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This masterly adaptation of George Orwell’s chilling parable about totalitarian oppression gives harrowing cinematic expression to the book’s bleak prophetic vision. In a rubble strewn surveillance state where an endless overseas war props up the repressive regime of the all seeing Big Brother, and all dissent is promptly squashed, a profoundly alienated citizen, Winston Smith (thrillingly played by John Hurt), risks everything for an illicit affair with the rebellious Julia (Suzanna Hamilton) in a defiant assertion of humanity in the face of soul crushing conformity. Through vividly grim production design and expressionistically desaturated cinematography by Roger Deakins, Michael Radford’s 1984 conjures a dystopian vision of postwar Britain as fascistic nightmare—a world all too recognizable as our own. DIRECTOR APPROVED BLU RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES • New 4K digital restoration, supervised by cinematographer Roger Deakins, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack • New interviews with director Michael Radford and cinematographer Roger Deakins • New interview with David Ryan, author of George Orwell on Screen • Behind the scenes footage • Trailer • PLUS: An essay by writer and performer A. L. Kennedy

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John Hurt plays Winston Smith, a lowly clerk in the Ministry of Truth in a society where Big Brother is watching, always watching. Everything is going well until Smith commits the unpardonable crime of thinking for himself. He is taken prisoner by the Thought Police, under the watchful eye of O'Brien. {Richard Burton in his final film role.) There is no escape...or is there?

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One of the most chilling films ever made, this British anthology follows a group of visitors to a remote country manor as they relate their nightmares to one another. An antique looking glass reflects an ancient crime, in "The Haunted Mirror"; a "Christmas Party" is visited by a ghost; "The Ventriloquist's Dummy" begins taking on a life of it's own; there's terror on the green, in "Golfing Story"; and, a race car driver has a grisly vision of the future, in "Hearse Driver." Mervyn Johns, Sally Ann Howes, Michael Redgrave star. 103 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English. Two-disc set.