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The first television adaptation appeared as part of CBS's Studio One series in September 1953. [113] BBC Television broadcast an adaptation by Nigel Kneale in December 1954. The first feature film adaptation, 1984, was released in 1956. A second feature-length adaptation, Nineteen Eighty-Four, followed in 1984, a reasonably faithful adaptation ...
Story of O: Chapter 2 (French: Histoire d'O: Chapitre 2) is a 1984 erotic drama film co-written, produced and directed by Eric Rochat. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The script is a continuation of the film Story of O (1975), an adaptation of the 1954 novel of the same name by Pauline Réage .
As well as administering "truth", the ministry spreads a new language amongst the populace called Newspeak, in which, for example, "truth" is understood to mean statements like 2 + 2 = 5 when the situation warrants. In keeping with the concept of doublethink, the ministry is thus aptly named in that it creates/manufactures "truth" in the ...
The Karate Kid Part II is a 1986 American martial arts drama film written by Robert Mark Kamen and directed by John G. Avildsen. It is the second installment in the Karate Kid franchise and the sequel to the 1984 film The Karate Kid , starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita .
Reasons and Persons is a 1984 book by the philosopher Derek Parfit, in which the author discusses ethics, rationality and personal identity.. It is divided into four parts, dedicated to self-defeating theories, rationality and time, personal identity and responsibility toward future generations.
On June 25, 1984, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous 6–0 [a] decision in favor of the EPA that reversed the judgment of the D.C. Circuit. In an opinion written by justice John Paul Stevens , the Court ruled that the ambiguous meaning of the term "source" in the Clean Air Act indicated that Congress had delegated to the EPA the power to make ...
Friday the 13th Part 2 was released on VHS and Betamax by Paramount Home Video in 1981. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] Paramount reissued the VHS again in 1994. [ 29 ] The film was first released on DVD by Paramount on October 19, 1999, in a standard widescreen release featuring the theatrical trailer as the sole bonus feature.
In the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) by George Orwell, the Two Minutes Hate is the daily period during which members of the Outer and Inner Party of Oceania must watch a film depicting Emmanuel Goldstein, the principal enemy of the state, and his followers, the Brotherhood, and loudly voice their hatred for the enemy and then their love for Big Brother.