Heart of Darkness (1994)

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]

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.

Plot
Ivory trader 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.

Cast
Tim Roth as Marlow
John Malkovich as Mr. Kurtz
Isaach De Bankolé as Mfumu
James Fox as Gosse
Phoebe Nicholls as The Intended
Morten Faldaas as Harlequin
Alan Corduner as Verne
Patrick Ryecart as De Griffe
Michael Fitzgerald as Harou
Geoffrey Hutchings as Delcommune
Iman as Black Beauty
Ian McDiarmid as doctor
Peter Vaughan as director
John Savident as company director
Awards
The series won and was nominated for several awards, including:

Primetime Emmy for Sound Editing as 1994 (Won)
CableABC Award for Art Direction as 1995 (Won)
CableABC Award for Costume Design as 1995 (Nominated)
Malkovich was nominated for both a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe for Best Actor in 1995.