Nineteen Eighty-Four's Movie Trailer 1984
The ultimate evil=
INGSOC=
Oligarchical Collectivism.
National Socialism.
The trailer for the
1984 movie adaptation of
Nineteen Eighty-Four, novel by the
British author
George Orwell(
Eric Arthur Blair)
The Oceanian province of
Airstrip One is a world of perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, and public mind control, dictated by a political system euphemistically named
English Socialism (Ingsoc) under the control of a privileged
Inner Party elite that persecutes all individualism and independent thinking as thoughtcrimes.Their tyranny is headed by
Big Brother, the quasi-divine
Party leader who enjoys an intense cult of personality, but who may not even exist. Big Brother and the
Party justify their rule in the name of a supposed greater good. The protagonist of the novel,
Winston Smith, is a member of the
Outer Party who works for the
Ministry of Truth (
Minitrue), which is responsible for propaganda and historical revisionism.
(I) the upper-class Inner Party, the elite ruling minority
(II) the middle-class Outer Party, and
(
III) the lower-class Proles (from proletariat), who make up 85% of the population and represent the uneducated working class.
As the government, the Party controls the population with four ministries:
the
Ministry of Peace (Minipax), which deals with war,
the
Ministry of Plenty (Miniplenty), which deals with economic affairs (rationing and starvation),
the
Ministry of Love (
Miniluv), which deals with law and order(torture),
the Ministry of Truth (Minitrue), which deals with propaganda (news, entertainment, education and art)
Directed by
Michael Radford
Writing credits
George Orwell (novel
1984)
Michael Radford (written by)
John Hurt ... Winston Smith
Richard Burton ...
O'Brien
Suzanna Hamilton ... Julia
Cyril Cusack ... Charrington
Gregor Fisher ...
Parsons
James Walker ... Syme
Andrew Wilde ... Tillotson
David Trevena ... Tillotson's
Friend
David Cann ...
Martin
Anthony Benson ...
Jones
Peter Frye ...
Rutherford
Roger Lloyd-Pack ...
Waiter (as
Roger Lloyd Pack)
Rupert Baderman ... Winston Smith as a Boy
Corinna Seddon ...
Winston's
Mother
Martha Parsey ... Winston's
Sister
Merelina
Kendall ...
Mrs. Parsons
P.J. Nicholas ...
William Parsons
Lynne
Radford ...
Susan Parsons
Pip Donaghy ... Inner Party Speaker
Shirley Stelfox ...
The Whore
Janet Key ... The Instructress
Hugh Walters ... Artsem Lecturer
John Hughes ...
Man in White Coat
Robert Putt ... Shouting Prole
Christine Hargreaves ...
Soup Lady
Garry Cooper ... Guard
Matthew Scurfield ... Guard
John Golightly ... Patrolman
Rolf Saxon ... Patrolman
Ole Oldendorp ...
Eurasian Soldier
Eddie Stacey ...
Executioner
Norman Bacon ... Man on
Station Platform
John Foss ...
Youth Leader
Carey Wilson ... Party
Member
Mitzi McKenzie ... Party Member
Phyllis Logan ... The
Telescreen Announcer (voice)
Pam Gems ... The Washerwoman
Joscik
Barbarossa ... Aaronson
John Boswall ...
Goldstein
Bob Flag ... Big Brother
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Annie Lennox ...
Woman at rally (uncredited)
Michael Munn ...
Interrogation Room Soldier (uncredited)
Production Companies
Umbrella-Rosenblum Films Production
Virgin Benelux (in association with)
Virgin Schallplatten (in association with)
Virgin
Distributors
Atlantic Releasing Corporation (1984) (
USA) (theatrical)
Senator Film (1984) (
West Germany) (theatrical)
Norstar Releasing (
1985) (
Canada) (theatrical)
Image Entertainment (1985) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
International Video Entertainment (
IVE) (1985) (USA) (
VHS) (in conjunction with
MCA)
MCA Distributing Corp. (1985) (USA) (VHS) (in conjunction with IVE)
USA
Home Video (II) (1985) (USA) (VHS)
MGM/UA
Home Entertainment (
2003) (USA) (
DVD)
MGM Home Entertainment (2004) (
Germany) (DVD)
Lume Filmes (2009) (
Brazil) (DVD)
Roadshow Home Video (19??) (
Australia) (VHS)
Top
Tape (Brazil) (VHS)
Video for
Pleasure (
VFP) (19??) (
Netherlands) (VHS)
Other Companies
Airstrip One
Company, The soundtrack
album (
1999)
Alexandra Palace Trustees, The location by courtesy of:
Victory Square
Anna Scher Theatre Management acknowledgement
CTS Studios music recorded at
DDA Public Relations (DDA) acknowledgement (as
Dennis Davidson Associates)
Eastmancolor colour by
Eureka Location Management acknowledgement
Focus Transport Services acknowledgement
General Screen Enterprises opticals by
Helicopter Hire
Ltd. acknowledgement (as Helicopter Hire)
Kay Laboratories processed at
Rank Film Laboratories acknowledgement
Smith & Jones Catering acknowledgement
Squibb &
Davies acknowledgement
Twickenham Studios filmed at
Twickenham Studios soundtrack pre-mixed at (as
Twickenham Film Studios)
Video & Film Company, The acknowledgement
Virgin Records sountrack album released by: '1984 (For
The Love Of Big Brother)' by
Eurythmics