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That same day, more than 180 indie theaters in 43 states will screen the movie version of "1984" starring John Hurt.Ĭinema Detroit will participate in the event, which is being held to oppose Trump's proposed axing of federal funding for the National Endowment of the Arts and to support values like free speech and respect for every person. The Trump administration's tenuous relationship with a fact-based world has continued to drive interest in "1984," which shot up the best-seller list after Conway's remarks. On Tuesday, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is releasing a new hardcover version of the novel. “How many fingers, Winston?” George Orwell’s dystopian classic “1984” collided with the zeitgeist in January when Trump staffer Kellyanne Conway used the term “alternative facts” on “Meet The Press.” The phrase was too close for comfort to those who have read the British author’s fictional account of an authoritarian society where Big Brother aims to control what you say is the truth - and what you actually think it is, too. Those will be the last chance to see him in new roles and then we’ll have to rewatch the many productions in which he participated during the course of a long and extraordinary career.Watch Video: The popular book '1984' is coming to Broadway In the coming months some other movies with John Hurt in their cast are scheduled for release. There are no official news regarding the possible link between that disease and his death. In October 2016 he announced that the cancer was in remission. In June 2015 John Hurt announced he was ill with pancreatic cancer. The actor reprised that role in some audio adventures.
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Meanwhile, John Hurt had roles in many other movies such as “The Skeleton Key” (2005), “V for Vendetta” (2005), “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” by Steven Spielberg and “Snowpiercer” (2013).Īmong John Hurt’s prominent television appearances there’s certainly the one as the War Doctor in “Doctor Who” among the protagonists of the special episode for the show’s 50th anniversary “ The Day of The Doctor“. In the next movie his scenes were cut but he reappeared in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1” (2010) and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2” (2011). In 2001 he started playing the role of Ollivander in the Harry Potter saga in the movie “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”. John Hurt’s filmography is really long and over the years he also participated in a number of television productions. The following years brought great success to John Hurt with roles such as Caligula in the 1976 mini-series “I, Claudius” and others that became famous in movies such as “Midnight Express” (1978), for which he won the Golden Globe and the BAFTA, “Alien” in 1979, “The Elephant Man” by David Lynch in 1980 and “Nineteen Eighty-Four” in 1984.
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He won that award for his role in the 1975 TV movie “The Naked Civil Servant”. His first major role came in the 1966 movie “A Man for All Seasons”, which won several awards and earned him his first nomination to the BAFTA award. In the ’60s, John Hurt started having roles in some TV shows and films, beginning with “The Wild and the Willing” in 1962.
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At 20 he decided to become an actor and joined the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art thanks to a scholarship. His passion for acting started when he was still a child but due to his family’s pressures he went to study art at Grimsby Art School. John Hurt was born on Januin Chesterfield, England. The actor John Hurt (photo © Walterlan Papetti) passed away.