This is one of my all time favourite films. I love the scale and the drama of this film. And the story is phenomenal. Its based upon Joseph Conrad's novel 'Heart of Darkness' which was first adapted for radio by Orson Wells. I think Wells planned to make a film of it at some point. It was not till the 1970s when film maker Francis Ford Coppola made this movie loosely based Conrad's novel. Of course, Coppola transports the story to 1960s Vietnam and the war there. Anyway, its a phenomenal movie.