Re: '1984' Movie?
laura c. jessup (neilj@lightspeed.net)
Sun, 05 Apr 1998 13:09:00 -0700
William Chinda typeth:
> "Imagine a world where the only crime is falling in love!
> [ Some woman saying something, probably a scene from the movie ]
> Brave New World! NBC in two weeks!"
i just found this at nbc.com... hopefully they did a good job of it.
Sunday, May 3, 9-11 p.m. ET
BRAVE NEW WORLD (TBA)
"Brave New World" is the story of a man and
woman’s fight for freedom, dignity and love in an
increasingly technological society. The provocative
and cutting-edge novel, written in 1932, predicted
the rise of television, the sexual revolution, genetic
engineering, Prozac, virtual reality, and much more.
Its amazing predictions, and the shocking truths
about the direction society is heading, have made it
a literary classic, a catch-phrase and a common point of
reference in the
media. The story takes place in a future century in which the
great nations
of the world have joined in partnership to avert wars
threatening to destroy
the planet. This "Brave New World" is chillingly rational and
scientifically
enlightened: children are conceived and born in high-tech
factories, raised
under conditions deemed ideal in order to insure that every
person will be
healthy, happy, socially responsible and productive. As a
result, the
civilized world is free of crime, disease, fear and pain.
Within this garden
of delights, Bernard Marx and Lenina Crowne are beginning to
feel pangs
of uncertainty as their feelings for each other grow in a
society that
worships promiscuity. Their lives are even more disrupted when
they meet
John -- a "savage" -- a man of depth and feeling.
The world premiere movie is from a Dan Mazur ("Scarecrow") and
David
Tausik ("Killer Instinct") teleplay with Dan Wigutow (NBC’s
"The Beast") as
executive producer and Michael Joyce (NBC’s "The Beast") as
producer
for HOF Productions Inc. "Brave New World" will be distributed
by
Universal Television Entertainment.