Apocalypse Now Redux Page #22

WILLARD:

Hey, solder, where's your C.O.?

SOLDIER:

Don't ask me, man.

Willard wanders around the desolate place. Other soldiers

pass.

WILLARD:

Hey, guys, where's your C.O.?

SOLDIER:

He stepped on a land mine about

two months ago. Got all blown to

hell.

WILLARD:

Who's in charge here?

SOLDIER:

Charge? I don't know man. I'm

just the night man. Just doing

what I'm told. I'm just a working

girl.

He just giggles and turns off walking into the mud and

rain.

WILLARD:

(to other soldier)

What about you, fella?

The other soldier turns around smiling idiotically, and

making animal noises. He stumbles off after his friend.

EXT. PBR - BY THE RIVER - DAY

Lance, Chef, and Clean are sitting on the dock surrounded

by enormous pile of clothes, boots, all sorts of brand new

junk, seemingly abandoned. Chief remains with the boat.

Clean is working on Lance's M16.

CLEAN:

Lance, man, I'm telling you it's

gonna jam. You mark my words.

LANCE:

Get off my back!

Lance, in an unexplainable fit of temper, turns to Clean,

jumping on him and pulling him into the mud. Chef, seeing

a brawl, jumps into it as well. All wrestle in the mud.

BACK TO WILLARD:

He hears a voice.

AGENT:

Hey, you! Come here!

Willard turns to see the Hollywood agent from the Hau Phat

show under the flap of a large tent, hiding from the rain,

waving Willard to come over.

His clothes are the same he wore at the Hau Phat show but

wet and dirty. He motions Willard over to him.

AGENT:

Come here. Is that your boat?

Come on inside.

WILLARD:

What do you want?

AGENT:

Come on inside, I want to talk to

you. Come on. Get out of the

rain.

BACK TO THE CREW IN THE MUD

Rolling around fighting, slapping mud on each other. It's

as though there is a lingering madness that infects anyone

who visits this place.

CHIEF:

Come on, cut the sh*t. Come on.

BACK TO WILLARD AND THE AGENT

AGENT:

How you doing, Captain? I want

you to meet some people.

CUT TO:

CREW AT THE PBR, STILL FIGHTING IN THE MUD

Willard approaches the group. He looks down at them as

they sprawl in the mud.

WILLARD:

Hey, guys. Hey, fellas. Guys?

They don't respond, but continue their wild free-for-all

in the junk and mud.

WILLARD:

I just made a deal with people

from Hau Phat. I negotiated two

barrels of fuel for a couple of

hours with the bunnies.

They stop fighting instantly. Willard walks toward the

boat. The group of them run after him.

CHEF:

You shittin' me?

WILLARD:

No, I'm not.

(to crew)

Grab a couple of barrels and get

up to that big tent. Come on!

VIEW ON THE CHIEF

He is not jubilant about this news.

CHIEF:

Captain. You're giving away fuel

for a Playmate of the month?

WILLARD:

No. Playmate of the Year, Chief.

(he takes a drink

from a bottle)

CHIEF:

Captain, we get in a fire fight

and run out of fuel, I want you to

tell me how she was.

WILLARD:

I made a deal for all of us, Chief.

How about you?

CHIEF:

You got some mamas in there?

WILLARD:

Some what?

CHIEF:

(laughing)

Forget it, Captain. I'll stay

with the boat.

Chief moves to the engine, with Lance's M16.

LANCE:

Hey, Captain, give me a hand!

Willard helps Lance with the fuel drum, and they exit,

leaving Chief alone on the boat.

EXT. PLAYBOY HELICOPTER - RAIN - DAY

It is still raining. The PLAYBOY HELICOPTER is parked by

the river. Our VIEW MOVES CLOSER, and we can make out two

figures in the front seat.

CHEF (O.S.)

You know, I got every one of your

pictures...

INT. PLAYBOY HELICOPTER - RAIN - DAY

It is Chef and Terri. He has on his rain gear and is

struggling to get it off. Terri is holding a white BIRD

in her hands and there are TWO MORE perched on their back

seat.

CHEF:

I got the centerfold, the Playmate's

Review, the Playmate of the Year

runoff. I even got the calendar.

Hey, oiseau! How come you got a

bird?

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