Apocalypse Now: Redux

APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX an original screenplay by John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola Narration written by Michael Herr Final Draft - A Transcription First published in the United States 2001 by Talk Miramax books First published in the United Kingdom 2001 by Faber & Faber Limited All rights reserved (c) 2001 Zoetrope Corporation FADE IN: EXT. A SIMPLE IMAGE OF TREES - DAY Coconut trees being VIEWED through the veil of time or a dream.Occasionally colored smoke wafts through the FRAME, yellow and then violet.MUSIC begins quietly, suggestive of 1968-69.Perhaps "The End" by the Doors. Now MOVING through the FRAME are skids of helicopters, not that we could make them out as that though; rather, hard shapes that glide by at random.Then a phantom helicopter in FULL VIEW floats by the trees- suddenly without warning, the jungle BURSTS into a bright red-orange glob of napalm flame. The VIEW MOVES ACROSS the burning trees as the smoke ghostly helicopters come and go. DISSOLVE TO: INT. SAIGON HOTEL - DAY A CLOSE SHOT, upside down of the stubble-covered face of a young man.His EYES OPEN...this is B.L. WILLARD.Intense and dissipated.The CAMERA MOVES around to a side view as he continues to look up at a ROTATING FAN on the ceiling. EXT. IMAGES OF HELICOPTERS - DAY They continue to fly slowly, peacefully across the burning jungle.The colored smoke comes and goes.Morrison continues with "The End". INT. SAIGON HOTEL - DAY The CAMERA MOVES slowly across the room...