Nineteen Eighty-Four with John Hurt: DVD Cover

    Nineteen Eighty-Four Director: Michael Radford Cast: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack

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    • DVD Release Date: 03/04/2003
    • Original Release: 1984
    • Rating: Rated R

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    Closed Caption; Original theatrical trailer; English mono; English, French & Spanish language subtitles

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    1. Main Title/Mind Control [5:58]
    2. The Crime of Thought [5:37]
    3. Line Up for Another Day [6:37]
    4. Becoming a "Nonperson" [5:31]
    5. "Something Old" [3:18]
    6. "I Hate Her" [4:17]
    7. Prisoners of War [2:44]
    8. Secret Meeting [6:05]
    9. $4.00 Love Nest [7:18]
    10. "The Call Has Come" [4:56]
    11. "Little Chunk of History" [8:43]
    12. The Resistance Is Real [9:18]
    13. "You Are the Dead!" [4:32]
    14. "Take Him!" [4:43]
    15. "The Ministry of Love" [3:26]
    16. 2 + 2 = 5 [3:14]
    17. "That Is the Last Man" [9:03]
    18. Illusion of Love [1:38]
    19. The Ultimate Torture [3:29]
    20. They Win/Credits [9:48]

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    Directed by British filmmaker Michael Radford, Nineteen Eighty-Four is the second film adaptation of the George Orwell novel. The film is set during April of 1984 in post-atomic war London, the capital city of the repressive totalitarian state of Oceania. Winston Smith (John Hurt) is a government bureaucrat whose job is rewriting history and erasing people from existence. While his co-worker Parsons (Gregor Fisher) seems content to follow the state's laws, Winston starts to write in a secret diary despite the fact the "Big Brother" is watching everyone at all times by way of monitors. He silently suffers and tries to comprehend his oppression, which forbids individual human behaviors such as free thinking and sex. He meets Julia (Suzanna Hamilton), who works for the Ministry of Truth, and they engage in a stoic love affair. They are soon found out, and Winston is interrogated and tortured by his former friend O'Brien (Richard Burton in his final film appearance). Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

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    Nineteen Eighty-Fourby Anonymous

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    September 26, 2003: Michael Radford's film of George Orwell's ''1984'' is possibly the finest screen adaptation of a book that I have ever seen. It features the same areas of London that Orwell portrayed in his book (Silvertown & Beckton) and was even filmed in the same time period that in which the book is set (April-June 1984). The film is probably best-remembered for Richard Burton's final role as the hideous-yet-sympathetic O'Brien, whilst John Hurt is equally excellent as the ultimately-doomed Winston Smith. I feel, however, I must comment on an earlier reviewer's ''warning'' that the Eurythmics' music has been replaced by ''somber violins'' (sic) for this DVD. This is simply not the case. I remember back in London in 1985 when director Michael Radford won, and subsequently refused, the BAFTA ''Best Picture'' award simply because the Eurythmics' soundtrack had replaced Dominic Muldowney's original score without Radford's permission and against his wishes. Muldowney's music - featured on this DVD - is extraordinarily sensitive, well-conceived and suits the mood of the story perfectly. It is good to see Michael Radford's vision of Orwell's future finally restored (and if you REALLY want to hear the Eurythmics music, go and buy their CD... that's where it belongs, NOT on ''someone else's film..!'')

    Nineteen Eighty-Fourby Anonymous

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    September 02, 2003: Why did they have to ruin the soundtrack to this awesome work from 1984? The worst torment was lamenting the loss of the haunting strains of ''Julia'' during the closing credits and then to see the reference to the absent Eurythmic's soundtrack. Insult to injury. Still, a powerful adaptation and excellent story about the revisionst world we live in. When they release it with the correct soundtrack, I'll buy it again.