Nineteen Eighty-Four Backdrop

Nineteen Eighty-Four

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.

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Box Office

Budget: $7,430,072
Revenue: $8,430,492
ROI: +13.5%

Verdict: Break Even

Trailer

Crew

Directors

> Michael Radford (Director)
> Roger Deakins (Director of Photography)
> Mark Raggett (Assistant Art Director)
> David Keating (Assistant Director)

Writers

> George Orwell (Novel)
> Michael Radford (Screenplay)