Tagline: Welcome to the future. It's a no-brainer.
"All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so."
This is the premise of the Showtime film adaption of Kurt Vonnegut's futuristic short story Harrison Bergeron. The film centers around a young man (Harrison) who is smarter than his peers, and is not affected by the usual "Handicapping" which is used to train all Americans so everyone is of equal intelligence.
Directed by Bruce Pittman.
Screenplay by Arthur Crimm
Original Short-Story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Starring :
Sean Astin
Christopher Plummer
Miranda de Pencier
Eugene Levy
Howie Mandel
Hayden Christensen
Sadly, this movie never made it to DVD, so we offer up the best quality version: capped from a 1995 VHS recording made of a Showtime broadcast [which makes this copy a public good]. Good quality with clear audio.
You can read the original short story, in it's entirety, here - http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/hb.html
in about 5 minutes or so ... it's a Really-Short short story.
Key words:
Elitism, Under Achiever, 2050s, Futuristic, Genius, Retro Future, Television, Satire, Based On Short Story, Equality, Dystopian, Black Comedy, Character Name In TitleTagline: Welcome to the future. It's a no-brainer.
"All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so."...all »Tagline: Welcome to the future. It's a no-brainer.
"All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so."
This is the premise of the Showtime film adaption of Kurt Vonnegut's futuristic short story Harrison Bergeron. The film centers around a young man (Harrison) who is smarter than his peers, and is not affected by the usual "Handicapping" which is used to train all Americans so everyone is of equal intelligence.
Directed by Bruce Pittman.
Screenplay by Arthur Crimm
Original Short-Story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Starring :
Sean Astin
Christopher Plummer
Miranda de Pencier
Eugene Levy
Howie Mandel
Hayden Christensen
Sadly, this movie never made it to DVD, so we offer up the best quality version: capped from a 1995 VHS recording made of a Showtime broadcast [which makes this copy a public good]. Good quality with clear audio.
You can read the original short story, in it's entirety, here - http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/hb.html
in about 5 minutes or so ... it's a Really-Short short story.
Key words:
Elitism, Under Achiever, 2050s, Futuristic, Genius, Retro Future, Television, Satire, Based On Short Story, Equality, Dystopian, Black Comedy, Character Name In Title«
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