He entered the bridge, and killed Chief Engineer Jim Carlson (Fred Henderson) at the helm, by harpooning him in the back(# 6 death)and repeatedly jerking him with the weapon.Back at the shelter, Maggie reported to her supervisor Kelly (David Dunard) about how "John Doe," Spencer, and Carlos had disappeared, and then discovered to her amazement that he didn""t even remember them as patients or new arrivals: "Those kids were never here.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.With a production budget of $50 million, and box-office gross receipts of $28 million (domestic) and $82 million (worldwide).MGM Studios was quite concerned about their alluring, 24 year-old talented actress.She was one of their biggest stars, but she had a potential liability - her untested, heavy Swedish accent.