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1984
1985
A fine and stunning screen adaptation of Orwell's prophetic 1948 novel about a world in which the government completely controls the masses by controlling their thoughts, altering history and even changing the meaning of words to suit its needs. This was Richard Burton's final film. Read more
| Starring | John Hurt, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack, Roger Lloyd Pack |
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| Director | Michael Radford |
| Genres | Drama |
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1984
A fine and stunning screen adaptation of Orwell's prophetic 1948 novel about a world in which the government completely controls the masses by controlling their thoughts, altering history and even changing the meaning of words to suit its needs. This was Richard Burton's final film.
| Starring | John Hurt, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack, Roger Lloyd Pack |
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| Director | Michael Radford |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 48 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1985 To Rent: DVD: 20 Sep 2004 |
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Sensibly realising that science fiction is always a distortion of the time at which it was written rather than a... read more on Time Out
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I really enjoyed the film but i got the feeling you needed to have read the book first, i was constantly telling the wife what was going on and why it came ... read more »
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Far less exciting than the book.
Normally the problem with adaptations is that they skip the boring bits so the plot and character development suffer as a result. Not so with 1984 where they&#... read more »
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A Valiant Effort
The film stayed quite faithful to the book and, I felt, Orwell's vision; or at least my personal perception of it. Needless to say, it met with expectation... read more »
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2 + 2 = 5? Not while I'm still breathing
There are 4 adaptations of Orwell's novel and this (the 1984 version) was the first one I saw, at the cinema, on its initial release in late 1984.
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