USA, 7 March 1980
180m
35mm film, Technicolor, 4:3
mono, English
An American science fiction television film directed by Burt Brinckerhoff. In its original cut, it ran for four hours but was cut down to three hours prior to broadcast.
Plot Summary
In the near future, love is outlawed but casual is encouraged. The population is kept docile through the use of the drug soma and people are no longer born but cloned on conveyor belts. But Bernard Marx is an Alpha male who thinks too much and with a young woman named Lenina Disney bring a ‘savage’ named John from the wilderness to civilise him. But John has a secret identity that threatens a scandal. And then Bernard falls in love with Lenina…
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Burt Brinckerhoff
From Universal an MCA company
Executive Producer: Milton Sperling
Produced by: Jacqueline Babbin
Associate Producer: Norman Chandler Fox
Teleplay by: Robert E. Thompson
[Based on the Book] By: Aldous Huxley
Director of Photography: Harry L. Wolf
Film Editor: James T. Heckert
Music: Paul Chihara
Sound: James La Rue
Costume Designer: Kent Warner
Art Director: Tom H. John
Casting by: Geri Windsor
Cast
Julie Cobb [Linda Lysenko]
Bud Cort [Bernard Marx]
Keir Dullea [Thomas Grambell]
Ron O’Neal [Mustapha Mond]
Marcia Strassman [Lenina Disney]
Kristoffer Tabori [John Savage]
Dick Anthony Williams [Helmholz Watson]
Jonelle Allen [Fanny Crowne]
Valerie Curtin [Chief Warden Stelina Shell]
Tricia O’Neil [Maoina Krupps]
Victoria Racimo [Beta teacher]
Jeanetta Arnette (Dwightina)
Sherry Brewer (Hochina)
Reb Brown (Henry)
Lee Chamberlin (head nanny nurse)
Sam Chew Jr (chief dispenser)
Beatrice Colen (gamma female)
Patrick Cronin (gamma male)
Jeff Doucette (cosmetization technician)
Peter Elbling (Darwin Bonaparte)
Alternative Titles
Admirável Mundo Novo – Brazil, Portugal
Báječný nový svět – Czech Republic
Nowy wspaniały świat – Poland
Prekrásny nový svet – Slovakia
Un mundo feliz – Spain
О дивный новый мирRussian) – Russia
Links
See also
Brave New World (1998)
Brave New World (2020)
References
Periodicals
- Broadcast no.2000 (23 March 1981) p.16 – review (by Bernard Davies)
- Cinefantastique vol.10 no.1 (Summer 1980) pp.16-7
- Écran Fantastique no.15 (1980) p.75
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.260 no.40 (7 March 1980) p.24
- The Listener vol.105 no.2704 (19 Mar 1981) p.3806 – review (by Andrew Sinclair)
- Starburst no.32 (1981) pp.34-35 – illustrated article, interview with Keir Dullea
- Time Out no.568 (6 March 1981) p.67
Books
- Cyborgs, Santa Claus and Satan: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films Made for Television by Fraser A. Sherman pp.29-30
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.44-45
- Sci-fi Chronicles by Guy Haley (ed.) p.73
