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6.8Winston 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.
Cast
- John Hurt as Winston Smith
- Richard Burton as O'Brien
- Suzanna Hamilton as Julia
- Cyril Cusack as Charrington
- Gregor Fisher as Parsons
- James Walker as Syme
Themes
- based on novel or book
- dystopia
- fascism
- totalitarian regime
- anarchist
- brainwashing
- orwellian
- totalitarianism
- future vision
- future noir
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Michael Radford
- Written by
- Michael Radford
- Based on
- Nineteen Eighty-Four , by George Orwell
- Produced by
- Simon Perry
- Starring
- John Hurt Richard Burton Suzanna Hamilton Cyril Cusack
- Cinematography
- Roger Deakins
- Edited by
- Tom Priestley
- Music by
- Dominic Muldowney Eurythmics
- Production companies
- Virgin Films Umbrella-Rosenblum Films
- Distributed by
- Virgin Films (United Kingdom)
- Release date
- 10 October 1984 ( 1984-10-10 ) (United Kingdom)
- Running time
- 110 minutes
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Budget
- £ 5.5 million
- Box office
- $8.4 million (United States)
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 113
- FilmAffinity ID
- 716877
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- publication date
- 1985-03-22
- title
- Nineteen Eighty-Four
- review score
- 75%
- capital cost
- 5500000
- box office
- 8430492
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (stylized as 1984) is a 1984 British dystopian film written and directed by Michael Radford, based on George Orwell's 1949 novel. Starring John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton and Cyril Cusack, it follows the life of Winston Smith (Hurt), a low-ranking civil servant in a war-torn London in Oceania, a totalitarian superstate ruled by Ingsoc and its leader Big Brother. Smith struggles to maintain his sanity and his grip on reality as the regime's overwhelming power and influence persecute individualism and individual thinking on both a political and a personal level.
Nineteen Eighty-Four was Burton's last screen appearance; it was released two months after his death and is dedicated to him. It was released in the United Kingdom on 10 October 1984 by Virgin Films. It received positive reviews from critics, was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Art Direction, and won two Evening Standard British Film Awards for Best Film and Best Actor.