The Hollow Men

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The Hollow Men

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* The poem is mentioned several times during the Apple TV+ film ''[[The Gorge (film)|The Gorge]]'' (2025). The antagonists are called "Hollow Men" in direct reference to Eliot's poem.{{cite web |last=Papadopoulos |first=Charles |title=''The Gorge''{{'s}} hollow men and mutated creatures explained |website=[[Screen Rant]] |date=2025-02-14 |url=https://screenrant.com/the-gorges-hollow-men-mutated-creatures-explained/ |access-date=2025-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250215232059/https://screenrant.com/the-gorges-hollow-men-mutated-creatures-explained/ |archive-date=2025-02-15 |url-status=live }}
* The poem is mentioned several times during the Apple TV+ film ''[[The Gorge (film)|The Gorge]]'' (2025). The antagonists are called "Hollow Men" in direct reference to Eliot's poem.{{cite web |last=Papadopoulos |first=Charles |title=''The Gorge''{{'s}} hollow men and mutated creatures explained |website=[[Screen Rant]] |date=2025-02-14 |url=https://screenrant.com/the-gorges-hollow-men-mutated-creatures-explained/ |access-date=2025-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250215232059/https://screenrant.com/the-gorges-hollow-men-mutated-creatures-explained/ |archive-date=2025-02-15 |url-status=live }}
* In [[Apocalypse Now]], Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando) reads "The Hollow Men" to his followers, using it to explain shared spiritual and moral emptiness.
* In [[Apocalypse Now]], Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando) reads "The Hollow Men" to his followers, using it to explain shared spiritual and moral emptiness.
Opening to Stephen kings 1994 movie The stand

===Literature===
===Literature===
* [[Louise Lawrence (author)|Louise Lawrence]]'s novel, ''Children of the Dust'' (1985), references the last stanza of the poem, with a character quoting it when faced with the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse.{{Cite book |last=Lawrence |first=Louise |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2wl0-2siikMC |title=Children Of The Dust |date=2013-01-30 |publisher=Penguin Random House Children's UK |isbn=978-1-4464-3078-1 |language=en}}
* [[Louise Lawrence (author)|Louise Lawrence]]'s novel, ''Children of the Dust'' (1985), references the last stanza of the poem, with a character quoting it when faced with the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse.{{Cite book |last=Lawrence |first=Louise |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2wl0-2siikMC |title=Children Of The Dust |date=2013-01-30 |publisher=Penguin Random House Children's UK |isbn=978-1-4464-3078-1 |language=en}}
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