A man loses his identity while living under a repressive regime. In a story based on George Orwell's classic novel, Winston Smith (John Hurt) 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 (Suzanna Hamilton) 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.

Release date: December 14, 1984 (USA)

Director: Michael Radford

Starring: John Hurt; Richard Burton; Suzanna Hamilton; Cyril Cusack

Adapted from: Nineteen Eighty-Four

Music by: Dominic Muldowney; Eurythmics

Distributed by: Atlantic Entertainment Group, 20th Century Studios