
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell's terrifying vision comes to the screen.
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.
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About Nineteen Eighty-Four
- Directors
- Michael Radford
- Cast
- John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher, James Walker
- Genres
- Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Content rating
- R
- Original language
- English
- Production countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
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