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Jerry Ziesmer (May 31, 1939 – August 1, 2021) was an American assistant director, production manager and occasional actor. He is best known for his role as Jerry in the 1979 film Apocalypse Now in which he delivers the infamous line "terminate with extreme prejudice".
Extreme Prejudice is an homage, of sorts, to The Wild Bunch, a western directed by Sam Peckinpah, with whom Hill worked on The Getaway. Both films end with a massive gunfight in a Mexican border town. The title originates from "terminate with extreme prejudice", a phrase popularized by Apocalypse Now, also written by Milius.
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 .
On August 15, 1979, Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now arrived in theaters. The film went on to earn eight nominations at the 52nd Academy Awards, including a nod in the best picture category ...
Emilio Estevez on his lost 'Apocalypse Now' scene, playing a 'creeper' in 'St. Elmo's Fire' and what he really thinks of the term 'Brat Pack' Kevin Polowy May 16, 2023 at 7:00 AM
A wealth of film and TV titles are available at launch on streamer Studiocanal Presents, which is now available as an Amazon Prime Video channel in the U.K. Some 300 films and series from ...
Fred Ludwig Rexer, Jr. (November 30, 1946 - August 27, 2021) [1] was an American writer, technical advisor, and US Army veteran. He was best known as the military advisor on the film Apocalypse Now (1979), and was cited by its screenwriter John Milius as the basis for the protagonist Captain Willard. [2]
With the former definition, one could say in the context of Apocalypse Now that "terminate with extreme prejudice" meant to terminate without emotional involment, proceeding with resignation and going by the information the officers told him. Martin Sheen's character might have changed his mind when he met the Colonel, maybe assessed the ...