Nineteen Eighty-Four is based on George Orwell's novel of the same name. The population are subjected to psychological and physical slavery under the draconian rule of a global fascist one-party state.
John Hurt as Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four: "Freedom is the freedom to say two plus two equals four. If that is granted all else will follow."
Suzanne Hamilton as Julia in Nineteen Eighty-Four: "It's the one thing they can't do. They can torture you, make you say anything. But they can't make you believe it. They can't get inside you. They can't get to your heart."
Gregor Fisher as Parsons in Nineteen Eighty-Four
- Movie
- Nineteen Eighty-Four
- Year
- 1984
- Character
- O’Brien
- Actor
- Richard Burton
O’Brien is a dangerous informant for ‘The Party’, who entraps Winston Smith into treasonous discussion, and then brings him in to be brainwashed under torture.
Nineteen Eighty-Four – O’Brien Quotes
O’Brien: Smith? I have been reading your Newspeak articles in the Times.
Winston Smith: Yes?
O’Brien: You write it very elegantly. That is not my own opinion – I was recently talking to a friend of yours who is an expert. His name… has slipped my memory for the moment. What I wanted to say is that there were one or two unwords, only very recent. Have you seen the 10th Edition of the Newspeak Dictionary?
Winston Smith: No… we’re still using the 9th Edition at MinRec.
O’Brien: A few advance copies have been circulated – I have one myself.
[pause]O’Brien: You might be interested?
Winston Smith: Yes!
O’Brien: There are some plusskillful new developments. Let me give you my address.
[gives Winston a card]
O’Brien: I am usually at home in the evenings. If I am not there, then my servant will give you the Dictionary.
Winston Smith: They got you too?
O’Brien: They got me a long time ago.
Winston Smith: Does Big Brother even exist?
O’Brien: Of course he exists.
Winston Smith: No, I mean… does he exist like you or me?
O’Brien: You do not exist.
O’Brien: You once asked me, Winston, what was in room 101. I think you know. Everyone does. The thing that is in room 101… is the worst thing in the world.
O’Brien: Power is not a means, it’s an end.
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Suzanne Hamilton as Julia in Nineteen Eighty-Four: "It's the one thing they can't do. They can torture you, make you say anything. But they can't make you believe it. They can't get inside you. They can't get to your heart."
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Richard Burton as O'Brien in Nineteen Eighty-Four: "If you want a vision of the future, Winston, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever."
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Gregor Fisher as Parsons in Nineteen Eighty-Four
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James Walker as Syme in Nineteen Eighty-Four: "It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words."
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John Hurt as Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four: "Freedom is the freedom to say two plus two equals four. If that is granted all else will follow."
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