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1993 American TV film by Nicolas Roeg From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Heart of Darkness is a 1993 television film adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s famous 1899 novella written by Benedict Fitzgerald, directed by Nicolas Roeg, and starring Tim Roth, John Malkovich, Isaach De Bankolé and James Fox.[1]
Heart of Darkness | |
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Based on | Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad |
Written by | Benedict Fitzgerald |
Directed by | Nicolas Roeg |
Starring | Tim Roth John Malkovich Isaach De Bankolé James Fox Phoebe Nicholls |
Composer | Stanley Myers |
Production | |
Producers | Luc Roeg Rick Rosenberg Robert W. Christiansen |
Cinematography | Anthony B. Richmond |
Editor | Louise Rubacky |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | TNT |
Release | March 13, 1993 |
It is the third screen adaptation of the novella, following a 1958 television adaptation for the anthology series Playhouse 90 starring Boris Karloff, and 1979's Apocalypse Now with Marlon Brando, which loosely adapted it and updated it to the Vietnam War.
The film was filmed as a co-production with Ted Turner's Turner Pictures, and then aired by his TNT network on March 13, 1993.
Seaman Captain Charles Marlow is sent up the Congo River to retrieve cargo, and along the way, learns of the successful and enigmatic trader Kurtz, who is worshiped as a god by the natives.
The series won and was nominated for several awards, including:
Malkovich was nominated for both a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe for Best Actor in 1995.[2][3]
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