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Title Nineteen eighty-four [videorecording] / Virgin Films presents an Umbrella-Rosenblum production ; produced by Simon Perry ; written and directed by Michael Radford.

Imprint Santa Monica, CA : Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment, c2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe DVDs 1st Floor  791.4372 N622 2003    ---  Available
Description 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Language In English with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
Cast John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack.
Credits Director of photography, Roger Deakins ; editor, Tom Priestley ; music, Eurythmics and Dominic Muldowney.
Note DVD released of the 1984 motion picture.
Based on the novel by George Orwell.
Audience MPAA rating: R.
Summary "Winston Smith (Hurt) endures a squalid existence in totalitarian Oceania under the constant surveillance of Big Brother. But his life takes a horrifying turn when he begins a forbidden love affair and commits the crime of independent thought. Sent to the chillingly labeled 'Ministry of Love, ' he is placed at the mercy of O'Brien (Burton), a coolly treacherous leader determined to control his thoughts ... and crush his soul"--Container.
Subject Dystopias -- Drama.
Totalitarianism -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Science fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Film adaptations.
Added Author Radford, Michael, 1946-
Perry, Simon, 1943-
Hurt, John, 1940-2017.
Burton, Richard, 1925-1984.
Hamilton, Suzanna.
Cusack, Cyril, 1910-1993.
Deakins, Roger A., 1949-
Priestley, Tom, 1932-
Muldowney, Dominic.
Orwell, George, 1903-1950. Nineteen eighty-four.
Virgin Films.
Umbrella Films.
Rosenblum Films.
MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
Eurythmics (Musical group)
Added Title 1984
George Orwell's 1984
George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four
ISBN 0792854969
9780792854968
Standard No. 027616884220
Music No. 4004165 MGM
Standard No. NZ1 8956587

 
    
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