1984 - BBC 1954 with Peter Cushing part 3

[Ekusah]

That yapping woman in the background would have received a proper bitch slapping in any good government.

[englandmadethewest]

It's just like Oldham isn't it.

[rangeclerk]

Peter Cushing (Character): Thinking to himself: "Am goin' take out that jerk BIG BROTHER and his stupid party (comrades--my ass) and his jerkwater planet---someday am gonna build a thing called the DEATHSTAR and blow the shit out of this "Socialist Workers Paradise!"

[slacknhash]

Parsons is wonderfully acted too. Campbell Grey makes that character so depressingly chipper and jolly; every bit the bloody fool that he is in the novel. Well, until miniluv get him, anyway.

[92af]

I wish that Peter Cushing stil lived

[Vyggy]

I like this version better than the 1984 one.

[VirtualHolocaust]

you know me too

[guerilla1985]

same here vyggy, the scene when he fixes the sink is so different and this version goes into more detail than the john hurt as winston movie.

[AnthonyJDBurns]

The production values of the Cartier / Neale combinations are very impressive for live TV. The outdoor scenes in this are breathtakingly stark and shattered, reminding me of the BBC's return to a dystopian London in "The Dalek Invasion of Earth" (1964). "1984" benefits from the lack of the cheesy flying saucer, however. ;)

[neemz2000]

"Peter Cushing and Donald Pleasence.

You just don't see acting like that any more."

And all done live as well. Pure class.

[slacknhash]

Absolutely all of it? I can see how all the studio shots would be live, but the location shots that transition from the canteen to Winston's flat as well?

[norristerse]

no, live tv broadcasts more often than not used filmed inserts for exterior shots.

[slacknhash]

Peter Cushing and Donald Pleasence.

You just don't see acting like that any more.

[nervouspete]

Fascinating yet terrifying.