What Influenced You on Apocalypse Now?

It's great because you are unproduced screenwriters at that point. And then over the years, they were just, you know, we've been with you so long for you to get this off the ground. So I mean, it's just interesting to hear about those years and what it took for you guys to keep renewing your option. What were some of the war films that influenced you? Was there anything that you kind of had as an influence? "The theatrical kills it over the other recuts"