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About
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.
Theatrical
Dec 14, 1984
Box Office
$8.4M
Budget
$7.4M
Return
1.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 4, 2003
Theaters
1
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Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Umbrella-Rosenblum Film Production, Virgin Films
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See all →Powerful Adaptation of Orwell's Dystopian Classic
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It would be hard to imagine a better dramatization of Orwell's novel than this film. It does a good job of communicating the novel's substance and spirit, and it has some compelling performances. In particular, the expressive John Hurt is riveting in the lead role. However, this is such a powerful portrayal that many viewers will find the ultimate defeat of the individuals in the hands of the mega-state depressing, and some scenes of torture are graphic. It's not the most uplifting film, but certainly a very important one.
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Surveillance and Control in Nineteen Eighty-Four
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*], (3rd ed.) (New York, N. Y.: Routledge, 2015), pp. 183–184.
[[Christopher Falzon; https://books.google.com/books?id=dXcKBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA183&lpg=PA183 Philosophy Goes to the Movies: An Introduction to Philosophy]
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Cast
Full credits →J
John Hurt
Winston Smith
R
Richard Burton
O'Brien
S
Suzanna Hamilton
Julia
C
Cyril Cusack
Charrington
G
Gregor Fisher
Parsons
J
James Walker
Syme
A
Andrew Wilde
Tillotson
D
David Cann
Martin
P
Peter Frye
Rutherford
R
Roger Lloyd Pack
Waiter
D
David Trevena
Tillotson's Friend
A
Anthony Benson
Jones
P
Phyllis Logan
The Telescreen Anouncer (voice)
G
Garry Cooper
Guard
M
Martha Parsey
Winston's Sister
M
Merelina Kendall
Mrs. Parsons
P
P.J. Nicholas
William Parsons
L
Lynne Radford
Susan Parsons
P
Pip Donaghy
Inner Party Speaker
S
Shirley Stelfox
The Whore
