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Title:

1984 / a Virgin Films / Umbrella-Rosenblum Films production ; produced by Simon Perry ; written and directed by Michael Radford.

Edition:

Director-approved DVD special edition ; DVD edition ; widescreen.

Publisher:

The Criterion Collection,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Totalitarianism--Drama.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Dystopian films.
Romance films.
Science fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Radford, Michael, 1946- screenwriter. screenwriter.
Perry, Simon, 1943- film producer.
Burton, Richard, 1925-1984, actor.
Hurt, John, 1940-2017, actor.
Hamilton, Suzanna, actor.
Cusack, Cyril, 1910-1993, actor.
Fisher, Gregor, actor.
Deakins, Roger A., 1949- director of photography.
Priestley, Tom, 1932- editor of moving image work.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Orwell, George, 1903-1950. Nineteen eighty-four.
Muldowney, Dominic, composer (expression)
Eurythmics (Musical group), composer (expression)
Virgin Cinema Films Ltd., production company. production company.
Umbrella Entertainment (Firm), production company.
Rosenblum Films, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

Other Titles:

Container of work: Nineteen eighty-four (Motion picture : 1984)

Notes:

Title and credits from screen. 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. 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. 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.

Series:

Criterion collection ; 984

ISBN:

1681436132
9781681436135

UPC:

715515232319

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)