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Originally Posted by shoonra
Amazing! This guy claims that the movie Apocalypse Now was based on his adventures, when every educated person knows (and the producer Frances ford Coppola says) that it is a dramatization of Joseph Conrads's 1899 novel about the Belgian Congo, Heart of Darkness (which was also dramatized in its original setting on TV in 1958, with Roddy McDowell and Boris Karloff)
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Originally Posted by Carl's Site
"Carl is a highly decorated hero of the Vietnam war serving in the elite "Apache Troop" as a paratrooper and crew chief. The Famous move "Apocalypse Now" and the best selling book "Apache Sunrise" are based on the true-life-experiences of this group of brave and patriotic Americans."
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Originally Posted by Apache Sunrise Book
by Jerome M. Boyle - Fiction - 1994
ISBN:0804110697
FICTION
The personal story of Vietnam Cobra pilot recounts his combat missions during the invasion of Cambodia, his participation in downed-crew rescue, his experiences...
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Originally Posted by Essay on Heart of Darkness
In the opening scenes of the documentary film "Hearts of Darkness-A Filmmaker's Apocalypse," Eleanor Coppola describes her husband Francis's film, "Apocalypse Now," as being "loosely based" on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Indeed, "loosely" is the word; the period, setting, and circumstances of the film are totally different from those of the novella. The question, therefore, is whether any of Conrad's classic story of savagery and madness is extant in its cinematic reworking.
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Full Essay:
http://www.cyberpat.com/essays/coppola.html
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Now all that being "quoted" ... perhaps he should have worded it like this:
"Carl is a highly
decorated hero of the Vietnam war serving in the elite "Apache Troop" as a paratrooper and crew chief. The Famous movie "Apocalypse Now" and the best selling book "Apache Sunrise"
parallel the true-life-experiences of this group of brave and patriotic Americans."
Bottom line is the dude was there... he experienced the war firsthand. Those memories and horrors will be with him for the rest of his life.
I don't know Carl and I didn't agree with the premise of the Vietnam war, but I always respect the men that fought on the front lines. Their endurance and courage deserves respect.
..J