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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Nineteen eighty-four (Motion picture : 1984)

Title:

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

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

[Korea] : Fondtree Entertainment, [2009]

Description:

1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

DVD-Video 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

anamorphic widescreen version (16:9)

DVD-Video NTSC

video file DVD Video region ALL

Summary:

Based on the novel by George Orwell which is the story of impossible love and tragic betrayal set in the twisted, horrific world of "1984"

Winston Smith (Hurt) endures a squalid existence in totalitarian Oceania under the constant surveillance of Big Brother. But his life takes a horrifying turn when he begins a forbidden love affair and commits the crime of independent thought. Sent to the chillingly labeled 'Ministry of Love, he is placed at the mercy of O'Brien (Burton), a coolly treacherous leader determined to control his thoughts and crush his soul.

Target Audience Note:

[Rated M for mature audiences.]

Subjects:

Orwell, George, 1903-1950 -- Film adaptations.

Totalitarianism -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Science fiction films.

Dystopian films.

Film adaptations.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Perry, Simon, 1943- producer.

Radford, Michael, 1946- screenwriter, director.

Hurt, John, 1940-2017, actor.

Burton, Richard, 1925-1984, actor.

Hamilton, Suzanna, actor.

Cusack, Cyril, 1910-1993, actor.

Fisher, Gregor. actor.

Deakins, Roger A., 1949- cinematographer.

Priestley, Tom, 1932-2023 editor.

Muldowney, Dominic, composer.

Orwell, George, 1903-1950. Nineteen eighty-four.

Eurythmics (Musical group), performer.

Virgin Films.

Umbrella Films.

Rosenblum Films.

Fondtree Entertainment (Firm)

Other Title:

1984

George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four

George Orwell's 1984

Notes:

Title from disc label.

"Who controls the past controls the future!"--Container.

Container information is in Korean and English.

Originally released by as a motion picture in 1984.

"Cinema TV 2009".

Director of photography, Roger Deakins; music, Dominic Muldowney; editor, Tom Priestley; music performed by Eurythmics.

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

DVD; all regions; anamorphic widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby digital 2.0; single layer.

In English, French, German, or Spanish; with optional subtitles in Korean, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Dutch, Finnish, Turkish.

ISBN:

8809154123885

Publisher Number:

HMK0152

Other Number:

892064837

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

642022

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Nineteen