1984 (foto YouTube) 1984 (The Movie) (Based on Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell, Colourised) In première gegaan op 20 dec. 2020 Oppenheimer Ranch Project 1984 is a 1956 British black and white (colourized) science fiction film, based on the 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell, depicting a totalitarian future of a dystopian society. This is the first film adaptation of the story, directed by Michael Anderson and starring Edmond O’Brien as protagonist Winston Smith, and featuring Donald Pleasence, Jan Sterling, and Michael Redgrave. The character O’Brien, the antagonist, was renamed “O’Connor“, due to the shared surname of the actor Edmond O’Brien. Emmanuel Goldstein is changed to “Kalador“. In 1954, Peter Cushing and André Morell starred in a BBC TV made for TV adaptation which was extremely popular with British audiences, leading to the production of the 1956 film version. Donald Pleasence had also appeared in the BBC television version, playing the character of Syme, which for the film was amalgamated with that of Parsons. The script was co written by William Templeton, who had previously adapted the novel for the US Studio One TV series in 1953. For the US market, 1984 was distributed in 1956 on … Meer lezen over Michael Anderson – 1984 (The Movie) (Based on Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell, Colourised)