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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.
Released: 1984-11-09113 minDir: Michael RadfordDrama, Science Fiction, ThrillerBudget: $7.4MBox office: $8.4M
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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
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Nineteen Eighty-Four
- Director
- Michael Radford
- Screenwriter
- Michael Radford
- Cast member
- Roger Lloyd-Pack
- Composer
- Dominic Muldowney
- Cinematographer
- Roger Deakins
- Narrative location
- London
- Duration
- 113
- FilmAffinity ID
- 716877
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- soundtrack release
- 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)
- publication date
- 1985-03-22
- film editor
- Tom Priestley
- title
- Nineteen Eighty-Four
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- George Orwell
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 75%
- capital cost
- 5500000
- box office
- 8430492
- different from
- 1984
Sources (10)
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