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Films ( Miscellaneous )



Title
1984
Year
1985
     Distributer     
Live Home Video Inc.
Director
Michael Radford
Catagory
Drama
Country
USA
CAST
John Hurt
Richard Burton
Suzanna Hamilton
Cyril Cusack
Running Time
118 mins
Rating
R
    Summary    
A fine and stunning screen adaptation of Orwell's prophetic 1948 novel about a world in which the government completely controls the masses by controlling their thoughts, altering history and even changing the meaning of words to suit its needs. This was Richard Burton's final film.


Title
2001: A Space Odyssey
Year
1968
     Distributer     
Festival Films
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Catagory
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Country
USA
CAST
Keir Dullea
William Sylvester
Gary Lockwood
Daniel Richter
Margaret Tyzack
Leonard Rossiter
Running Time
152 mins
Rating
G
    Summary    
A mysterious monolith awakens the imagination of man's distant anscestors; A second one awaits his giant leap to the moon; And in orbit around Jupiter a third beckons man to transcend beyond the limits of his body and his machines. Stanley Kubrick's cosmic metaphor of human evolution remains an unfaded visual achievement. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Director, Best (Original) Story and Screenplay. Academy Awards: Best Special Visual Effects.


Title
2010: The Year We Make Contact
Year
1984
     Distributer     
MGM/UA (Canada)
Director
Peter Hyams
Catagory
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Country
USA
CAST
Roy Scheider
John Lithgow
Bob Balaban
Helen Mirren
Keir Dullea
Madolyn Smith
Running Time
114 mins
Rating
PG
    Summary    
A team of American and Soviet astronauts travel in search of the lost ship "Discovery" as Cold War strife boils over back on Earth. A breathtaking if far less allegorical sequel to the sci-fi classic, "2001: A Space Odyssey." Academy Award Nominations: 5.
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Compiled by D. M Brewer - November 1997