He is swept up in the glories of the nation""s capital - inside the Capitol Building, he stands in awe before a statue of Thomas Jefferson - author of he Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States.Director Cimino was also criticized as distortedly and one-sidedly portraying all the Vietnamese characters in the film as despicable, sadistic racists and killers.The film""s character, Hollis Mulwray, was loosely derived from LA""s real-life water engineer William Mulholland (the General Manager of LA""s Bureau of Water Works and Supply), who orchestrated the purchase of water rights and the piping of water from the High Sierras into Los Angeles by an aqueduct hat flowed through the now-valuable San Fernando Valley north of LA.Parties, princesses, castles.Princesses." Donkey added: "You""ll be living in the lap of luxury." But Puss and Donkey also scared him with talk about the king""s official food tasters to make sure it wasn""t poisoned, about bodyguards, and about his major responsibilities (to avoid famine and plague).To fire my torpedoes on an unsuspecting planet.And then he purposely crippled your ship in enemy space, leading to one inevitable outcome.The Klingons would come searching for whomever was responsible, and you would have no chance of escape.