Sam Bottoms, a film and television actor who played the role of California surfer-turned-GI Lance Johnson in Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam War epic "Apocalypse Now," has died. He was 53.

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Understanding Conrad's "Heart of Darkness"

Many of you will have read or at least heard of this book, and most film-buffs will know it was the basis for Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film Apocalypse Now.

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THE BEST ONE-LINERS Where to start? Or, indeed, finish? As an example of the script-writer's genius, the classic one-liner is unbeatable. We all have our favourites, and the best of them need no context, so just read and appreciate this small sample:

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