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Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, portrayed by Marlon Brando, is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film Apocalypse Now.Colonel Kurtz is based on the character of a nineteenth-century ivory trader, also called Kurtz, from the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.
Thomas Eugene Kurtz (February 22, 1928 – November 12, 2024) was an American computer scientist and educator. A Dartmouth professor of mathematics, he and colleague John G. Kemeny are best known for co-developing the BASIC programming language and the Dartmouth Time-Sharing System in 1963 and 1964.
Kurtz's general manager is envious of Kurtz and plots his downfall. Kurtz's mother was half English, his father was half French and thus "All Europe contributed to the making of Kurtz." As the reader finds out at the end, Kurtz is a multitalented man—painter, musician, writer, promising politician.
Perry Kurtz, a comedian featured on "America's Got Talent" and "The Late Late Show with James Corden" died after being struck by a car in a hit-and-run in the Tarzana area.
Swoosie Kurtz (/ ˈ s w uː s i / SWOO-see; born September 6, 1944) [1] is an American actress. She is the recipient of an Emmy Award and two Tony Awards . Kurtz made her Broadway debut in the 1975 revival of Ah, Wilderness .
Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola.The screenplay, co-written by Coppola, John Milius, and Michael Herr, is loosely inspired by the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, with the setting changed from late 19th-century Congo to the Vietnam War.
Kurtz's health worsens during the trip. The steamboat breaks down, and while stopped for repairs, Kurtz gives Marlow a packet of papers, including his commissioned report and a photograph, telling him to keep them from the manager. When Marlow next speaks with him, Kurtz is near death; Marlow hears him weakly whisper, "The horror! The horror!"
It took her death for me to take that seriously,” Kurtz, who lives in Monument, Colorado, and is now 38, tells TODAY.com. ... Kurtz estimates doctors have now removed and biopsied 100 suspicious ...