A remote farmhouse on an isolated island. Strangers with English accents. Quarrels and a lonely child. The year is 1946. The man is George Orwell. The book he has come to write is Nineteen Eighty-four.
Acting
Pickup's Orwell: fragile, furious, absolutely convinced he's right
Production
Jura itself — wet, wind-battered, perfect metaphor for dying empire
Writing
Dialogue that sounds like essays arguing back at their author
Director
John Glenister
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ronald Pickup lost 20 pounds and learned to type with bloody fingers — method acting for the '50s.
Orwell really did name his son Richard Blair, then shipped him off so he could finish the book. The film doesn't flinch from this.
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