Brave New World (1998) (TV)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Directors:

Leslie Libman
Larry Williams

Writers (WGA):

Aldous Huxley (book)
Dan Mazur (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

19 April 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

In a futuristic totalitarian society, people have no control of their lives and/or destiny. |

Plot Keywords:

Dystopia | Helicopter | Utopia Quest | Utopia | Satire

Cast

Peter Gallagher	...	Bernard Marx
Leonard Nimoy	...	Mustapha Mond
Tim Guinee	...	John Cooper
Rya Kihlstedt	...	Lenina Crowne
Sally Kirkland	...	Linda
Patrick J. Dancy	...	Henry Foster
Steven Flynn	...	James
Wendy Benson-Landes	...	Fanny (as Wendy Benson)
Steven Schub	...	Beta Clerk
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Ingram
Miguel Ferrer	...	Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning
Angela Oh	...	Delta Coffee Server
Jacob Chase	...	Gabriel
Nicholas Belgrave	...	Alpha Student Boy #1 (as Nick Belgrave)
Katie DeShan	...	Alpha Student Girl #1

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Dan Wigutow Productions

Movie Connections:

Version of Brave New World (1980) (TV)

O Brave New World, that hath such nonsense in it.

Why do they do it? Why do they pick a novel like this which obviously has a following (seeing how it's still around after 75 years), and screw around with the story line? Are the writers thinking "Yeah, that Aldous guy is OK, but I'm much better." Or are they thinking that we simply wouldn't understand the story in it's original form? This trash is going to offend anyone that can actually finish a book without pictures in it. Watching what they did to this classic is similar to watching "Romeo and Juliette" rewritten to have a happy ending. I can't think of any demographic that's going to be pleased with the result. I would seriously like to attend the brainstorming session where they worked out the screenplay just to hear the rational behind rewriting a classic.