Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse "Tropic Thunder" parodies both "Hearts of Darkness" and "Apocalypse Now". The animated series "Eek! The Cat" also did a parody episode "Eekpocalypse Now!" Season 2, Episode 5A. Other documentaries about troubled movie productions: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse is a 1991 American documentary film about the production of "Apocalypse Now," the 1979 Vietnam War epic directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The title is derived from the Joseph Conrad novella "Heart of Darkness", the source material for "Apocalypse Now". Using behind-the-scenes footage, and narrated by Eleanor Coppola, the documentary chronicles how production problems—among them
The Miracle Worker (1979 film) The Miracle Worker (1979 film) The Miracle Worker is a 1979 American made-for-television biographical film based on the 1959 play of the same title by William Gibson, which originated as a 1957 broadcast of the television anthology series "Playhouse 90". Gibson's original source material was "The Story of My Life", the 1902 autobiography of Helen Keller. The play was adapted for the screen before, in 1962. The film is based on the life of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan's struggles to teach her. It starred Patty Duke (who played Helen Keller in the original 1962 film, for which she won