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Nineteen Eighty-Four

Name: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Director: Michael Radford
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
Released: 1984-11-09
Cast: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher

DramaScience FictionThriller

Winston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light. His trysts with Julia provide his only measure of enjoyment, but lawmakers frown on the relationship -- and in this closely monitored society, there is no escape from Big Brother.

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Cast

John HurtRichard BurtonSuzanna HamiltonCyril CusackGregor FisherJames WalkerAndrew WildeDavid CannPeter FryeRoger Lloyd PackDavid TrevenaAnthony Benson

Director

Michael Radford

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