Two versions of the novel by George Orwell have been made.
1984 (1955) 91 minutes.
Directed by Michael Anderson.
With Michael Redgrave, Edmond O'Brien, Jan Sterling, David Kossoff, Mervyn Jones, Donald Pleasence.
http://uk.imdb.com/Title?0048918
1984 (1984) 110 minutes.
Directed by Michael Radford.
With John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher, James Walker.
http://uk.imdb.com/Title?0087803
Pointless to make a prophetic film in the year it was supposed to be prophesying, perhaps?
Winston Smith yearns for the time before Europe became the Fascist state of Oceania. After brainwashing and being taught doublethink he comes to love Big Brother. The novel is very literary for cinematic success and both films have difficulty. The first follows the dehumanized future with reasonable fidelity until the end is changed. The second adds a few twists.
1984 (1955) 91 minutes.
Directed by Michael Anderson.
With Michael Redgrave, Edmond O'Brien, Jan Sterling, David Kossoff, Mervyn Jones, Donald Pleasence.
http://uk.imdb.com/Title?0048918
1984 (1984) 110 minutes.
Directed by Michael Radford.
With John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher, James Walker.
http://uk.imdb.com/Title?0087803
Pointless to make a prophetic film in the year it was supposed to be prophesying, perhaps?
Winston Smith yearns for the time before Europe became the Fascist state of Oceania. After brainwashing and being taught doublethink he comes to love Big Brother. The novel is very literary for cinematic success and both films have difficulty. The first follows the dehumanized future with reasonable fidelity until the end is changed. The second adds a few twists.
