The Making of Michael Radfords Nineteen Eighty Four (1984) John Hurt, Richard Burton O
Released in the year it was set (and shot in the times and settings depicted), Michael Radford s film of George Orwell s 1949 novel starred John Hurt as Winston Smith, Suzanna Hamilton as Julia and, in his last movie role, Richard Burton as O Brien. David Ryan, author of George Orwell on Screen, talks about the production s speedy and sometimes troubled development, which continued after its release when the studio replaced the score with a Eurythmics soundtrack, to the enormous annoyance of writerdirector Radford and his producer.
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