Apocalypse Now Page #3
We are now RESTING on his back. Occasionally, he sips
from a beer, but we cannot see his face.
WILLARD (V.O.)
(continuing)
There was only one part that
mattered -- for me, anyway. I
don't even know if I remember
all of it. I can't remember
how it ended, exactly -- because
when it ended I was insane.
DISSOLVE TO :
4 EXT. A STREET IN SAIGON - DAY
A Saigon boom street in late 1968. There are bars and
shops for servicemen; the rickshaws, the motorbikes.
Our VIEW MOVES TOWARD one particular officer; B.L.
WILLARD , in uniform, a Captain of the Airborne, followed
by four or five Vietnamese kids trying to shine his
shoes and sell him things.
WILLARD (V.O.)
But I know how it started
for me -- I was on R. and R.
in Saigon; my first time south
wasn't sure, but I thought this
guy was following me.
Willard looks back.
5 HIS VIEW
an American CIVILIAN.
6 MED. VIEW
Willard ducks into a bar.
Not much in this place -- a bar, linoleum flooring, a few
tables and chairs, and a juke box. The lounge is fairly
crowded. Willard takes off his cap and walks quietly
past the soldiers at the bar. Some of them, catching
sight of his ribbons, stop talking as he moves by.
An INFANTRY CAPTAIN enters the bar, buys a couple of
drinks and approaches Willard's table.
CAPTAIN:
WILLARD:
Sure, thanks.
He sits down at the table with the drinks.
CAPTAIN:
Winning the war by yourself.
WILLARD:
(he calls for the waiter)
Part.
CAPTAIN:
Which part is that ?
WILLARD:
My part.
(TO THE WAITER)
Beer, with ice and water.
CAPTAIN:
That's good gin.
WILLARD:
I'm sure it is, but I had hepatitis.
CAPTAIN:
Delta ?
WILLARD:
No.
CAPTAIN:
North ?
WILLARD:
Yeah. Way north.
CAPTAIN:
What unit were you with ?
WILLARD:
None.
CAPTAIN:
Rangers, eh?
WILLARD:
Sort of.
The JUKE BOX starts BLARING. Annoyed , Willard looks over
his shoulder.
CAPTAIN:
WILLARD:
No -- I worked too far north for
LRRP.
He reaches into his shirt pocket for a cigarette, and the
Captain leans over the table to light it for him. Willard
notices the CIVILIAN on the street has glanced in the bar,
then enters and sits down at a table by the doorway.
CAPTAIN:
That's quite an array of ribbons...
WILLARD:
Let's talk about you.
CAPTAIN:
I was an FO for the 25th.
WILLARD:
Tracks ?
CAPTAIN:
Yeah.
WILLARD:
Fat. That's real fat.
CAPTAIN:
Sometimes.
WILLARD:
At least you always have enough
water. How many gallons does
each one of those damn things
carry ?
CAPTAIN:
Thirty -- sometimes fifty.
WILLARD:
You know, I can remember once,
getting back below the DMZ -- and
the first Americans we ran into
were a track squadron. I just
couldn't believe how much water
they had. We'd been chewing
bamboo shoots for almost a week,
and before that, for two weeks,
we'd been drinking anything --
rain water, river sh*t, stuff
right out of the paddies. And
there were these guys standing
by their trucks spilling water
all over. I could've killed them.
(solemnly)
I swear to God I would have, too,
if ...
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