Heart of Darkness Karloff) as its final act, and adds a backstory in which Marlow had been Kurtz's adopted son. The cast includes Inga Swenson and Eartha Kitt. The most famous adaptation is Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 motion picture "Apocalypse Now" based on the screenplay by John Milius, which moves the story from the Congo to Vietnam and Cambodia during the Vietnam War. In "Apocalypse Now", Martin Sheen plays Captain Benjamin L. Willard, a US Army Captain assigned to "terminate the command" of Colonel Walter E. Kurtz. Marlon Brando played Kurtz, in one of his most famous roles. A production documentary of the
Darkness Rising (film) Darkness Rising (film) Darkness Rising is a 2017 supernatural horror film directed by Austin Reading. Frank Scheck for "The Hollywood Reporter" claimed the film "would be infuriating except that its terminal dullness saps the energy required for outrage." Monica Castillo for "The New York Times" found that the film had potential but disappointed saying "Austin Reading's horror movie "Darkness Rising" has the makings of a solid haunted-house story...However, tossing these ingredients together does not guarantee a decent scare." Noel Murray of "The Los Angeles Times" called the film "as blandly forgettable as its title." Maitland McDonagh for "Film Journal International"