1984 (1956 film)

1984
1984
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Michael Anderson
Screenplay by	Ralph Gilbert Bettison; William Templeton;
Based on	Nineteen Eighty-Four; by George Orwell
Produced by	N. Peter Rathvon
Starring	Edmond O'Brien; Michael Redgrave; Jan Sterling;
Cinematography	C. M. Pennington-Richards
Edited by	Bill Lewthwaite
Music by	Malcolm Arnold
Production; company	Holiday Film Productions Ltd.
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	6 March 1956 (UK); September 1956 (US);
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	£80,073

1984 is a 1956 British black-and-white science fiction film, based on the 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, depicting a totalitarian future of a dystopian society. The film was the first feature-length adaptation of the story, and followed a previous Westinghouse Studio One adaptation and a BBC-TV made-for-TV adaptation. 1984 was directed by Michael Anderson and starring Edmond O'Brien as protagonist Winston Smith, and featured Donald Pleasence, Jan Sterling, and Michael Redgrave.

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