Sean Astin
Harrison Bergeron
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A TV movie based on Kurt Vonnegut's short story about a dystopian future where everyone is equal but nothing is great. Sean Astin stars as Harrison Bergeron, a smart and rebellious young man who challenges the system.
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- Bruce Pittman
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- Sean Astin, Miranda de Pencier, Eugene Levy
Harrison Bergeron is a science fiction television movie film loosely adapted from Kurt Vonnegut's 1961 dystopian short story of the same name. It was produced for Showtime and first screened on August 13, 1995. It was released to VHS in 1998.
- Atlantis Films
- Bruce Pittman
- Harrison Bergeron (short story)
Harrison Bergeron. In the dystopian 2050s, a despotic American government forces all citizens to wear headsets that decrease their brain function, but young Harrison Bergeron (Sean Astin ...
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- Bruce Pittman
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- Sean Astin
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2081 is a 2009 sci-fi short film based on Kurt Vonnegut's short story "Harrison Bergeron". It depicts a dystopian future where equality is enforced by handicapping exceptional individuals, and a young man named Harrison Bergeron escapes and dances with a ballerina.
- $100,000
- Lee Brooks
- May 29, 2009
- Thor Halvorssen
"Harrison Bergeron" is a satirical dystopian science-fiction short story by American writer Kurt Vonnegut, first published in October 1961. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction , the story was republished in the author's Welcome to the Monkey House collection in 1968.
A review of the 1995 movie adaptation of Vonnegut's short story, comparing it to the original and pointing out the differences and flaws. The movie focuses on Harrison's journey from a virtuous and intelligent teenager to a rebel against the dystopian society.
