Movie
Harrison Bergeron
Overview
"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.
Details
- Release date
- 1995-08-13
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Science Fiction, TV Movie
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Atlantis Films
- Country
- Canada
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Sean Astin as Harrison Bergeron
- Miranda de Pencier as Phillipa
- Eugene Levy as President McCloskey
- Howie Mandel as Charlie
- Andrea Martin as Diana Moon Glampers
- Christopher Plummer as John Klaxon
- Nigel Bennett as Dr. Eisenstock
- Peter Boretski as Newman
- David Calderisi as Commissioner Benson
- Emmanuelle Chriqui as Jeannie
- Hayden Christensen as Eric
- Cindy Cook as Weatherperson
Crew
- Bruce Pittman - Director
- Arthur Crimm - Screenplay
- Jon Glascoe - Screenplay
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