1984

Starring: Jan Sterling, David Kossoff, Mervyn Johns, et al.

Product Description

George Orwell's landmark novel is the basis of this eerie, darkly satiric tale whose futuristic world is divided into three sections following an atomic war. London, capital of the Oceania sector, is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 644827235827
• Release Date: May 1993
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Reel Vault
• Director: Michael Anderson
• Starring: Jan Sterling, David Kossoff, Mervyn Johns, Carol Wolveridge, Ernest Clark, Patrick Allen, Ronan O'Casey, Michael Ripper, Ewen Solon, Kenneth Griffith
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: ntsc
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.2" x 7.6" x 0.6"

Customer Reviews

Deviates corrected for their own good

Edmond O’Brien is Winston Smith. Jan Sterling is Julia. This movie did a rather decent job of depicting the story. However, everyone stayed fully clothed, and Goldstein’s name has been changed to protect the innocent. And O’Brien becomes O’Connor. In a society that has eliminated many imbalances, surplus goods, and even class struggle, there are bound to be deviates; Winston Smith is one of those. He starts, due to his inability to doublethink, with thoughtcrime. This is in a society that believes the thought is as real as the deed. Eventually, he graduates through a series of misdemeanors to illicit s-e-x and even plans to overthrow the very government that took him in as an orphan. If he gets caught, he will be sent to the “Ministry of Love,” where they have a record of 100% cures for this sort of insanity. They will even forgive his past indiscretions. Be sure to watch the four different movies made from this book: 1984 - Studio One (1953) S6 E1 Eddie Albert as Winston Smith 1984 (1954) Peter Cushing as Winston Smith 1984 (1956) Edmond O’Brien as Winston Smith Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) John Hurt as Winston Smith