The film is a bleak and faithful take on the source material, with a fittingly muted color palette from famed cinematographer Roger Deakins. This starred John Hurt ( Alien) as Winston, Suzanna Hamilton as Julia and Richard Burton as the torturer O'Brien, it what would prove to be the actor's final movie role. The most well-known adaptation is 1984, which was also released that same year. Related: Why Hollywood Is Obsessed With The Year 1984 The novel has been adapted a few times, including a 1954 BBC TV movie starring Peter Cushing as Winston and a 1956 film version. Decades after it was published its themes and explorations of mass surveillance and censorship feel timely as ever and terms like Room 101 or Big Brother are still in common use, with the latter inspiring the reality series of the same name.

George Orwell's 1984 is one of the most important and influential novels ever written. The main story follows lowly worker Winston, who hates Oceania and falls in love with co-worker Julia the two carry out a forbidden affair, which leads to dire consequences once they're discovered and need to be 'reeducated.' The world is in a constant state of war and conflict and civilians' actions, thoughts and even feelings are under constant surveillance.

Where can Michael Radford's harrowing adaptation of George Orwell's classic novel 1984 be found online? 1984 was Orwell's final novel and was published in 1949, and takes place in London, which is known as Airstrip One after being taken over by the totalitarian superstate Oceania.

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