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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 .
A number of press stories have implied that Poshepny was the model for Colonel Walter Kurtz in the film Apocalypse Now, [11] [12] [better source needed] though director Francis Ford Coppola has denied this, citing Robert B. Rheault as the actual inspiration.
In Apocalypse Now, Martin Sheen stars as Captain Benjamin L. Willard, a US Army Captain assigned to "terminate the command" of Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, played by Marlon Brando. A film documenting the production, titled Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse , was released in 1991.
Robert Rheault was born October 31, 1925, to Charles Auguste and Rosamond (née Bradley) Rheault in Westwood, a suburb of Boston.His father had served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and was stationed in Labrador where he met Rosamond Bradley, from a prominent Boston family, who had been working at the Grenfell Medical Mission prior to immigrating to the United States in 1924.
A Virginia family of four who dedicated their lives to figure skating and each other were among the victims who died in Wednesday's devastating plane crash near Reagan National Airport.. Business ...
Howard Kurtz (1953), host of Media Buzz on Fox News, former media writer for The Washington Post, and former Washington bureau chief for The Daily Beast [110] Mark Leibovich (1965–), staff writer for The Atlantic [111] [112] Cynthia Leive (1967–), Glamour [113] Joe Lelyveld (1937–), executive editor of The New York Times [58] [59]
David Lever, 55, was charged with three counts of murder in the killings Friday of Anthony “Tony” Gribble, 80; Paula Gribble, 76; and Enrique Reyes, 64, according to the sheriff's office.
Kurtz estimates doctors have now removed and biopsied 100 suspicious spots on her body. Given her family history, she underwent skin checks, blood tests and X-rays every few months for the first ...