#87 Box Office Hit of 1984

1984 (1984)

Name: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Released: 1984-11-09
Cast: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher

"George Orwell's terrifying vision comes to the screen."

Overview

Winston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light. His trysts with Julia provide his only measure of enjoyment, but lawmakers frown on the relationship -- and in this closely monitored society, there is no escape from Big Brother.