George Orwell's terrifying vision comes to the screen.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Synopsis
Winston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light. His trysts with Julia provide his only measure of enjoyment, but lawmakers frown on the relationship -- and in this closely monitored society, there is no escape from Big Brother.
- Directed by
- Michael Radford
- Written by
- Michael Radford, George Orwell
Cast
John Hurt
Winston Smith
Richard Burton
O'Brien
Suzanna Hamilton
Julia
Cyril Cusack
Charrington
Gregor Fisher
Parsons
James Walker
Syme
Andrew Wilde
Tillotson
David Cann
Martin
Peter Frye
Rutherford
Roger Lloyd Pack
Waiter
David Trevena
Tillotson's Friend
Anthony Benson
Jones
Phyllis Logan
The Telescreen Anouncer (voice)
Garry Cooper
Guard
Rupert Baderman
Winston Smith as a Boy
Corinna Seddon
Winston's Mother
Details
- Released
- November 9, 1984
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Budget
- $7,430,072
- Box office
- $8,430,492
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