{"product_id":"apocalypse-now-and-then","title":"Apocalypse Now (and then?)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first in a series of six sequels or prequels to major works of Melodrama in Cinema and Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eApocalypse Now (and then?)- (ANAT)- is, naturally, the follow-up to the more widely known Apocalypse Now (which is, loosely, the sequel to the less widely known Heart of Darkness).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eANAT follows Woody Allen's profound observation that Time + Tragedy = Comedy. So in our story the Charlie Sheen character, Marlowe (doubling as the lead from Heart of Darkness too (2)) is tracked down by the powers that be for one final mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMarlowe has to find Kurtz's widow and inform her of her husband's demise. She is tracked down to an excellent hotel in Skegness where she is a landlady.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eANAT is a short story\/ screenplay with pithy witticisms, gags to choke on and a happy ending! It even has an unhealthy Oedipal strain running through it!\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat more could you ask for in a 40 minute pastiche?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44380125986977,"sku":"humor1477","price":28.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1k7y65r-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1716882588","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/apocalypse-now-and-then","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}