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Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist and journalist. His work is marked by keen intelligence and wit, a profound awareness of social injustice, an intense opposition to totalitarianism, a passion for clarity in language and a belief in democratic socialism.
Considered perhaps the 20th century's best chronicler of English culture, Orwell wrote literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. He is best known for the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) and the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945), which together have sold more copies than any two books by any other 20th-century author. His book Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, is widely acclaimed, as are his numerous essays on politics, literature, language and culture. In 2008, The Times ranked him second on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Orwell's influence on popular and political culture endures, and several of his neologisms, along with the term Orwellian—a byword for totalitarian or manipulative social practices—have entered the vernacular.
Actors: Patrick Tull (actor), Andy Fedak (director),
Plot: Orwell in Catalonia is an experimental journey tracing George Orwell's path through the Spanish Civil War. Meticulously documenting the exact locations he speaks about in his book, Homage to Catalonia, then utilizing contemporary animation and visual effects techniques to somehow try to get back to the zeitgeist of that phantom utopia he found there - a moment which will all too soon turn into myth.
Genres: Animation, History, Sci-Fi, Short, War,Actors: Ventura Pons (actor), Muntsa Tarrés (producer), Fàtima Casaldàliga (producer), Lluís Permanyer (writer), Lluís Permanyer (actor), Lluís Permanyer (director), Maik Maier (composer), Joan González (producer), Eva Martínez (writer), Nazario (actor), Martí Genís (editor), Àngels Villar (producer), Alicia Olivares (miscellaneous crew), Joan Gaspart (actor), Mónica Coronado (actress),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Dominic West (actor), Steven Berkoff (actor), Sheila Hancock (actress), Jonathan Morris (editor), Alex Jennings (actor), Edmund Jolliffe (composer), Joseph Beattie (actor), Paul Copeland (director), Oliver Tait (producer),
Genres: History,Actors: Chris Langham (actor), Daniel Pemberton (composer), Barbara Flynn (actress), Rebecca Front (actress), Tom Goodman-Hill (actor), Emma Willis (producer), Adam Kemp (producer), Michael Fenton Stevens (actor), Mary Roscoe (actress), Steve Stevenson (editor), Chris Durlacher (director), Chris Durlacher (producer), Chris Durlacher (writer), Paul Whittington (writer), Victoria Hawden (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Documentary, Drama,Actors: Ronald Pickup (actor), Alan Plater (writer), Robert Burnett (editor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: James Fox (actor), Willis Hall (writer), Bryan Coleman (actor), David Webb (actor), Michael Wynne (actor), Madhav Sharma (actor), Janet Dale (actress), David Rees (editor), Jack Walters (actor), Don McKillop (actor), Don McKillop (actor), Hugh Cross (actor), David Wheatley (director), Stuart Richman (actor), Steve Morrison (producer),
Plot: 1984 was not a leap into the future-but a look at the dangers already present-in Orwell's lifetime. The Road to 1984 intertwines vision and reality. It displays the passion and chronicles the career of Orwell--who warned us of what could happen if we stayed on that road--his road to 1948 and ours to 1984.
Keywords: george-orwell