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13 August 1995 (USA)
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Welcome to the future. It's a no-brainer.
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"All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so." This is the premise...
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Trailer For Vonnegut Adaptation 2081
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2081: Everyone will finally be equal
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A vision of the future
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sean Astin | ... | Harrison Bergeron | |
| Miranda de Pencier | ... | Phillipa | |
| Eugene Levy | ... | President McCloskey | |
| Howie Mandel | ... | Charlie (of 'Chat with Charlie') | |
| Andrea Martin | ... | Diana Moon Glampers | |
| Christopher Plummer | ... | John Klaxon | |
| Nigel Bennett | ... | Dr. Eisenstock | |
| Peter Boretski | ... | Newman | |
| David Calderisi | ... | Commissioner Benson | |
| Emmanuelle Chriqui | ... | Jeannie | |
| Hayden Christensen | ... | Eric | |
| Cindy Cook | ... | Weatherperson | |
| Roger Dunn | ... | George Bergeron | |
| Jayne Eastwood | ... | Ms. Newbound | |
| Hal Eisen | ... | TV Announcer - San Quentin |
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Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron
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Rated R for language, and for some sexuality and violence.
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USA:99 min
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Harrison Bergeron:
Anyway, I don't think you're all that stupid.
Alma Starbuck: Thanks! Well I don't think that you're all that smart.
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Alma Starbuck: Thanks! Well I don't think that you're all that smart.
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Features It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
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Only Hope
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Kurt Vonnegut's story turned into an intriguing movie. Not a sci-fi classic but worthy of particular praise for its grim vision of the future. Not a future dominated by machines because man has taught them to evolve (Terminator), nor a future inhabited by docile, lazy epicures who have even lost the ability to read (The Time Machine). This is somewhere in between, a future where the average prevails and where excellence is looked upon with scorn.
After a second civil war, America's leaders have realised that war is idealistic, so they look to an age where ideology was at its lowest point. The golden age of mass consumerism - the 1950s. Children are taught at school to achieve mediocrity, grade C is best, grade A is very bad. Adults are force fed tv with no stimulating content, and strive to buy the newest durable product they see advertised. All brain patterns are controlled by thought suppressing headbands.
The premise is marvellous and keeps the viewer hooked. It is darkly comic, but seriously thought provoking. Not brilliantly acted but certainly worth a look.