1984 is a movie directed by Michael Anderson in 1956 and based on the book of the same name by George Orwell, first published in 1949. The movie features Edmond O’Brien, Michael Redgrave, Jan Sterling, David Kossoff, Mervyn Johns, Donald Pleasence, and others.
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Storyline
A voice-over narrator explains that in the mid-1950s, a nuclear war and devastation of Earth gave rise to three superstates: Oceania, Eurasia, and East Asia. By 1984, London, with its bomb-proof ministry, is designated as the capital of Airstrip One, a province of Oceania, controlled by one all-powerful Party, embodied by the figurehead Big Brother.
Movie vs Book
Year
1956
Minutes
90
Movie Rate
7.00
Source: IMDb
Year
1949
Pages
368
Book Rate
8.38
S: Goodreads
Book
1984
Author: George Orwell
Country: UK
First published in: 1949
Length: 368 pages
Genre: Fiction
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