Apocalypse Now Redux Page #26

He grabs her and finally pulls her out of the interior of

the cabin. He moves it and starts looking around.

CHIEF:

Check that vegetable basket.

CHEF:

All right!

One of the Vietnamese men starts to protest.

CLEAN:

Shut up, slope!

CHEF:

There ain't nothing in here.

CHIEF:

What's in the boxes? Look in that

tin can. That rusty can.

CHEF:

Just f***ing rice, that's all!

There ain't nothing in it!

CHIEF:

Check that yellow can. She was

sitting on it. What's in it?

Chef starts for it. All of a sudden, the girl moves.

Clean opens up with the M60. She is blown apart, falling

back on the deck.

In an instant, THEY ALL OPEN FIRE. One of the Vietnamese

men is blown apart into the water, and the others are gunned

down in their tracks.

All of them continue to fire their rifles and guns wildly,

yelling obscenities. Willard has his .45 out but does not

shoot.

CLEAN:

Motherfuckers!

CHEF:

(weeping)

Let's kill them all!

LANCE:

F***ing cocksucker motherfuckers!

Finally the Chief calls out to them.

CHIEF:

Hold it! Hold it!

They all stop firing, but Chef, Lance, and Clean are

mumbling hysterically.

CHEF:

Let's kill all the a**holes!

CHIEF:

Chef, hold it! Hold it!

CHEF:

(hysterically)

...why not?

CHIEF:

Clean?

CLEAN:

I'm good.

CHIEF:

You okay, Lance?

LANCE:

Sh*t! F***!

CHIEF:

Chef?

Chef has moved to the yellow can that the Vietnamese girl

was sitting on. He opens the lid and checks what she had

hidden.

CHEF:

Look what she was hiding. She

what she was running for?

He reaches inside of the can, and pulls out a PUPPY. They

all react.

CHEF:

A f***ing puppy! A puppy.

LANCE:

Gimme that dog! Gimme that dog!

CHEF:

No, you're not gonna get it!

LANCE:

Give me the f***ing dog, a**hole!

Lance grabs the dog from him, kicking Chef back. Chef

throws a mango at him.

CHEF:

F*** you! F***ing mango, too!

You want that?

The Vietnamese girl, still alive and bleeding, moves behind

Chef.

CHIEF:

Chef, she's moving behind you.

She's alive. Check her out.

Chef turns and bends down to her.

CHEF:

Come on, Clean, goddamnit, give me

a hand!

Clean jumps down into the sampan. He and Chef pick up the

girl and carry her to the edge of the boat.

CHEF:

She's not dead. She's moving.

(to group)

Let's take it easy. Take it easy.

Slow down and take it easy.

CLEAN:

Bring her up.

CHIEF:

Is she breathing, Chef?

CHEF:

She's hurt. She's bleeding.

CHIEF:

Bring her onboard. We're taking

her to an ARVN.

ANOTHER ANGLE ON TO INCLUDE WILLARD

Willard looks at the girl and then to Chief.

WILLARD:

What are you talking about?

CHIEF:

We're taking her to some friendlies.

She's wounded, she's not dead.

Willard hold his .45. Looks down at Chef nd the girl.

WILLARD:

Get out of there, Chef.

CHIEF:

The book says, Captain-

Before anybody can react, Willard aims and SHOOTS THE GIRL

DEAD with his .45. She falls dead in Chef's arms.

CHEF:

F*** you. F*** them.

Willard turns and looks at the Chief.

WILLARD:

I told you not to stop. Now let's

go.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

EXT. THE RIVER - PBR - EVENING

The boat moves up the river.

WILLARD (V.O.)

It was a way we had over here of

living with ourselves. We'd cut

them in half with a machine gun,

and give them a Band-Aid. It was

a lie. And the more I saw of them,

the more I hated liars. Those

boys were never gonna look at me

the same way again, but I felt

like I knew one or two things about

Kurtz, that weren't in the dossier.

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