Michael Radford
1984
113'
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1984
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Drama
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Dialogue:
English
Director:
Michael Radford
Composer:
Eurythmics, Dominic Muldowney
With:
John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton
This is the second film version of George Orwell’s cautionary novel. Though the events described by Orwell did not come to pass in the real 1984, the film's producers maintained a level of verisimilitude by shooting the scenes on the exact dates described in the novel. Otherwise, it's the same haunting story: Winston Smith, a bureaucratic flunky living in the totalitarian state of Oceania, breaks the law by daring to fall in love with Ministry of Truth worker Julia. Attempting to escape, Winston and Julia are tracked down by the Thought Police. Both must be "re-educated" into loving the State - and by extension, the shadowy dictator Big Brother.
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Credits
Director
Michael Radford
Composer
Eurythmics, Dominic Muldowney
With
John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton
Scenario
Michael Radford
Director of Photography
Roger Deakins
Editor
Tom Priestley
Producer
Simon Perry
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Dialogue
English
Countries of production
United Kingdom
Screenplay based on
"1984" (George Orwell)
Year
1984