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Nineteen Eighty-Four is a 1984 dystopian film written and directed by Michael Radford, based upon George Orwell 's 1949 novel. Starring John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, and Cyril Cusack, the film follows the life of Winston Smith (Hurt), a low-ranking civil servant in a war-torn London ruled by Oceania, a totalitarian superstate. [6]
1984: Directed by Michael Radford. With John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack. In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose work is re-writing history, tries to rebel.
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In the year 1984, rocket bombs and rats prey on the inhabitants of the crumbling metropolis of London. Far away on the Malabar Front, a seemingly interminable war rages against Eastasia. The Ministry of Truth broadcasts ceaselessly to the population via its inescapable network of telescreens. These devices, which pervade all aspects of peoples ...
Hurt is the narrator of the 4 part series The Universe for Channel 4 International, released in 1999 and available on DVD. Hurt co-starred alongside Kiefer Sutherland in the 10 part web series The Confession. A line from the movie Nineteen Eighty-Four featuring the voice of Hurt can be heard as the introduction to the Manic Street Preachers ...
John Hurt. Actor: 1984. One of stage, screen and TV's finest transatlantic talents, slight, gravel-voiced John Vincent Hurt was born on January 22, 1940, in Shirebrook, a coal mining village, in Derbyshire, England. The youngest child of Phyllis (Massey), an engineer and one-time actress, and Reverend Arnould Herbert Hurt, an Anglican clergyman ...
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Jun 3, 1984 · Mr. Burton says he regards Orwell's book as brilliantly clever but less of a political masterpiece than ''Animal Farm.'' John Hurt, in contrast, brings to the project a longstanding obsession.
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Dec 14, 1984, Limited. Release Date (Streaming) Oct 6, 2013. Runtime. 1h 55m. A man loses his identity while living under a repressive regime. In a story based on George Orwell's classic novel ...
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