Kurtz (Heart of Darkness) circumstances and remote settings to assert power over others. It is widely believed that Conrad drew influence from these characters, as well as Stevenson's plot lines, when writing "Heart of Darkness". In the 1958 loose adaptation for the CBS television anthology series "Playhouse 90" Kurtz was played by Boris Karloff. This version uses the encounter between Marlow and Kurtz as its final act, and adds a backstory in which Marlow had been Kurtz's adopted son. Francis Ford Coppola's acclaimed Vietnam War film "Apocalypse Now" (1979) centers on the protagonist's mission to find and kill the renegade Colonel Kurtz (played by
The Tell-Tale Heart (2014 film) film was shown at Cannes. The film was produced by the companies Popart Film Factory & Leverage Entertainment. The Tell-Tale Heart (2014 film) The Tell-Tale Heart is a horror film directed by John La Tier, based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story of the same name. A man is haunted by the heart of a man he murdered. The film moves Poe's story into a contemporary New Orleans setting. Rose McGowan stars as a character who "may or may not be real". Filming began in October 2011 in New Orleans. The first image from the set was released on October