The late, great, John Hurt stars Michael Radford's 1984 adaptation of Nineteen Eighty Four. First published in 1949, George Orwell’s chilling dystopian satire has again come to prominence given the current political climate.

Orwell‘s stark vision of totalitarianism is set in a world where absolute conformity in action, word and thought to the absolute leader, Big Brother, is demanded in return for a job. After the Atomic War, the world is divided into three vast states whose inhabitants are dominated by all-powerful governments. Winston Smith (Hurt), a worker, starts an illegal love affair with Julia (Suzanna Hamilton), and becomes the target of a brain-washing campaign to force him to conform. Also starring Sir Richard Burton (in his final film role) and Cyril Cusack.

The Cube is joining with independent cinemas across North America who are screening 1984 on April 4th, the day George Orwell’s protagonist Winston Smith first writes in his forbidden diary, a major act of resistance against Big Brother, the figurehead of an authoritarian state that uses perpetual war, mass surveillance and censorship to control its people.

"Orwell's portrait of a government that manufactures their own facts, demands total obedience, and demonizes foreign enemies, has never been timelier. The endeavor encourages theaters to take a stand for our most basic values: freedom of speech, respect for our fellow human beings, and the simple truth that there are no such things as 'alternative facts." www.unitedstateofcinema.org

Director Michael Radford will be presenting the film via a special pre-recorded statement with a post-film discussion.