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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 | |
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Cindy Cook | ... | Weatherperson |
| Roger Dunn | ... | George Bergeron | |
| Jayne Eastwood | ... | Ms. Newbound | |
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Hal Eisen | ... | TV Announcer - San Quentin |
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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 of the Showtime film adaption of Kurt Vonnegut's futuristic short story Harrison Bergeron. The film centers around a young man (Harrison) who is smarter than his peers, and is not affected by the usual "Handicapping" which is used to train all Americans so everyone is of equal intelligence. Written by Glenn Kurtzrock <glennk@pegasus.rutgers.edu>
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At one point Hurricane Walter is mentioned. Buck Henry was also in To Die For (1995), that featured a dog called Walter and the screenplay was also written by Henry. See more »Quotes
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President McCloskey: Fuck 'em. I told them two weeks ago-if they didn't agree to dismantling that factory under our supervision-we'd bomb the shit out of it. They got one hour to agree-otherwise, bombs away.
Reynolds: But Mr...
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This is one of my favorite movies because it makes you think of the "what if" to the nth degree. It ranks up there in my mind with Matrix in terms of challenging your imagination to think outside the world as we know it. It is too bad it was only a made-for-TV movie because I think it would have done as well at the box office as many movies that are much less interesting have. The movie puts us in the future, where the not-so-intelligent have risen up against the intelligent and forced the government to create a mechanism (a head band) for ensuring that all citizens stay at the same level of intelligence - average. Our main character, Harrison, is, much to his family's dismay, above average and, despite the band, cannot contain his intellectual gifts.