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- Title
Psychedelic soldiers and tragic surfers: John Milius' "Apocalypse Now" (1969).
- Authors
Gazi, Jeeshan
- Abstract
In this connection, Coppola is keen to emphasizethat "everything memorable of Apocalypse Now was inventedby John Milius."[2] Coppola is referring here to all ofthe movie's key set-piece sequences, which constitute thevarious stops along Willard's journey. Surfers Mike and Johnny are relegated to a sight gagwhile Kilgore talks shop with Lance. In November 1969, Francis Ford Coppola persuaded WarnerBros. to invest $600,000 in his production company,American Zoetrope, to develop movies for "the youthmarket"--an audience that the Hollywood studios hadmanaged to lose across the decade but that had recentlyreturned to cinemas for the independently produced EasyRider (Dennis Hopper 1969).[1] [open endnotes in newwindow] A year later, and much to the chagrin of theWarner executives who would demand their money back,Coppola would present them with George Lucas' THX-1138,and two screenplays: Coppola's "The Conversation" andJohn Milius' "Apocalypse Now.".
- Subjects
APOCALYPSE; SURFERS; MILITARY personnel
- Publication
Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media, 2022, Issue 61, p34
- ISSN
0146-5546
- Publication type
Article