About the Movie Heart of Darkness is a 1994 TNT-Turner Pictures made for TV movie, directed by Nicolas Roeg . It is based on the novel by Joseph Conrad and has and almost identical plot . The cast includes Tim Roth as Marlow and John Malkovich as Kurtz. The film has received mixed reviews . The two movies have the same basic purpose and underlying themes, however the plots , characters, settings, and points of view differ enough to create two extremely different effects.
Apocalypse Now takes a far more modern approach with stunning visuals and special effects.
The scenes are more action-packed and include surfing in the midst of war, Playboy playmates to entertain the soldiers, tons of helicopters and machinery, and rock music. Apocalypse Now takes place during the Vietnam War and follows Captain Willard, played by Martin Sheen , on his mission to Cambodia to terminate the command of the renegade Colonel Kurtz, played by Marlon Brando . Terminate with extreme prejudice. Kurtz's methods are considered unsound because he wages his own wars in the jungle and is worshiped as a god by the native tribes. Willard and four other unordinary crew members encounter several unexpected delays along their journey into Cambodia.