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Q. How does Kurtz's location change his relationship to his superior officers?
Kurtz moves his private army into Cambodia, outside the legal limits of the war.
He flees to Myanmar to plan secret counter-intelligence ops with J. Peterman.
Kurtz is found hiding out in Poughkeepsie after being ordered to Vietnam.
He's journeyed into North Vietnam to conduct undercover surveillance without their permission.
Q. How does Willard react to being in Saigon?
He enjoys the R&R.
He's too buried in paperwork to enjoy the time off.
He can't handle being cooped up in his hotel room and wants to get back into combat.
He tries to desert the army and join a Vietnamese punk-rock band.
Q. What convinces Kilgore to take Willard and the boat crew to the mouth of the Nung River despite the large Viet Cong presence in the area?
Willard tells him that the area will be free of Viet Cong because of a religious festival.
Chef bribes Kilgore by getting him tickets to the Playboy Playmates show.
Lance Johnson points out there's good surfing there.
Kilgore realizes that he left his expensive Rolex there and needs to go back to find it.
Q. What's going on at the last official U.S. Army outpost on the Nung River in Vietnam?
The outpost has been taken over by Kurtz.
The outpost has declared itself free of the U.S. Army and is attempting to establish its own country.
The American soldiers are locked in combat at a bridge without knowing whose command they're under.
The outpost is handing out free Diet Cokes and Hot Pockets.
Q. What's one thing that the river can plausibly be seen to symbolize in this movie?
It symbolizes peace in the middle of conflict.
Sometimes a river is just a river.
It symbolizes how slam poetry can help save the environment.
It symbolizes a passage into the darkness of the human heart.