1984 (1956 film)
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| Directed by | Michael Anderson |
| Produced by | N. Peter Rathvon |
| Written by | Ralph Gilbert Bettison William Templeton George Orwell (novel) |
| Starring | Edmond O'Brien Jan Sterling |
| Music by | Malcolm Arnold Cecil Milner |
| Cinematography | Pennington-Richards |
| Editing by | Bill Lewthwaite |
| Release date(s) | 1956 |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
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1984 is a 1956 film based on the novel by George Orwell. This is the first cinema rendition of the story. Donald Pleasence also appeared in the 1954 television version of the film, playing the character of Syme, which in the film was amalgamated with that of Parsons.
[edit] Main cast
- Edmond O'Brien as Winston Smith
- Jan Sterling as Julia
- Michael Redgrave as Gen. O'Connor
- Donald Pleasence as R. Parsons
[edit] External links
- 1984 at the Internet Movie Database
| Characters | Winston Smith | Julia | O'Brien | Big Brother | Emmanuel Goldstein |
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| Places | Oceania | Eastasia | Eurasia | Airstrip One | Room 101 |
| Classes | Inner Party | Outer Party | Proles |
| Ministries | Ministry of Love | Ministry of Peace | Ministry of Plenty | Ministry of Truth |
| Concepts | Ingsoc | Newspeak (wordlist) | Doublethink | Goodthink | Crimestop Two plus two make five | Thoughtcrime | Prolefeed | Prolesec |
| Miscellaneous | Thought Police | Telescreen | Memory hole | Goldstein's book Two Minutes Hate | Hate week |
| Adaptations | 1956 film | 1984 film | 1953 US TV | 1954 BBC programme | Opera |
| Influence | Nineteen Eighty-Four in popular media Parody: Me and the Big Guy |
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