The late John Hurt is perfect as Winston Smith. Radford’s version of "1984" is extremely faithful to the novel, and it’s the film that looks and sounds the most like the book did in my imagination. Directed by Michael Radford, who was nominated as best director for Il Postino, in 1994 - this version of "1984" was scored - with some controversy - by the Eurythmics - and it was Richard Burton's last film. So let’s jump to the last and best filmed version of George Orwell’s novel - the second feature film version of "1984" released - quite deliberately - in 1984. Though it has been reconstructed, it’s still not very good. It garnered little attention, and was long believed lost. BBC, 1965įourth in our DIY "1984" film festival is another BBC production, this one from 1965. Sam Loomis in the Halloween movies, is still creepy.
1984 JOHN HURT AT HIS JOB MOVIE
It was directed by Michael Anderson, who also directed "Logan’s Run," another movie about a dystopian future - though one with sexier outfits.Įdmond O’Brien, who won an Oscar in "The Barefoot Contessa" and was the crazy old guy in "The Wild Bunch," is all wrong as Winston Smith. This adaptation was not well received then - Orwell’s widow didn’t like it - and it’s not highly thought of today because it took liberties with the text, including changing O’Brien to O’Connor. Produced in 1956, it stars Edmond O'Brien as Winston Smith, and features Donald Pleasence, who was also in the live BBC version. The third version of "1984" is the first feature film adaptation of Orwell's novel. First film adaptation, 1956Įdmund O'Brien and Jan Sterling in 1984. Nevertheless it was highly thought of at the time and today is considered among the top 100 BBC programs every broadcast. Not even a decade after the war, this broadcast was considered subversive - and it was, because it hewed closely to Orwell’s text.
1984 JOHN HURT AT HIS JOB TV
The next year, the BBC produced a live televised play, with Hammer horror star and eventual Star Wars alum Peter Cushing as Winston Smith, in one of his earliest TV performances. Appearing just at the end of the Korean War - the production went little noticed. (CBS Television)Īmerican actor Eddie Albert played Winston Smith Canadian Lorne Greene, of "Bonanza" and Alpo fame, played O'Brien, Smith’s tormenter. The show's set designer is at left and the show's director is at right of the photo. This was a presentation of George Orwell's 1984.
1984 JOHN HURT AT HIS JOB SERIES
Photo of Norma Crane and Eddie Albert on the set of the CBS anthology television series Studio One. Orwell wrote "1984" in 1948, it was published 1949 - and the first TV production was in 1953 by Westinghouse Studio One - the TV drama series that originated the courtroom drama - "12 Angry Men." There are two film and a handful of TV adaptations of "1984." In an era of Fake News, “alternative facts,” and “enemies of the people,” they’re all worth watching. Spoiler Alert: The book does not have a happy ending, unless you’re a fascist dictator - even then it’s a Pyrrhic victory. Winston - named for Churchill - is befriended, and then tortured, by a member of the party elite, called O’Brien. There are concepts like - newspeak, thoughtcrime and the ministry of truth - minitrue for short.
His job is to rewrite old newspaper articles to make them comply with party doctrine. If you haven't read or watched George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece "1984" in a while, here are the Cliffs Notes: A man named Winston Smith lives in a totalitarian state that used to be England. Tim Cogshell, film critic for KPCC's FilmWeek and Alt Film Guide, and who blogs at CinemaInMind, has another film festival you can put on in the comfort of your own home.
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