1984 (1984)

Release date: 1985-03-22
Country: UK
Language: English
Director: Michael Radford
Production Co: Umbrella-Rosenblum Films Production, Virgin Benelux, Virgin Schallplatten
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction
Rating: 7.1/10
Length: 1h 53min

Storyline

In the year 1984, rocket bombs and rats prey on the inhabitants of the crumbling metropolis of London. Far away on the Malabar Front, a seemingly interminable war rages against Eastasia. The Ministry of Truth broadcasts ceaselessly to the population via its inescapable network of telescreens. These devices, which pervade all aspects of peoples' lives, are also capable of monitoring their every word and action. They form part of an elaborate surveillance system used by the Ministry of Love, and its dreaded Agents, the "Thought Police", to serve their singular goal: the elimination of "thoughtcrime". Winston Smith is a Party worker, part of the vast social caste known as the "Outer Party", the rank and file of the sprawling apparatus of government. Winston works in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth, the section charged with modifying historical news archives for consistency. When by chance, Winston uncovers incontrovertible proof that the Party is lying, he embarks on a ...

Plot Keywords

dystopia, helicopter, nudity, female nudity, bare breasts, totalitarianism, invented language, politics, year in title, big brother, sex scene, breasts, female frontal nudity, pubic hair, based on novel, technology, torture, future, propaganda, alternate reality

Short Review

Nodding to the movie's bleak mood, Burton bleakens himself; robbed of the pleasures of the grand, show-offy way he could use his voice, the mischievous twinkle of his eye, you feel cheated.