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Nineteen eighty-four / Virgin Films presents an Umbrella-Rosenblum production ; produced by Simon Perry ; written and directed by Michael Radford ; made by Virgin Cinema Films Ltd.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC3050DDVD | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: English Series: Criterion collection ; 984.Publisher: [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (illustrations ; 38 x 48 cm folded to 19 x 12 cm)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781681436135
  • 1681436132
Other title:
  • Title on container and disc label: 1984
  • George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four
  • George Orwell's 1984
Uniform titles:
  • Nineteen eighty-four (Motion picture : 1984)
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Orwell, George, 1903-1950. Nineteen eighty-four
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Roger Deakins ; editor, Tom Priestley ; music, Eurythmics and Dominic Muldowney ; co-producers, Al Clark, Robert Devereux ; executive producer, Marvin J. Rosenblum.
Cast: Richard Burton, John Hurt, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher.Summary: A man and a woman try desperately to escape the totalitarian regime they live in that bans nearly all free-thinking and love itself.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A man and a woman try desperately to escape the totalitarian regime they live in that bans nearly all free-thinking and love itself. Based on the book by George Orwell. This is the version released in 1984.

DVD, NTSC; region 1, aspect ratio 1.85:1, monaural.

In English; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Title and credits from screen.

Richard Burton, John Hurt, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher.

Director of photography, Roger Deakins ; editor, Tom Priestley ; music, Eurythmics and Dominic Muldowney ; co-producers, Al Clark, Robert Devereux ; executive producer, Marvin J. Rosenblum.

Based on the book by George Orwell.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1984.

Wide screen (1.85:1 aspect ratio).

Includes two soundtracks with different musical options: an electronic one by the Eurythmics and an orchestral one by Dominic Muldowney.

A man and a woman try desperately to escape the totalitarian regime they live in that bans nearly all free-thinking and love itself.

MPAA rating: R.

Special features: interviews with director Michael Radford and cinematographer Roger Deakins; interview with David Ryan, author of George Orwell on screen; behind-the-scenes footage; trailer; on insert, essay by writer and performer A.L. Kennedy.

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