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 (1993-03-13)

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. The show 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.

Plot

Ivory trader Captain Charles Marlow (Roth) is sent up the Congo River to retrieve cargo, and along the way, learns of the successful and enigmatic trader Kurtz (Malkovich), who is worshiped as a god by the natives.

Cast

• Tim Roth – Marlow
• John Malkovich – Mr. Kurtz
• Isaach De Bankolé – Mfumu
• James Fox – Gosse
• Phoebe Nicholls – The Intended
• Morten Faldaas – Harlequin
• Alan Corduner – Verne
• Patrick Ryecart – De Griffe
• Michael Fitzgerald – Harou
• Geoffrey Hutchings – Delcommune
• Iman – Black Beauty
• Ian McDiarmid – Doctor
• Peter Vaughan – Director
• John Savident – Company Director

Awards

The series won and was nominated for several awards, including:

• Primetime Emmy for Sound Editing – 1994 (Won)
• CableABC Award for Art Direction – 1995 (Won)
• CableABC Award for Costume Design – 1995 (Nominated)

Furthermore, Malkovich was nominated for both a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe for Best Actor in 1995.^[1][2]