Round 8: Tossup 10

In a deleted scene, after this character’s eyes are seen alongside children peering through a hole in wood, he mocks a Time magazine quote about it “[smelling] much better over there.” A close-up on this character’s face repeatedly fades to black as he recalls crying like a “grandmother” over “little arms.” In a tape recording, this character states his fear at resembling a “snail crawling on the edge of a straight razor.” In his first scene, this character washes his hands while asking if Toledo is near the Ohio River. This character, whose library includes Ritual to Romance and The (*) Golden Bough, declares that the protagonist is nothing but an “errand boy sent by grocery clerks.” This character recites “The Hollow Men” (10[1])to a character instructed to “terminate [him] with extreme prejudice,” leading to his death intercut with a real water buffalo sacrifice. For 10 points, “the horror, the horror” are the last words of what Marlon Brando character in Apocalypse Now? ■END■

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