Heart of Darkness Movie Review 1993

Joseph Conrad's 1902 menacing novella set in the Belgian Congo is told through flashbacks by Marlow (Roth), whose employers, a Belgian trading company, hire him to find Kurtz (Malkovich), head of a remote trading station, who is rumored to be hoarding a huge cache of ivory. Marlow's journey up the river is beset by obstacles and Kurtz is rumored to be either insane or a prophet in his jungle kingdom. Filmed in Belize. Francis Ford Coppola's updated adaptation became "Apocalyse Now."

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 120 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 1900s, Books to Film: Joseph Conrad, Jungle Stories

Screenplay

Benedict Fitzgerald

Cast

Tim Roth, John Malkovich, James Fox, Isaach de Bankole, Patrick Ryecart, Geoffrey Hutchings, Peter Vaughan, Phoebe Nicholls, Allan Corduner, Alan Scarfe, Iman, Timothy Bateson

Director

Nicolas Roeg

Music

Stanley Myers

Producer

Robert Christiansen, Rick Rosenberg Productions, Chris/Rose Productions, Turner Network Television (TNT)