What's the Difference between Heart of Darkness the Book and Apocalypse Now the Movie?
In the Book |
In the Movie |
Charlie Marlow
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Captain Benjamin L. Willard
Portrayed by: Martin Sheen
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Kurtz
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Colonel Walter E. Kurtz
Portrayed by: Marlon Brando
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Apocalypse Now Book vs Movie
In the Book |
In the Movie |
The story ends with Marlow travelling to Europe to find Kurtz' fiance to lie and tell her about his final words being her name. |
An airstrike goes off destroying the village as Willard and Lance leave on the boat. |
Kurtz is ill and is taken onto Marlow's boat where he dies. |
Willard sneaks into Kurtz' hut and attacks him with a Machete. He dies from the wounds.
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