She enters the mansion""s foyer where her distressed nineteen year-old daughter Veda Pierce (Ann Blyth) rushes to her, upset that two trench-coated detectives "from headquarters" are already in their living room.He can speak.So can they all." He discussed how their intelligence made them humane, and that they might have come in peace - armed only for self-protection.The film""s main characters all had symbolic names, a Freudian triptych of individuals who all reacted to the horrors of war in different ways:Captain Willard (ego) -- dutifully ""willed"" to carry out his assassination mission "with extreme prejudice"Colonel Kurtz (superego) -- godlike cult-leader, a perfect soldier but ""cursed"" by his dark actionsLieutenant Colonel Kilgore (id) -- a hawkish, flamboyant commander who relished the ""gory"" smell of napalm in the morningThe film was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Robert Duvall), Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Art Direction/Set Decoration, and Best Film Editing, but the film won only two well-deserved awards: Best Cinematography (Vittorio Storaro) and Best Sound.]The sweethearts"" railroad station parting scene was one of the most unforgettable, tear-jerking sequences of all-time.