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John Hurt (Actor), Richard Burton (Actor), Michael Bradford (Director) Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack, Suzanna Hamilton, Gregory Fisher
  • Directors: Michael Bradford
  • Format: PAL, Colour, Mono, Widescreen
  • Language: Spanish, English, German, French
  • Subtitles: French, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Portuguese
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
  • DVD Release Date: 20 Sept. 2004
  • Run Time: 106 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (139 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00015N56U
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,669 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

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5.0 out of 5 starsIf there is hope, it lies with the Proles...
By Tim Bentley on 4 Jun. 2006
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George Orwell wrote the prophetic words "Freedom is the right to say two plus two equals four" in his novel 1984, a right denied to the people by the fictional government of his book. Many readers drew parallels between the Ingsoc dominated Oceania to Soviet Russia, an analog that remained true until the collapse of the Eastern Bloc. Today, however, the right to state a simple truth is also threatened and a number of precepts from 1984 appear to apply. Consider "Who controls the past controls the future", the function of the Ministry of Truth where the main protagonist Winston Smith works editing the documented past to support the will of the government in the name of democracy and freedom. Ring any bells?

This movie version (and there've been a few) is in my opinion the most complete version painting an horrific picture of an oppressed distrusted people dominated by a brutal self-serving government. Richard Burton in his last role portrays an Ingsoc inner-party member, the inside man to John Hurt's "Winston Smith". Both excel in their roles, they're believable, real, and in Burton's case truly terrifying. Suzanna Hamilton plays the part of Julia, Winston's lover and ultimately the tool of his demise. There are some specifically disturbing scenes in this portrayal, notably the torture of Winston Smith - if ever John Hurt deserved an Oscar, it should have been for 1984.

The movie is one of those pictures that you just can't stop, but are unsure that you can bear to see what happens next. The performances were stunning, the production dark and consistent, the movie a dreadful vision of what could have been, and as every right we enjoy is eroded, could still be.

1984 still stands as important literature for the 21st century and this movie version stands as the definitive version, standing as both an education and a warning.

And remember, if there is hope, it lies with the proles, the real people.
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5.0 out of 5 stars1984 -- a year to fear, a gripping film to watch -- and doubleplusgood value for your money!
By Don E. Cook on 1 July 2015
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1984 -- so darkly iconic was the number of that year by the time the actual calendar year arrived, it was no surprise that someone would make George Orwell's dark dystopian book into a film. And kudos to Michael Radford for doing such a glumly excellent job at it! Although Suzanne Hamilton's Julia seemed far more like a cold, heartless "anti-tart" than a woman with normal feminine angst when things are as bad as Orwell depicted (compared to previous motion picture incarnations of Winston Smith's star-crossed lover -- in a world where even looking up and watching the stars is "doubleplusunlawful"), John Hurt's portrayal of the film's hapless main character (in a world where haplessness is the strictly enforced "doubleplusnormal") is so right on the spot that I am doubleplushocked that Hurt wasn't nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for that role -- doubleplusshame on the Academy! And this is also Richard Burton's acting swan song where he gives a doubleplusgood final performance, with a doubleplusfitting dedication to the late great ex-Mr. Liz Taylor within the film. I would have given this a 4.5/5-star rating due to Hamilton's heartless portrayal of Julia had it not been for online techno-feasibility issues.
And at any rate, this film -- the only version which, to my knowledge, is in colour (albeit "doubleplusmuted") -- has more well-filmed doubleplusglumness per frame than any of the black-and-white versions that came before Radford's film, which does this film doubleplusjustice several times over. As a cinematic warning, it doubleplussadly went unheeded -- the world of 1984 (even though it is 2015 as I write this) is here, like it or not. So if you want a film by which you could gauge today's human condition, purchase 1984 from Amazon.co.uk -- before it is doubleplustoolate!
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5.0 out of 5 starsDefinitive film version of a great 20c masterpiece.
By Amazon Customer TOP 1000 REVIEWER on 20 Jan. 2006
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George Orwell’s unforgettable vision of the future written in 1949 is one of the great 20th century masterpieces, and this film does a superb job of realising it on the screen.
John Hurt brilliantly portrays Winstone Smith’s silent inner rebellion against the Big Brother regime and its stated goals to destroy human feelings by destroying the family, to destroy communication by the destruction of the language, so people become little more than automatons, all overseen by the thought police. His forbidden love affair with Smith’s Julia (Suzanna Hamilton) encapsulates their rebellion beautifully.
Then there is Richard Burton as the inquisitor O’Brien who brain washes Winstone, giving one of the performances of his life. After "1984" Burton filmed “Wagner” (another magnificent performance) two isolated instances of him achieving on film his true potential, ironically just before dying by the end of the year.
The settings are exactly as described in the book, dark, stark, dirty and oppressive. Watching the film one can well believe O’Brien when he says to Winstone “if you want a vision of the future imagine a boot forever stamping on a human face”.
The more arcane aspect of the destruction of language and the development of “Newspeak” is given as much prominence as is commensurate with dramatic necessity.
This production sets a definitive standard for filming “1984” and is a must for all lovers of the book.
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