George Orwell was one of the most visionary authors of the 20th century, whose novels 1984 and Animal Farm foretold a chilling, authoritarian future. Acclaimed director Raoul Peck interweaves clips, readings from Orwell's diary, cinematic references, and modern-day footage to craft not only a portrait of the writer, but a fresh take on how prophetic his work has become.
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Grave, earnest, prestige and epic.
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- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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Cast
- Damian LewisGeorge Orwell (voice)
- George OrwellSelf (archive footage)
- George W. BushSelf (archive footage)
- Viktor OrbánSelf (archive footage)
- Colin PowellSelf (archive footage)
- Joseph StalinSelf (archive footage)
- Malcolm XSelf (archive footage)
- Ernest HemingwaySelf (archive footage)
- Salman RushdieSelf (archive footage)
- Albert EinsteinSelf (archive footage)
Crew
- Raoul PeckDirector
- Raoul PeckWriter
- Alexei AiguiOriginal Music Composer
- Alexandra StraussEditor
- Alex GibneyProducer
- Raoul PeckProducer
- Nick ShumakerProducer
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