Captain Benjamin Willard

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf fictional character
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkbp:appearsIn Apocalypse Now
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Colonel_Kurtz
gptkbp:boxOffice $150 million
gptkbp:characterArc moral ambiguity
gptkbp:characterDevelopment transformation through violence
gptkbp:conflict internal struggle
gptkbp:culturalImpact iconic character
gptkbp:depictedIn novel
gptkbp:famousQuote The horror... the horror!
gptkbp:filmFestival gptkb:John_Milius
film festivals
gptkbp:filmingLocation gptkb:Lisa_Fruchtman
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:Southeast_Asia
gptkb:Carmine_Coppola
gptkb:Francis_Ford_Coppola
gptkb:American_Zoetrope
1979
Academy Awards
English
war film
cult classic
$31 million
innovative techniques
Vittorio Storaro
inspired other films
147 minutes
acclaimed by critics
referenced in popular culture
notable actors
darkness of human nature
restored versions available
based on a novella
journey into madness
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Captain Benjamin Willard
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Joseph_Conrad
gptkbp:inspiration Heart of Darkness
gptkbp:intelligence traumatized
gptkbp:meets various characters
gptkbp:mission assassinate_Colonel_Kurtz
gptkbp:narrativeStyle first-person
anti-hero
gptkbp:portrayedBy gptkb:Martin_Sheen
gptkbp:rank Captain
gptkbp:role protagonist
gptkbp:route into the heart of darkness
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkbp:symbolizes the_Vietnam_War_experience
gptkbp:theme moral ambiguity in war