Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984 film)
Film directed by Michael Radford / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984 film)?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Nineteen Eighty-Four, also known as 1984, is a 1984 dystopian drama film written and directed by Michael Radford, based upon George Orwell's 1949 novel of the same name. Starring John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, and Cyril Cusack, the film follows the life of Winston Smith (Hurt), a low-ranking civil servant in a war-torn London ruled by Oceania, a totalitarian superstate.[6] Smith struggles to maintain his sanity and his grip on reality as the regime's overwhelming power and influence persecutes individualism and individual thinking on both a political and personal level.
Nineteen Eighty-Four | |
---|---|
Directed by | Michael Radford |
Written by | Michael Radford |
Based on | Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell |
Produced by | Simon Perry |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Roger Deakins |
Edited by | Tom Priestley |
Music by | |
Production companies |
|
Distributed by | Virgin Films[lower-alpha 1] (United Kingdom) |
Release date |
|
Running time | 110 minutes[1][lower-alpha 2] |
Countries | |
Language | English |
Budget | £5.5 million[4] |
Box office | $8.4 million (United States)[5] |
Nineteen Eighty-Four, which was Burton's last screen appearance, is dedicated to him.[7] The film was released in the United Kingdom on October 10, 1984, by Virgin Films. It received positive reviews from critics, and was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Art Direction, and won two Evening Standard British Film Awards for Best Film and Best Actor.