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| Director |
Michael Anderson |
| Writing Credits |
based on novel by George Orwell
screenplay by William P. Templeton
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| Genre |
Futuristic Science Fiction |
| Runtime and Misc |
91 minutes, B/W |
| Synopsis |
This movie explores a totalitarian world. It focuses on the love affair between Smith and Julia, but leaves Orwell's grim satire foggy and simplified. Two endings were shot, one for the USA and one for the UK. The former followed the book, with Winston and his lover successfully brainwashed and now devoted supporters of Big Brother; the UK version had them overcoming their conditioning, defiantly dying in a hail of bullets, and incidentally vitiating Orwell's theme.
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| Cast |
Edmond O'Brien
Michale Redgrave
Jan Sterling
Donald Pleasence
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| Year |
1955 |
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