Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four (Film), released 1984 — adapted from Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.

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.

Starring John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher.

Directed by Michael Radford.

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