^ a b 'Plot Summary for Brave New World (1980) (TV)'.

Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. New York City: Harper Perennial (Orig-pub: Chatto & Windus).

^ a b 'Plot, Details & Awards of Brave New World'.

TCM found the film ambitious but tedious, confusing and ultimately unsuccessful. Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or a Special Outstanding Art Direction for a Limited Series or a Special It was filmed in Universal City, California. The screen adaptation was written by Doran William Cannon. Brave New World was directed by Burt Brinckerhoff for Universal Television and first shown on NBC on 7 March 1980. Originally 4 hours long, it was cut down to three hours before being televised.

Marneen Fields as Futuristic Factory Worker.

Valerie Curtin as Chief Warden Stelina Shell.

Dick Anthony Williams as Helmholtz Watson.

Marcia Strassman as Lenina Disney (Crowne).

Keir Dullea as Thomas 'Tomakin' Grahambell.

He therefore asks to be assigned a solitary posting, but even as he mans the lighthouse alone, he cannot escape his memories of Lenina. John realizes that his sexual mores, based on the works he studied, are antiquated in this advanced society. John's parents are from the more technologically advanced part of the world, and he has educated himself using often banned works such as Shakespeare.

John develops romantic feelings for Lenina, which are considered highly inappropriate, bordering on the obscene. John is seen as a freak and this grants him some degree of celebrity. They return with him to civilization, and his presence further upends conventional thinking. While most people are happy to retain this established order, including Thomas Grambell ( Keir Dullea), a supervisor of human 'hatcheries,' resistance is growing, as evidenced by quirky malcontent Bernard Marx ( Bud Cort) and other rebels.īernard and his girlfriend Lenina Disney ( Marcia Strassman) go to a primitive reservation which holds to 20th century values, and while there meet a native named John (also called the Savage) ( Kristoffer Tabori).

Babies are created in the lab, and every child's future is predestined into one of five classes. In the future, pregnancy is outlawed, and citizens are required to engage in loveless sex and narcotics are used to ensure happiness in the population.

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