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Actors: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher
Directors: Michael Radford
Producers: Al Clark, Gina Rosenblum, John Davis, Marvin J. Rosenblum
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Language English
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
Studio: MGM
DVD Release Date: 4 Mar 2003
Run Time: 113 minutes

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

ASIN: B00007KQA3
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 106,669 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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5.0 out of 5 stars You will not find a better movie version of 1984, 24 Aug 2008

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This review is from: 1984 (Nineteen eighty-four) [DVD] (DVD)

Naturally any film media can not place the entire book on the screen with maybe the exception of "Hamlet" (1996). With anything less than a mini-series. Second is it the story or the philosophy that needs to be transmitted? If you are lucky you get both.

In this case we are lucky because both the basic story and the basic philosophy were transmitted in this movie. An added plus, you could say double plus good, was the portraying the environment as a period piece as described in the book and not as some modern version. The story "1984" was envisioned in 1948.

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In a society that has eliminated many imbalances, surplus goods, and even class struggle, there are bound to be deviates; Winston Smith (John Hurt) is one of those. He starts out, due to his inability to doublethink, with thoughtcrime. This is in a society that believes a thought is as real as the deed. Eventually he graduates through a series of misdemeanors to illicit sex (Suzanna Hamilton) and with the help of an encouraging inter party member (Richard Burton) even plans to overthrow the very government that took him in as an orphan.

If he gets caught, he will be sent to the "Ministry of Love" where they have a record of 100% cures for this sort of insanity. They will even forgive his past indiscretions.

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This version is a little more graphic than the other two earlier commercial movies. However each movie version brings a different emphasis on this classic story. There is a 2007 version in the works

Read a review of the book "1984" by George Orwell. The movie can stand on its own merit, but knowledge of the book will help fill in the gaps and explain the inferences. Better actors could not have been picked. Richard Burton is in his element.

Many people think this is happening today.

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