel Kurtz?

Could you hold up a minute?

Counterintelligence with COMSEC, I Corps.

Cow after cow,

Crawl along the edge

Crawling, slithering

Cut it out! Quiet!

Damn gook names all sound the same.

Damn! Fuck!

Damned if I know.

Dave, come here and give me a hand. We got a dead one.

Dialectic logic is, "There's only love and hate."

Did they say why, Willard?

Did you check the tank?

Did you not assassinate a government tax collector,

Did you not work for the CIA in I Corps?

Dien Bien Phu is a trap.

Dien Bien Phu was an error, you know? A military mistake.

Dien Bien Phu...

Disneyland.

Do Luong bridge was the last Army outpost on the Nung River.

Do you know that the man,

Do you know what the man's saying?

Do you know who's in command here?

Do you know why you can never step into the same river twice?

Do you read me? Over.

Do you think he would have shot us?

Do you wanna go on?

Do you want a cigarette?

Do you?

Don't go without me, okay? I wanna get a picture.

Don't look at the camera.

Don't look at the camera. It's for television. Just go through!

Don't look at the camera. Just keep... Go on! Keep going.

Don't smoke.

Don't these people ever give up?

Don't worry about it.

Don't worry, Lance. He won't follow us too far.

Don't worry.

Don't you think it's a little risky for R&R?

Don't you understand?

Don't you worry.

Dove Four, this is Big Duke Six.

Duke Six, Duke Six, we've got wounded down there.

During the next few months, he made three requests for transfer

Each time I looked around, the walls moved in a little tighter.

Eight bucks for that...

Enemy activity in his old sector dropped off to nothing.

Eva can't picture me in Vietnam.

Eva's not sure if she can have a relationship with me, you know?

Even Aunt Jessie and Mama will come to celebrate your coming home.

Even the jungle wanted him dead,

Even the opinions of yourself?

Every man has got a breaking point.

Every minute I stay in this room, I get weaker.

Every time, I think I'm gonna wake up back in the jungle.

Everybody wanted me to do it, him most of all.

Everyone gets everything he wants.

Everything I did. Everything you saw.

Everything I saw told me that Kurtz had gone insane.

Excuse me. I have to go. Captain, good night.

Expected you here a little sooner. This is mail for the boat.

Expecting us this time?

Far out, man. All right. I've been waiting for this one.

Fire!

First of the Ninth was an old cavalry division

Fly down to Vung Tau for the evening glass.

Follow it, learn what you can along the way.

For those who lie.

Four of diamonds.

Freedom? Bullshit.

Freedoms from the opinion of others?

From the beaches south of LA.

Fuck me.

Fuck you. Fuck him.

Fuck, man, this is better than Disneyland.

Fuck.

Fuck.

Fucking A.

Fucking Airborne!

Fucking ARVN, man. They should have killed the fuck.

Fucking Vietnam mission!

Gave that little zero a long burst straight through the Playboy mag

General, Chief of Staff, anything.

Get down, Bubba!

Get down, Bubba!

Get down!

Get it out of here! And tell my guys I want my board!

Get it out. It's just a flare. It's all right. It's just a flare.

Get out of here! Come on!

Get out of here! Give me that canteen.

Get out of here! I'll kick your fucking ass!

Get out! I got it! Yeah! I got it!

Get that light off me.

Get you a case of beer for that.

Get your goddamn hands off of my girl!

Get your people back and heads down. This is gonna be a big one.

Getting softer.

GI, fuck you!

GI, fuck you!

Girls! Let's go!

Give me that dog!

Give me that RT, soldier.

Give me the fucking dog, asshole!

Give me those shorts.

Give us this day our daily bread...

Go bust them!

Go in there. Put that right skid right up her ass.

Go through! Just go by! Keep on going!

Go! They want to forget you. Look at them.

God damn it! I want that tree line bombed!

God damn!

God. I'm asleep.

Going down pretty good, huh?

Going out to big Sam who's all alone out there

Good boy.

Good morning, Vietnam. I'm Army Specialist Zack Johnson on AFVN.

Gook said, "You shut up. I have you court martial."

Gooks. What the fuck you think I'm shooting at?

Got a stump.

Got a vehicle on the bridge, 50 caliber onboard.

Got slopes on the wire, man. Do you hear them?

Got some pretty heavy ordnance.

Gotta be a mango tree here somewhere.

Granny and Dad are trying to get enough money

Grease my gun!

Guess he must have hit the right four people.

Gunner's Mate Third Class L. Johnson, sir!

Had one of them cocky gook asshole lieutenants and shit.

Hang on, Lance!

Has it been eight hours?

Hau Phat. You ever been up here before, Chef?

Have you ever considered any real freedoms?

Hawk One Two, Dove One Three, roger.

He and his men were playing hit and run, all the way into Cambodia.

He broke from them, and then he broke from himself.

He can be terrible, he can be mean, and he can be right.

He could have gone for General, but he went for himself instead.

He feels comfortable with his people. He forgets himself with his people.

He gets friendly again. He really does.

He gets stronger.

He had only two ways home, death or victory.

He had to apply three times and he put up with a ton of shit.

He joined the Special Forces.

He joined the Special Forces. And after that, his...

He just picked up his iron, flipped it to rock 'n' roll and...

He just wanted to go out like a soldier. Standing up.

He killed a lot of our people!

He knew more about what I was going to do than I did.

He likes you 'cause you're still alive. He's got plans for you.

He likes you. He really likes you, but he's got something in mind for you.

He loved his boys and you felt safe with him.

He reads poetry out loud, all right?

He received no official clearance. He just thought it up and did it.

He said, "Give me my magazine back."

He said, "If you take my picture again,

He split from the whole fucking program.

He started sticking pinholes

He wants water. He can drink paddy water.

He was 38 years old.

He was being groomed for one of the top slots in the corporation,

He was brilliant. He was outstanding in every way.

He was close.

He was dug in too deep or moving too fast.

He was one of those guys that had that weird light around him.

He was real close.

He was regular Army, too.

He was with Kurtz.

He was wrapped too tight for Vietnam.

He would rage and he would cry, my lost soldier.

He wouldn't have shot us on the beach,

He'd like you to hang your laundry up indoors instead of on the windowsills.

He's a determined motherfucker!

He's a poet warrior in the classic sense.

He's close, man.

He's dying, I think. He hates all this. He hates it.

He's fighting the war. He's a great man.

He's gone away. He disappeared out in the jungle with his people.

He's moving across to resupply the weapon.

He's out there operating without any decent restraint,

He's real close.

He's really specializing in busting my balls.

He's the first one to admit it.

He's underneath the bodies, man.

Hell, a six foot peak.

Hell, he's probably got them all over the river with that recording.

Hell, I joined the Navy. Heard they had better food.

Hell, man, out here, we're all his children.

Hell, you wouldn't even be in this part of the river if it wasn't for me.

Hello, all you paratroopers out there!

Hello, Almighty, Almighty, this is PBR Street Gang.

Hello. Hello...

Here comes that Colonel guy again.

Here I am, 13,000 fucking miles away,

Here, you take the radio, and if I don't get back by 2200 hours,

Hey, Bill, don't get me wrong...

Hey, Bubba!

Hey, Chef, put the cover on that.

Hey, Chief, get a good whiff.

Hey, Chief, I'm gonna go get those mangos now, okay?

Hey, Clean, look at that. She was here, man.

Hey, Colonel, I think one of those sailors is Lance Johnson, the surfer.

Hey, GI, fuck you!

Hey, Jesus, Clean, you ain't gonna believe this. Look.

Hey, Lance, man.

Hey, Lance, the chef's a slope.

Hey, Lance.

Hey, listen, would you guys like some seats, some press box seats for the show?

Hey, lover! You want us to come over?

Hey, man, you don't talk to the Colonel. Well, you listen to him.

Hey, man! They're picking up the boat!

Hey, soldier,

Hey, they're gonna play music!

Hey, you know that last tab of acid I was saving?

Hey! What's this?

Hi, American.

Hi, tiger! Bye, tiger! Goodbye!

Him! Colonel Kurtz.

His family and friends couldn't understand it,

His idea of great R&R was cold rice and a little rat meat.

His ideas, methods,

His report to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Lyndon Johnson was restricted.

Hold on.

Horror and moral terror are your friends.

Horror has a face.

Horror.

Hot potato! Hot potato!

How come all you guys sit on your helmet?

How could I fucking forget, man? Beautiful.

How did that happen? What did he see here that first tour?

How far are you from the river?

How long can you possibly stay here?

How many people had I already killed?

How you doing out there? I said, "How you doing out there?"

Hubert, his wife and two sons.

Hueys over there. Lots of Hueys.

Humping it over that course.

Hurry up!

I accept your apology.

I ain't afraid of all them fucking skulls and altars and shit.

I ain't coming in there! Them bastards attacked us!

I ain't risking no more lives.

I apologize for my family, Captain.

I apologize. It's not my fault.

I began to wonder what they really had against Kurtz.

I can see on your face.

I can take that point and hold it just as long as I like.

I can tell you something, like, the other day he wanted to kill me.

I can't do a goddamn thing without a destination.

I carry priority papers from COMSEC Intelligence, II Corps.

I carry priority papers from COMSEC Intelligence, II Corps.

I collected every picture of her since she was Miss December, Chief.

I couldn't believe they wanted this man dead.

I couldn't fucking believe that one.

I couldn't see him yet, but I could feel him,

I cried. I wept like

I did it when I was 19 and it damn near wasted me.

I didn't come here for this.

I didn't get out of the goddamn eighth grade for this kind of shit!

I didn't steal it!

I do hate them.

I do like cognac, but I don't want any now, thank you.

I don't care where it goes, as long as it ain't here.

I don't follow, sir. Murdered who?

I don't fucking need it! I don't want it.

I don't know, kid.

I don't know. Maybe in the future

I don't say that you Americans win, but we lose.

I don't see any method at all, sir.

I don't think.

I even wrote to the cunt. She didn't write me back.

I expected someone like you.

I felt like he was up there, waiting for me to take the pain away.

I got another one, got a box from Eva.

I got something for you now!

I got you, Chief.

I had a little fishing accident on R&R, sir.

I had heard his voice on the tape and it really put the hook in me,

I hardly said a word to my wife until I said yes to a divorce.

I hate that. Every time I hear that, something terrible happens.

I hate them.

I heard he shot himself in the head.

I hope you brought a good appetite, Captain.

I just wanted to learn to fucking cook, man!

I knew the risks, or imagined I knew.

I know that we can stay. We can stay.

I know where I'm going. I'm going to the White House

I know. I'm really sorry, Colonel, but I'm afraid that does it.

I like your cutback, too. I think you have the best cutback there is.

I lost a few recon ships in there now and again.

I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

I make a nice mango cream pudding,

I mean, he never was hurting for pussy.

I mean, I thought you were going in to blow up a bridge

I mean, I'm not afraid to surf this place! I'll surf this fucking place.

I mean, if tomorrow the Vietnamese are communists,

I mean, perfect.

I mean, that's crazy. No army in the world can do that.

I mean, this cat, when the thing arrived, he was there to meet it, man.

I mean, this is our home, Captain.

I mean, we fight for that.

I mean, what's the matter with you? You're acting kind of weird.

I meet Raquel Welch.

I needed the air and the time.

I never do something wrong to the people here.

I never have gotten used to a light board, and I can't get used to one.

I never want to forget.

I noticed that you have

I noticed you had no wine at dinner.

I remember when I was with Special Forces.

I said I can't see a thing, Captain. I'm stopping this boat.

I see you is right on target.

I think I see a vehicle down in the courtyard.

I thought all the young guys like lighter boards.

I thought we'd have a bite of lunch while we talk.

I told you to stop fucking with me, didn't 1?

I took a man who was going up past the bridge at Do Luong.

I took the mission. What the hell else was I gonna do?

I understand Nha Trang has briefed you on the requirements of my mission.

I used to prepare a pipe for my husband.

I used to think if I died in an evil place,

I wanna see how rideable that stuff is. Go change.

I want my men out.

I want my wounded out of there and in the hospital in 15 minutes.

I want some 20 Mike Mike Vulcan right along those tree lines.

I want to see you do your stuff in them out there. Okay?

I want you to meet some guys. This is Mike from San Diego.

I want you to stay awake up there, man. You got a job to do.

I wanted a mission.

I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do.

I was being ferried down the coast in a Navy PBR.

I was free. But he knew I wasn't going anywhere.

I was going to the worst place in the world and I didn't even know it yet.

I was sent here from Nha Trang with these three days ago, sir.

I was sent on a classified mission, sir.

I watched a snail

I went down that river once when I was a kid.

I will not hurt or harm you.

I will not hurt or harm you. I will not hurt or harm you.

I wish I had words, you know? I wish I had words.

I wonder if that's the same chopper.

I worry that my son might not understand what I've tried to be.

I would want someone to go to my home and tell my son everything.

I'd know what to do.

I'd never seen a man so broken up and ripped apart.

I'd wake up, and there'd be nothing.

I'll cover for them. And bring a board for Lance!

I'll do anything to get out of this joint.

I'll go up with Lance and scrounge around, check the place out,

I'll go with him.

I'll have a lot of grandchildren to love and spoil,

I'll see about my men and...

I'll tell you one thing, this boat is a mess, man.

I'll wait for him.

I'm a little man. I'm a little man. He's a great man.

I'm a photojournalist.

I'm a soldier.

I'm an American. Yeah.

I'm asleep and dreaming I'm on this shitty boat.

I'm Bill Kilgore. I'm a goofy foot.

I'm curious. I'm very curious. Are you curious?

I'm from Ohio, sir.

I'm gonna get that dink bitch. Get over there, Johnny.

I'm gonna need you to wait here, Chef.

I'm gonna take a look.

I'm here a week now.

I'm here, baby! I'm here!

I'm hit! Mayday! Mayday! I'm going in. My tail rotor's out. I got control.

I'm in command here, God damn it. You'll do what I say.

I'm not going! I'm not going! I'm not going!

I'm not here.

I'm not presently disposed to discuss those operations, sir.

I'm ready to... baby!

I'm really sorry about tonight. It's really bad around here.

I'm short and we gotta go up there so you can kill one of our own guys?

I'm so glad you decided to join...

I'm sorry, Captain. Was just a little story about Paris

I'm sorry, sir. There are gooks out there by the wire,

I'm sorry, you know, but the communists at home have never been traitors.

I'm still only in Saigon.

I'm sure about it, you know?

I'm taking fire. I'm taking hits all over...

I'm the fourth tank commander. I got five tanks broken down.

I'm walking through the jungle gathering mangos.

I've admired your nose riding for years.

I've been in Laos, Cambodia and Nam.

I've covered the war since '64.

I've had the whole goddamn fucking shit, man!

I've seen the horrors, horrors that you've seen.

I've spotted a large weapon down below. We're gonna go down and check it out.

If I can find a way.

If I had 10 divisions of those men,

If I say it's safe to surf this beach, Captain, it's safe to surf this beach!

If I want to play with a prick, I'll play with my own!

If I was still alive, it was because he wanted me that way.

If it did, in fact, exist, sir.

If that's how Kilgore fought the war,

If the generals back in Nha Trang could see what I saw,

If they are not, then they are enemies to be feared.

If they ever learned just how far from them he'd really gone?

If this tape is any good, I will have Dad and the family

If you could have heard him then, God... You're gonna call him crazy?

If you could have heard the man just two days ago.

If you joined the Green Berets, there was no way you'd ever get above colonel.

If you like, we can have some cognac.

If you're French, American, that's all the same.

In 1964, he returned from a tour with advisory command in Vietnam

In Dien Bien Phu, we lose. In Nigeria, we lose.

In Indochina, we lose.

In the form of gardenias.

In this war, things get

Incoming!

Incoming!

Insult me again and I'll kick your ass.

Is it gonna be hairy?

Is that you, Lazzaro?

Is there a Captain Willard onboard?

It belongs to us.

It has been such for 70 years.

It keeps our family together.

It might have been my mission, but it sure as shit was the Chief's boat.

It must be a temptation

It must've been a gardenia plantation or a flower plantation at one time.

It seems a thousand centuries ago.

It smelled like

It smelled like slow death in there.

It was a good board, and I like it.

It was a lie, and the more I saw of them, the more I hated lies.

It was a real choice mission.

It was no accident that I got to be the caretaker

It was the air cav, First of the Ninth.

It was the bombs causing a vortex with the wind.

It was the morphine he took for the wounds he suffered in his heart.

It was the same in the eyes of the soldiers of our war.

It was the way we had over here of living with ourselves.

It wasn't gonna be the way they called it back in Nha Trang.

It wasn't just insanity and murder.

It's a fucking puppy.

It's a fucking puppy.

It's a pretty wide delta, but these are the only two spots I'm really sure of.

It's a tiger!

It's a very cruel poem for children, but they need it,

It's about 82 degrees in downtown Saigon right now, also very humid.

It's all goddamn beach break.

It's all in there.

It's all right! It's all right! It's all been approved!

It's all wild and overgrown now,

It's beautiful.

It's blowing on shore! It's coming on shore. It's gonna blow this place out!

It's classified, Chief. I can't tell you.

It's clear, Chief.

It's gonna be all right. Never get out of the fucking boat.

It's impossible for words to describe

It's just a fucking boat. There ain't nothing on it, Chief.

It's just tube city.

It's my nightmare.

It's really hairy in there, sir. That's where we lost McDonald.

It's still pretty hairy out there, sir.

It's the goddamn napalm! That's what's doing it!

It's too bad he didn't get no medals or nothing.

Jesus! The whole goddamn thing just...

Jesus.

Jesus.

Jim, it's here. It really is here.

Just give me back the board, Lance.

Just give me back the board, Lance. It was a good board, and I like it.

Just go by like you're fighting. Like you're fighting.

Just keep moving.

Just keep running by. Run for television.

Just like that cat in the delta.

Just so the generals can say the road's open.

Just some baskets and some ducks, fucking bananas.

Just some pigs. Look, mangos.

Just take it easy. Take it easy. Slow down and take it easy.

Just take this over to the man at the supply desk and you got it.

Just wait 20 minutes!

Keep going. Don't look at the camera. Go on. Keep going.

Kid, come on. Get down. Come on.

Kilgore had had a pretty good day for himself.

Kind of spread it around on us.

Korea, Airborne, about 1,000 decorations, et cetera, et cetera.

Kurtz got off the boat.

Kurtz had ordered the execution of some Vietnamese intelligence agents.

Kurtz knew what he was giving up.

Kurtz orders assassination of three Vietnamese men and one woman.

Kurtz staged Operation Archangel! with combined local forces,

Kurtz's patrols in the highlands coming under frequent ambush.

Lance, fire!

Lance, get down!

Lance, go with Mike and let him pick out a board for you,

Lance, I'll bet you can't wait to get out there.

Lance, keep your hands away from the guns.

Lance, on the .50s.

Lance, on the forward .50s, was a famous surfer

Lance, take the .16 on the bow.

Lance, the wind!

Lance, we'll come in low out of the rising sun,

Lance, what's with all the green paint?

Lance! Chef!

Lance! Get down here!

Lance! Hey, Lance, what do you think?

Lance. Lance, check out Clean!

Late summer, autumn 1968.

Later on the mail! Watch them trees.

Lay off, Chef.

Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Let me take your picture. Could you hold... Hello? Hello?

Let us pray with confidence to the Father in the words our savior gave us.

Let's get this board out of my turret.

Let's go!

Let's have a look, Chief.

Let's kill all the assholes! Shoot the shit out of all of them.

Let's move out.

Let's take a look. Lance.

Lieutenant, bomb that tree line back about 100 yards!

Like I was shot with a diamond,

Like they said, he had an impressive career.

Like this bridge, we build it every night, Charlie blows it right back up again

Listen, Captain, on the house. No hard feelings, huh?

Look at that, breaks both ways. Watch. Watch.

Look at these beautiful fucking jugs, man!

Look in that forward hooch. Bring the people out of there.

Look out, automatic .50 cal! .50 cal in the open!

Look out, Lance!

Look, Lance.

Look, this is the truth. An egg.

Look! Good six foot swells!

Looking for the shit.

Luke, would you play that tape for the Captain, please?

Magnificent meat, really.

Make my meat rare, rare but not cold!

Malaria, nightmares.

Man, check out the bikes, Lance.

Man, it's fucking Pagan idolatry. Look around you!

Man, that was far fucking out.

Man, the bullshit piled up so fast in Vietnam,

May I present Captain Willard? He's of a paratroop regiment.

Maybe they hate Americans less than the Russians and the Chinese.

Maybe too impressive.

Medevac him in my chopper. Get him back to the hospital.

Medevac, come in.

Medevac, come in.

Medevac, do you read? Over.

Men he believed were double agents.

Mike, you know anything about this point at Vin Drin Dop?

Miss August, Miss Sandra Beatty.

Miss May, Miss Terry Teray! Yeah!

Mon dieu, with your army, your strength, your power,

More coconuts. Rice. Here's rice.

More than ever, probably.

Morning, Captain.

Mostly from captured VC.

Motherfucker.

Motherfuckers!

Motherfuckers!

Move it out!

Move it, asshole! God damn it!

Mr. L.B. Johnson, there you go.

Mutt!

My God! Oh, my God!

My mission is to make it up into Cambodia.

My name is Hubert de Marais.

My orders say I'm not supposed to know where I'm taking this boat, so I don't!

Napalm, son.

Never get a chance to know what the fuck you are in some factory in Ohio.

Never get out of the boat! I gotta remember. Never get out of the boat.

Never get out of the boat.

Never get out of the fucking boat.

Next thing, they're throwing the meat into these big cauldrons.

Nice shot, Bill.

No "maybes," no "supposes," no fractions. You can't travel in space.

No kidding. He cooks like this and he can't even speak French?

No longer classified, is it?

No one cares. No one wants to.

No way.

No wonder Kurtz put a weed up Command's ass.

No, back, no!

No, I don't drink wine.

No, no, I mean,

No, no, no, you got to go with him. Come on! Go! Go!

No, sir.

No, sir.

No, thank you, sir.

No.

No.

None of us are anywhere near your class, though.

Nor will it ever exist.

Nor would I be disposed to discuss such an operation

North Vietnamese, 12.

Not a fucking thing.

Not like some poor, wasted, rag assed renegade.

Not personally.

Nothing but rumors and random intelligence,

Nothing else in the world smells like that.

November.

Now he's crossed into Cambodia with this Montagnard army of his

October 9, 0430 hours, sector Peter Victor King.

Of a straight razor,

Of a straight razor.

Of Colonel Walter E. Kurtz's memory

Off the tree line down there.

Oh, man. You're so young.

Oh, my God...

Okay, fellas, quit hiding. Come on!

Okay, give it a try, guys! One goes left and one goes right.

Okay, right, sir. Hey, listen, it's a real big night.

Okay, that's them. That's them.

Okay, the French is shit.

Okay, watch it now. These are Americans.

On Earth as it is in heaven.

On special assignment, Kon Tum Province, II Corps.

On the river, I thought that the minute I looked at him,

One guy can break right, one left, simultaneous. What do you think of that?

One that kills and one that loves.

Only problem was, I wouldn't be alone.

Operations officer, Fifth Special Forces.

Or some fucking railroad tracks or something.

Our escorts to the mouth of the Nung River.

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Our paratroopers jump at 90 meters. I mean, you know, 90 meters, 70 meters.

Out of your damn lungs.

Overcomes what Lincoln called, "The better angels of our nature."

Panama Red. Yeah, I'll get you Panama Red.

Part of me was afraid of what I would find and what I would do when I got there.

PBR Street Gang, this is Almighty standing by. Over.

PBR Street Gang, this is Almighty. Over.

PBR Street Gang, this is Almighty. Standing by. How do you copy?

PBR Street Gang, this is Almighty. Standing by. Over.

PBR Street Gang, this is Almighty...

PBR Street Gang.

Perfect, genuine, complete, crystalline, pure.

Pick up Colonel Kurtz's path at Nu Mung Ba,

Pig after pig,

Please! Help me!

Plugged straight into Kurtz.

Power, ideals, the old morality,

Probably wrapped too tight for New Orleans.

Put that fucker out, man!

Quang Tri Province, June 18, 1968?

Quiet!

Radio check. Over.

Rated a major success.

Really put the zap on his head.

Remember? This cat, man, he really dug his Playboy, man.

Repeat, we have a body count. We have...

Returns Vietnam.

Right over there.

Right, One Three. We're fixing to fuck with them.

Right, well, why don't I just take a piece here?

Ripple the shit out of them.

Roach. Roach. Roach.

Roast beef, and usually it's not bad.

Rock 'n' rollers with one foot in their graves.

Run, Charlie!

Sacrificed by the politicians safe at home.

Saigon.

Sampan off the port bow. Sampan off the port bow.

Sarge, these guys are with me. Destination's classified.

Scares the hell out of the slopes. My boys love it.

Secondary burning.

Sector King Zulu King.

See if I can find some fuel, get some information.

See if I can find the Colonel, okay?

Seems they didn't dig what he had to tell them.

Sergeant. Sergeant?

She pictures me at home having a beer and watching TV.

She's got a grenade! She's got a grenade!

She's into mangos, too. She's, like, one limb above me.

She's moving behind you. Check her out!

She's not dead, she's wounded. Clean, give him a hand.

She's wounded, she's not dead.

Shit, charging a man with murder in this place

Shit, he's loco.

Shit, he's trying to call his friends, man. Send up a flare.

Shit!

Shit! That's fucking crazy.

Shit.

Should have given the fucker a Silver Star.

Shove it, fuck up!

Sign my centerfold!

Sir, I am unaware of any such activity or operation,

Sir, two places we can get into the river...

Sir, we can go in there tomorrow at dawn.

Sir, your unit is supposed to escort us into the Nung!

Six of clubs, eight of spades.

So get out of that frizzly Army looking shirt and stop smoking that dope!

So he took matters into his own hands.

So long!

So somebody said, "Let's eat it."

So they can't see you. They're everywhere, Chief.

So we don't get our balls blown off.

So what do you wanna do? I'll kill the fuck.

So when you ask me why we want to stay here, Captain,

So you just lay cool. Play it cool, laid back. Dig it.

Sock it to me, Lance.

Some grandmother.

Somebody says, "An angel is passing by."

Somebody stay in there tight with Big Duke.

Someday this war's gonna end.

Someday this war's gonna end.

Sometimes

Sometimes you'll say hello to him, right,

South Vietnamese, 11.

Stand fast! Captain...

Start her up.

Stay with the boat.

Straight up the road, there's a concrete fucking bunker called Beverly Hills.

Sucker.

Sure sorry about that. If I had known, I'd have taken you to New Orleans...

Take it off!

Take the wheel.

Terminate the Colonel?

Terminate with extreme prejudice.

That clear? Now get going.

That guy's too fucking much, man.

That had cashed in its horses for choppers and gone tear assing around Nam

That snaked through the war like a main circuit cable,

That wasn't supposed to make any difference to me, but it did.

That weren't in the dossier.

That worship the man like a god.

That would be just fine with the boys on the boat.

That's a fantastic peak.

That's a pretty one. Move it right in toward me.

That's a roger, Big Duke. Okay, we're going in.

That's Charlie's point.

That's dialectic physics, okay?

That's finished for all the white people in Indochina.

That's fucking great! That's just fucking great, man.

That's fucking typical! Shit!

That's good, son, 'cause you either surf or fight.

That's much more than I can say for some of your friends.

That's my dream.

That's really weird, ain't it?

That's right, jack.

That's the Colonel coming down!

That's the truth.

That's them.

That's what the man's got set up here!

That's when I applied for radioman school, but then they gave me the...

That's where I'm going.

The Army tried one last time to bring him back into the fold.

The camp started falling apart.

The chef speaks only Vietnamese.

The CO's on that chopper.

The code is "Almighty," coordinates 0 9 2 6 4 7 1 2.

The crew were mostly just kids.

The dark side

The draft at the mouth of that river may be too shallow.

The French army was sacrificed,

The heads.

The horror.

The horror.

The horror.

The horror.

The jets are inbound now. You got about 30 seconds to on station.

The kid's got a reputation. You can't expect him to surf those sloppy waves.

The machinist, the one they called Chef, was from New Orleans.

The man is clear in his mind, but his soul is mad.

The man really likes you?

The man's enlarged my mind.

The Mayor wants you to keep Saigon beautiful.

The more they made everybody miss it.

The more they tried to make it just like home,

The next youngest guy in his class was half his age.

The Ohio River, sir?

The one that went up for murder. He was an Army sergeant.

The place was full of bodies. North Vietnamese, Viet Cong, Cambodians.

The Russians want to help them.

The sergeant, man, he just couldn't handle it no more.

The soldier would open the grenade, it wouldn't work.

The strength to do that.

The students are marching in Paris, protesting, demonstrating.

The tide doesn't come in for six hours!

The VC knew his name by now, and they were scared of him.

The VC say, "Go away! Go away'!"

The Vietnamese are very intelligent. You never know what they think.

The war was being run by a bunch of four star clowns

The war will be still here tomorrow.

The waves are getting blown out by the napalm.

The white left.

The whole hill,

The will to do that,

The yellow stay.

Then I was supposed to go to Paris, study at the Escoffier School.

Then my soul wouldn't be able to make it to heaven.

Then our troubles here would be over very quickly.

Then there was Phillips, the Chief.

There are two of you, don't you see?

There aren't any good peaks in this whole shitty country.

There is no way to tell his story without telling my own.

There isn't one worth a jack in the whole bunch.

There they were, in a pile. A pile of little arms.

There was enough of that to go around for everyone.

There wasn't no more lieutenant that day. That was it for his ass.

There were those six that I knew about for sure.

There! Over there!

There! Over there!

There's a goat and some fish.

There's a Green Beret colonel up there who's gone insane

There's a place in the river, I can't remember.

There's about two points where we can draw enough water

There's always a good offshore breeze in the morning.

There's mines over there and mines over there, too.

There's no charges, Captain.

There's no diesel fuel, but I picked up some ammo.

There's one still alive underneath them bodies.

There's something happening out here, man.

These are all his children, man, as far as you can see.

These are from the air cav, a present from me and the boys.

These boats are running supplies in this delta, Captain.

These men who fought with their hearts, who have families, who have children,

These were monitored out of Cambodia.

These were not monsters. These were men, trained cadres.

They are around the table and there was a silence.

They are truly enemies.

They choppered in the T bones and the beer

They hate the Chinese.

They lie, and we have to be merciful

They lie.

They lined us up in front of 100 yards of prime rib.

They lost him. He was gone.

They must have thought he was some far out old man,

They need some napalm down there in the tree line.

They put the army in an impossible situation where they couldn't win.

They said it was a good way to pick up information and move

They shot the hell out of us there.

They stab the soldiers in the back.

They stuck his ass in the LBJ.

They told me that you had gone totally insane,

They were gonna make me a Major for this,

They were gonna nail his ass to the floorboards for that one.

They were stronger than me because they could stand it.

They weren't looking for anything more than a way home.

They will be Vietnamese communists.

They'd given Charlie a few surprises in their time here.

They're all dead, stupid.

They're both hot, belong to Charlie.

They're French! They're French!

They're just little sticks. They're just trying to scare us.

They're just little toy arrows.

They're looking for you!

They're so fucking spaced out, they wouldn't even know it.

They've got them here tonight.

Think about it.

Third generation West Point, top of his class,

Thirty eight fucking years old.

This Colonel guy, he's wacko, man. He's worse than crazy. He's evil!

This country's ever produced.

This dude started to stick pinholes in the lady's titties.

This food is really wonderful, isn't it? The wine, the sauces. I can't believe it.

This has been verified as Colonel Kurtz's voice.

This is 10 10. We're gonna be in, throw them on and get out...

This is a Romeo Foxtrot. Shall we dance?

This is an area that is controlled by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese.

This is an area that is controlled by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese.

This is Baudelaire.

This is dialectics. It's very simple dialectics. One through nine,

This is for television. Don't look at the camera.

This is my family's plantation.

This is the First of the Ninth air cav, son. Airmobile.

This is the way the fucking world ends. Look at this fucking shit we're in, man!

This LZ is still pretty hot, sir. Maybe you ought to surf somewhere else.

This man's hurt pretty bad, sir.

This piece of earth, we keep it! We will never lose that, never!

This soldier is dirty VC.

This sure enough is a bizarre sight in the middle of this shit.

This was the end of the river, all right.

Those boys were never gonna look at me the same way again.

Those nabobs,

Three drums of diesel fuel, PBR 5.

Three o'clock! Three o'clock, my position! Drawing fire, drawing heavy fire!

Three, maybe four KIAs. Over.

Through Christ our Lord, from whom all good things come.

Through him in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

Throw me the glasses.

Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done

Tiger, man! It's a tiger!

To Airborne training, Fort Benning, Georgia, and was finally accepted.

To be God.

To collect a bill.

To get into the Nung River.

To get you a car.

To have dinner with the President of the United States, baby.

To know we stole his board?

To look at him, you wouldn't believe he'd ever fired a weapon in his life.

To save a little time, we might pass both ways.

To utilize their primordial instincts to kill

Totally beyond the pale of any acceptable human conduct.

Traitors.

Transmission 11, received '68, December 30, 0500 hours.

Trouble is, I'd been back there and I knew that it just didn't exist anymore.

Try some, Jerry, and pass it around.

Trying to keep a relationship open, my ass.

Two of the men were colonels in the South Vietnamese army.

Un ass that shit. Get it out of here!

Union of French Women. "We are for the Viets."

Unless you were going all the way.

Unsound.

Unsound.

Until we reach your destination, Captain, you're just on for the ride.

Very possible, Captain, he thinks the same of you.

Victory.

Viet Cong, 58.

Village after village,

Waiting for a mission.

Walt Kurtz has reached his,

Walt Kurtz was one of the most outstanding officers

Want to say hello to you from all of us up here to all of you out there

Was like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500.

Was the desire to confront him.

Watch it over here, Chief.

We are here to help you.

We call them...

We can make something with the Viet Minh.

We can't do shit till the boat gets here.

We could blow all them assholes away.

We didn't find one of them, not one stinking dink body.

We do a lot of surfing around here, Lance. I like to finish operations early,

We French always pay respects to the dead of our allies.

We got some... There's more and more down there.

We gotta get all that stuff up.

We gotta get some air in these trees. It's goddamn eat up with enemy down there.

We have all lost much here.

We have orders to escort you to the airfield.

We just got a secondary down there in the plaza.

We lost one of our men.

We may not be able to get the boat in.

We must incinerate them,

We stay forever.

We want to let you know that we're proud of you!

We want to stay here because it's ours.

We went back there

We went into a camp to inoculate some children.

We work with the people.

We'd cut them in half with a machine gun and give them a Band Aid.

We'd left the camp after we had inoculated the children for polio.

We'll go together on the boat. We'll go with you.

We'll go up there, but on the boat. Okay?

We'll have this place cleaned up and ready in a jiffy, son.

We'll have to hole up here till dark, Chief.

We'll pick your boat up and put it down like a baby, right where you want it.

We're all right with the tanks. It's all right, Captain.

We're both in the jungle here, nude.

We're going up pretty far.

We're going upriver about 75 klicks above the Do Luong bridge.

We're gonna take a shower, Captain.

We're not supposed to be in Cambodia, but that's where I'm going.

We're taking her to some friendlies, Captain.

Weeks away and hundreds of miles up a river

Well, Airmobile, those boys just couldn't stay put.

Well, he wasn't a bad officer, I guess.

Well, I have some other shocking news to tell you.

Well, I mean, it's pretty hairy in there. It's Charlie's point.

Well, let's forget routine now and let them go.

Well, let's see what we have here.

Well, that village you're pointing at is kind of hairy, Willard.

Well, then I must drink alone.

Well, why didn't you tell me that before? A good peak.

Well, you see, Willard,

Well, you thought wrong, damn it.

What are they gonna say about him?

What are they gonna say, man, when he's gone?

What are they gonna say? "He was a kind man. He was a wise man.

What are you gonna do when you go from here to Venus or something?

What are you gonna land on? One quarter? Three eighths?

What are you shooting at, soldier?

What are you talking about?

What balls.

What did they tell you?

What did you expect?

What do you call it when the assassins accuse the assassin?

What do you know about surfing, Major? You're from goddamn New Jersey.

What do you think I said? And give your jaws a rest!

What does he have to say?

What does it look like?

What happened to your mission, Captain? Nha Trang forget all about you?

What is it?

What is necessary to those

What is this?

What makes you say that?

What mission? I haven't heard from Nha Trang.

What the fuck they think they're doing?

What the hell! Jesus!

What they were mopping up now hadn't even happened yet an hour ago.

What?

What'd I do?

What's going on... Holy Christ, she's a sapper.

What's in that vegetable basket?

What's the matter?

What's the name of that goddamn village? Vin Drin...

What's up, Chief?

What's wrong with you? Go on and search it.

What's your name, sailor?

Whatever was going to happen,

When I was here, I wanted to be there.

When I was home after my first tour, it was worse.

When I was there, all I could think of was getting back into the jungle.

When will you go back home to France?

When you find the Colonel, infiltrate his team

Where are you from, Willard?

Where can I find the CO?

Where the fuck else do you think it would be?

Where's the dog? We got to go back to get the dog!

While you Americans,

Who are all these people?

Who are filled with love, but they have the strength,

Who are living off base from the Mayor of Saigon.

Who do not know what horror means.

Who were gonna end up giving the whole circus away.

Who worked so goddamn hard in Operation Brute Force!

Who's the Commanding Officer here?

Whose package is that?

Why don't they fucking attack, man?

Why don't you Americans learn from us? From our mistakes?

Why the fuck not?

Why the fuck would he do that?

Why they wanted to terminate my command?

Why?

Why? Why would a nice guy like you wanna kill a genius?

Will you go back, after the war, to America?

Will you sign these?

With a bowl section. It's unbelievable.

With the First Battalion, 35th Infantry,

Without a destination. You got a destination?

Without drawing a lot of attention.

Without feeling, without passion, without judgment. Without judgment.

Work out, Clean!

Work out! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Would they still want me to kill him?

Yamaha, Suzuki. Yeah!

Yeah, I guess you're right.

Yeah, I'm coming.

Yeah, it's an outstanding peak. It's got both the long right and left slide

Yeah, man. This is something.

Yeah, probably.

Yeah, they think you've come to take him away,

Yeah!

Yeah!

Yeah!

Yeah!

Yeah? Here.

Yeah? What do you think, Chief?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. So anyway, he was working ARVN patrols, you know,

Yes, General. Very much so, sir.

Yes, sir, I have.

Yes, sir, I've heard the name.

Yes, sir. See, I come from New Orleans. I was raised to be a saucier,

Yes, sir. Very much so, sir. Obviously insane.

Yes, well, they were perhaps mistakes.

Yo, Chief, man, two guys just got blown off that bridge.

Yo! Hey! Chief!

You ain't shot shit, man. Listen!

You and I have them.

You are alive, Captain.

You are all welcome.

You are fighting for the biggest nothing in history.

You call in the air strike.

You can feel the vibe of this place.

You can kiss my ass on the county square, because I'm fucking bugging out.

You can really get hung up on these broads, man,

You can win if you want to.

You can win.

You can't go out into space, you know, without like... With fractions.

You can't ride the nose on those things.

You don't judge the Colonel like an ordinary man.

You don't know how happy this makes me, sir.

You don't understand our mentality, the French Officer mentality.

You dropped acid? Far out.

You either love somebody or you hate them.

You fucking bitch!

You get your ass in gear.

You got it. You gonna be here?

You got us in this mess, and now you can't get us out

You hang on, man. You're gonna be okay.

You have a right to do that. But you have no right to judge me.

You have orders to report to COMSEC Intelligence at Nha Trang.

You have to have men who are moral,

You hear him out there on the wire, man?

You hear me?

You just get me close to my destination, and I'll cut you and the crew loose.

You just knew he wasn't gonna get so much as a scratch here.

You know anything about Dien Bien Phu?

You know how hard it is to find a board you like?

You know how hard it is to find a board you like.

You know how hard it is to find a board you like.

You know something, man? I know something that you don't know.

You know which way, Chief.

You know, I'm sure we can make something there.

You know, I've pulled a few special ops in here.

You know, one time we had a hill bombed for 12 hours.

You know, we always help the people.

You know?

You like it like that, Captain, when it's hot, hairy?

You mutt.

You need a flare?

You needed wings to stay above it.

You savages! Come and get it, you son of a bitches!

You see anything, Chef?

You smell that?

You son of a bitch! You bastard!

You think that big cav colonel wants everyone upriver

You think you're so bad, huh? I got something for your ass now, ****a!

You think you're so bad, ****a?

You think you're so bad, ****a? You think you bad, huh?

You understand, Captain, that this mission does not exist,

You wanna wait here for six hours?

You want more?

You want that?

You want those? The show, man. The show out here.

You.

You'll get what you deserve!

You'll never have to prove your courage in any other way.

You're a fucking dog!

You're all right. You're gonna be all right.

You're an errand boy sent by grocery clerks

You're cute. I like you.

You're gonna help him.

You're in the asshole of the world, Captain!

You're looking at the heads. Sometimes he goes too far.

You're neither.

You're not authorized to stop this boat, Chief.

You're on your own, Captain.

You're the only fucking prick I see around here.

You've worked a lot on your own, haven't you, Captain?

Your home is here.

Your mission is to proceed up the Nung River in a Navy patrol boat,

Your report specifies Intelligence,

Zap them with your siren, man. Zap them with your siren.

0 9 2 6 4 7 1 2.

6 4 1 0, we're over the village right now.

1966, joins Special Forces,

...to those of you who would like... Everybody in?

"...looking at it." ...request dust off.

"I'll be coming home..." October 1967,

"Or rats' feet over broken glass..." He's out there.

0 3 7 7 4 2. Where's that duster?

Ain't nothing on it. Don't be ashamed, Chef.

All right! Shut up, slope.

All right. It's all right. You're all right.

All right. What a shot. Outstanding, Red Team. Outstanding.

All you white people are shit. They are fighting. Fighting for freedom.

and I hope that isn't true. Take who away?

And so, I'm hoping... Bubba!

Are you Captain Willard, 505th Battalion? Affirmative.

Assigned to SOG? Hey, buddy, you gonna shut the door?

Attacks repelled by the family. Just for this war.

Because you like mangos and stuff? No, sir, I'm a real chef.

Been riding since you got here? No way.

Body cards! Sir?

Bring her up. Is she breathing, Chef?

Bring my body cards! Yes, sir!

Bring that .60 forward! Never get out of the boat!

Bunnies. Playboy bunnies?

But he kept going... Now he's crossed into Cambodia...

Call me what, sir? Chef.

Camouflage. How's that?

Captain, come on! What's happening?

Captain. Good. Come on in. Thank you, sir.

Change! You mean right now, sir?

Cheer up, son. We will not hurt or harm you.

Chef, Chef, check out Clean! Captain, he's hit, he's hit! Clean's hit!

Chef, come on! Fucking tiger!

Chef, hold it! Why not? Jesus Christ.

Chef! Bunch of fucking vegetables.

Chef! Look what she was hiding, huh?

Chef! Yes!

Clean? I'm good.

Cocksucker! I will not hurt or harm you.

Death? It lets Charlie know who did this.

Did you find the CO, Captain? There's no fucking CO here.

Do you smell that? What?

Do you wanna surf, soldier? Yes, sir.

Do you? "Those who have crossed..."

Dog starts barking. Hey, listen, Captain.

Don't be an ass. Get hold of him good.

Don't leave without me! Where the fuck you going?

Dop. Dop or Lop?

Everybody all right? Lance? I'm fine!

Everything goes back up into the truck. What?

Far out. Johnny from Malibu.

Fire in the hole! Fire in the hole!

Fire on the canopy! I got it! I got it! Get out of there!

Fishing on R&R? Yes, sir.

Fuck you! Fucking mango, too! Chef.

Fucking cherry boy! Chef, I said lay off!

Fucking cocksucking mothers! Hold it! Hold it!

Get a stretcher over here! You're all right.

Get on it! All right!

Get on that boat! There's nothing on it, man!

Get out of there, Chef. The book says, Captain...

Get over there, God damn it. Check that vegetable basket.

Give me some room to breathe! Yes, sir!

Go get the roach, man. Go get the roach, man.

Go get the roach, ****a! I'm gonna go get the roach.

God damn it, you stepped in my face! We thought you were dead.

Gook say, "Fuck you," in Vietnamese. Damn.

Got it, man. Holy shit.

Gunner's Mate Third Class... Wait. Lance Johnson, the surfer?

Guys, help! Get the board and let's get out of here!

He forgets himself. Captain?

He's gone crazy. Wrong, wrong!

He's really out there. "Shape without form, shade without color,

He's VC! Any man that's brave enough to...

Hey, Captain, what's that? Death cards!

Hey, Chief. Yeah?

Hey, Clean. It's always been nice to have...

Hey, what's that? Arc light.

Hold it! Come on, let's kill them all.

How are you feeling, Jimmy? Like a mean motherfucker, sir!

How long has that kid been on this boat? Seven months.

How old are you? Seventeen.

I couldn't surf that stuff. Lance, look.

I don't have no destination. I can't do a goddamn thing

I don't know, sir, it's... What is it, soldier?

I got a tape from my mom. Chief, rainbow reality, man.

I just wanna talk to him. Well, man, he's gone away.

I see. All right?

I sure do! Sign my centerfold!

I understand what you're saying. Yeah, I'm an artist, Bill.

I understand. You are tired of the war.

I was a socialist, you know? I know we can stay.

I will not hurt or harm you. Jesus Christ.

I'm a saucier. Saucier?

I'm an artist! Keep walking.

I'm gonna check it out. Well done, hawks. Well done.

I'm not feeling too good. Captain?

I'm sorry. Come here now. All right.

I'm used to a heavy board. I know, it's a real drag.

In we go. Now stand underneath this, Captain.

Is that pot lid. Yeah?

It's all right. It's all right. What happened, bro?

It's gonna ruin it! Not cool! It's gonna blow out!

It's just a flare! It's a flare! Gotta get out of here!

Jimmy! Yes, sir!

John, hi. Far out. Pretty solid surfers.

Just give him some fuel. You got it.

Lance, come here. Look. Look! Incoming!

Lance, get the wheel! Fire!

Lance! Do you hear them?

Lance! Where'd the dog go?

Lance. Chef, light up, man.

Lay off, Chef! What are gonna do with it, cherry boy?

Let's get the fuck out of here! It's the fucking napalm!

Let's give him some morphine. My God! My God!

Let's go, dickheads, take off! God damn it!

Let's go! I bet you we can score up here.

Let's go! Tiger!

Let's just get going. Which way, Captain?

Look in that tin can. Nothing.

Look in there, Chef. Look in it. Some fucking fish.

Madame Sarrault. Captain.

Man, fuck you. ...Introduce you to cooze, Bubba!

Man, I want to get back to Antoine's. "I remember the time we went..."

Maybe some other time, Bill. Just 20 minutes.

Maybe we should wait back at the boat. Okay, Chef.

Met the General or myself? No, sir.

Music? Yeah, I use Wagner.

Nha Trang for me? That's right.

No, ma'am. Sorry! Jimmy!

No, no! The waves! The waves! Right.

No, no. Get out of here.

No, you're not gonna get it! Fucking give it to me!

No. Then you're like us.

Peak? About six foot.

Pick me up the other side of the bridge. Somebody go with him. Chef!

Please, God! Help me! Stay with me, son, you're gonna be okay.

Please! This must be the guy.

Purple haze, look. Hey, Lance, put away that smoke.

Really? Yeah!

Roger. Here we come. Good, give it all you got.

send you a tape of their own... Hey, Lance.

Sergeant? Destination?

Sergeant. I need diesel fuel.

She blew the shit out of... Fucking savages.

She's hurt. She's bleeding. Man.

Shit, you got another one, Clean. No shit. Wait a minute, is that it?

Shit! All right, all right!

Shit. Holy shit.

So then the gook starts to go too far. Chef, take the wheel.

Something like that. Why'd he want to kill you?

Something terrible's gonna happen. Smoke!

Sooner or later you're gonna... No!

Sorry. No, no, wait, wait.

Stand at ease. General.

Stand by, Clean. Let's go.

Stand by, Lance. Come on, throw the rope, asshole.

Take me home. God damn you!

Take somebody with you. Yeah, I'll take...

Thank you, sir. You can cut out the "sir" crap, Lance.

That rusty can. Just fucking rice, that's all!

That's a good one. Yeah, sukiyaki.

That's Cambodia, Captain. That's classified.

That's it for you. Lance!

The colonel's surfboard! Get the fuck off me! It's mine!

The Rolling Stones, Satisfaction. All right!

The wind! What?

Then you'll help me? Help you? Fucking A, I'll help you.

There ain't nothing in here. What's in the boxes?

There ain't nothing on it! Check the yellow can.

There they are. Concussion will suck the air

They burn him for it? The sergeant? Yeah, man.

They're okay. Board and search it.

This guy with you? Yeah.

Tiger? Yes! I've had it!

Typical fucking ARVN. Yeah.

Want to say goodbye to the Colonel? No.

Want to smoke? Let's do it, man. Light up.

We are here to extend a welcome hand... Come on.

We'll go back to the boat for a while. Yeah, stay with Lance.

We'll see what we can do, but... Colonel.

Were you born there? Yes, sir.

What are the charges? Sir?

What do you mean "hairy," sir? It's hairy,

What do you think? Wow, this is really exciting, man.

What do you want me to do? Damn it.

What do you want? Are you all right, Captain?

What do you want? Can I get some Panama Red with it?

What happened? How many is it? A fucking tiger!

What? A fucking tiger!

What? Death cards!

What? See how they break both ways?

What's a saucier? You specialize in sauces.

What's in the rice bag? Fucking rice.

What's that? Arc light.

What's that? B 52 strike.

What's that? Mail, man.

What's the target? We're trying to suppress some mortar fire

Where can I find the CO? You came right to it, son of a bitch!

Where? Here? You sure? Down there.

Whereabouts? Toledo, sir.

Who are you? Who are you?

Who cares? Just get us upriver!

Who is that? What's going on?

Why? Now I can get out of here,

Yeah, how's that? You don't want to hear about that.

Yeah, I know. No, you don't, not really.

Yeah, who's that? Lieutenant Carlsen, sir.

Yeah, you better believe it. What cat?

Yeah! Captain Willard?

Yeah. ...here and here.

Yeah. I dropped it.

Yeah. I'll kill you, GI!

Yes, sir? How come they call you that?

Yes, sir. Well, it's an honor to meet you, Lance.

Yes, sir. I'm sorry, sir. Listen to this carefully, Captain.

You all right? See what she was running for?

You okay, Lance? Shit! Fuck! Shit!

You prefer a heavy or a light board? Heavier.

You still got a Commanding Officer here? Beverly Hills.

You sure? Yeah!

You through surfing? Yeah!

You two, come on. Keep your eyes open, Clean.

...and he kept winning it his way...

...and they called me in.

...as we forgive those who trespass against us.

...just stay out of my way until this is done, Captain.

...man like a god. And follow every order, however ridiculous.

...methods...

...that pretty soon, not too soon, but pretty soon,

...then so is mine.

...to return to the arms of the South Vietnamese government.

...unsound.

...with this Montagnard army of his...

'Cause he dies when it dies, man. When it dies, he dies.

'Cause we know how tough and how hard it's been.

"...directly, quickly, awake..."

"and all the other amenities remain the expected norm,

"and in the circumstances of this conflict, quite completely insane.

"Are quiet and meaningless As wind in dry grass

"As for the charges against me, I am unconcerned."

"As long as cold beer, hot food, rock 'n' roll

"As long as our officers and troops perform tours of duty limited to one year,

"because it's obscene!"

"but he hasn't told us yet where we're taking him."

"But my situation here has become a difficult one.

"Charles Miller Manson ordered the slaughter

"Chinese, give us guns. We are all brothers."

"Come and give us some money. We are all communists.

"Commitment and Counter Insurgency, by Colonel Walter E. Kurtz.

"Dear Eva,

"Dear Son,

"Do you know that 'if is the middle word in 'life"? If you can keep your head

"Don't do her like that," right?

"He had plans. He had wisdom." Bullshit, man!

"I am beyond their timid, lying morality. And so I am beyond caring."

"I don't know whether I am an animal or a god."

"I have been officially accused of murder by the Army.

"I should have been a pair of ragged claws

"I will trust you to tell your mother what you choose about this letter.

"I'm afraid that both you and your mother

"I'm gonna kill you," and he meant it.

"If they were committed, this war could be won with a fourth of our present force."

"if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you..."

"In a war, there are many moments for compassion and tender action.

"In our dry cellar..."

"Lance, I'm fine. I'm fine, Lance.

"Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas!

"Let me know."

"Months ago, a man was ordered on a mission

"Not with a bang, a whimper."

"of all in the home anyway as a symbol of protest."

"One that kills and one that loves."

"our conduct of the war will gain only impotence.

"Our dried voices, when We whisper together

"Paralyzed force, gesture without motion..."

"Really un fucking believable, you know?

"Saigon was carrying him MIA for his family's sake.

"Seeing clearly what there is to be done and doing it."

"Sue and I went tripping to Disneyland. Sue skinned her knee."

"The alleged victims were four Vietnamese double agents.

"The charges are unjustified.

"The lost soldiers."

"Then they intercepted a letter he tried to send to his wife."

"There are many moments for ruthless action, what is often called ruthless,

"There are two of you, don't you see?

"There could never be a place like Disneyland, or could there?

"There has been a new development regarding your mission

"They are, in fact,

"They assumed he was dead.

"they will remain dilettantes in war and tourists in Vietnam.

"Thought you might have heard by now from Elwood.

"today was really a new one. Almost got eaten alive by a fucking tiger.

"We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men

"We have reason to believe that he is now operating with Colonel Kurtz.

"We need fewer men and better.

"We spent months uncovering them and accumulating evidence.

"We train young men to drop fire on people, but their commanders

"We're taking this guy, Captain Willard, up the river,

"what may, in many circumstances, be only clarity.

"When absolute proof was completed, we acted, we acted like soldiers.

"when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

"which was identical to yours.

"which we must now communicate to you.

"will have been worried at not hearing from me during the past weeks.

"won't allow them to write 'Fuck! on their airplanes

"You have all my faith. Your loving father."

"You leave your shitty little gook hands off of that girl.

173rd Airborne? Yeah.