Harrison Bergeron (1995) TV Movie
In the United States of the future, everyone is made equally dumb through electronic headbands, and equally skilled at sports and ballet by handicapping the better players and performers with weights, on order of the Handicapper General. Art is banished, so noone can be jealous of anyone, and everyone is a happy consumer. Harrison Bergeron is however too smart to be limited by a headband, and so is inducted into the secret government that keeps things running.
Genre: Sci-fi
Country: Canada
Directed By: Bruce Pittman
Written By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Arthur Crimm
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Eugene Levy, Sean Astin, Howie Mandel, Andrea Martin, Miranda de Pencier
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Harrison Bergeron belongs to 5 collections
1. Dystopia (public: moderated by Nouilles - 28 stars)
2. Future (public: moderated by djross - 10 stars)
3. Near future (public: moderated by djross - 3 stars)
4. Wikipedia's list of dystopian films (public: moderated by ND Geek - 3 stars)
5. Forrest Watch List (private: ForrestQ)
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| Mar 20 |  |
TheShiznit | 60 78% |
| Sep 26, 2019 | slavisa | 70 54% |
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| Jun 22, 2019 | bolinek | 45 50% |
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| Apr 15, 2018 |  |
seha | 73 82% |
| Apr 01, 2018 | illeagle | 70 49% |
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Astin is exceptionally corny in this... a grating performance from him. It also sort of jumped around seemingly randomly storyline wise. Other than that, it was entertaining and allowed you to believably enter that what-if scenario in your head -- though a bit of background of how they got to that point would have been nice and given it depth.
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| Mar 01, 2018 |  |
JimiAntiloop | 98 93% |
| Jan 22, 2018 | mahvolus | 70 60% |
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Dorkovsky | 4 44% |
| Oct 02, 2017 | tze | 70 32% |
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| Aug 01, 2017 | pablo.pablo | 85 61% |
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RYM-byrates | 65 61% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | zweird | 71 51% |
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| Nov 16, 2016 | scififan87 | 73 80% |
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| Nov 13, 2016 | imdbtv | 73 66% |
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| Nov 01, 2016 | average50 | 73 90% |
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| Oct 02, 2016 | STK | 65 53% |
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crititv | 65 56% |
| Jan 10, 2016 | GARN | 70 59% |
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micmac | 51 24% |
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Temptershell | 57 14% |
| Sep 27, 2015 | SnoopyStyle | 60 43% |
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desudesu | 80 78% |
| May 17, 2015 | siweq86 | 70 54% |
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| Apr 24, 2015 | aerrich | 60 67% |
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| Apr 24, 2015 | OldAle1 | 70 37% |
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| Dec 28, 2014 | finansi | 50 29% |
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snallygaster | 12 2% |
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Well, they certainly sucked the spirit out of that story. Who wrote that Macaulay Culkin line? That was bordering on clever. Are you sure he was wearing his band? I want him sent to the gulag post haste.
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| May 17, 2014 |  |
yolfi | 43 38% |
| Feb 08, 2014 | twisp | 79 72% |
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See: 2081 (2009), Farnheit 451 (1953) by Ray Bradbury, The Whore of Mensa (1974) by Woody Allen.
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| Sep 15, 2013 | dvmitchell | 75 86% |
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| Mar 18, 2013 | Cronos | 90 94% |
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Bullt | 63 35% |
| Dec 02, 2012 |  |
lex | 85 67% |
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The best TV-movie I've ever seen. Though it has some flaws you might expect a TV-movie to have (rather flawed production, directing and script) it still stands out to me above most of the big productions I've seen. Very thought provoking material.
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| Aug 09, 2012 |  |
Barraoc | 80 85% |
| Aug 03, 2012 | Catt | 90 80% |
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tutawua | 50 15% |
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deadsloth | 77 40% |
| Jan 31, 2012 | cardsfanboy | 82 75% |
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| Jan 20, 2012 |  |
Fatchrisb | 88 87% |
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This is a very good movie, and it is too bad that it is not more widely available (since it is made for TV). At some parts, it is a bit silly; however, for the most part is fairly creative and well done. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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| Jul 07, 2011 | garofalo | 0 26% |
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| May 20, 2011 |  |
DougCollins | 95 81% |
| Feb 11, 2011 |  |
mightysparks | 55 55% |
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Adrien | 3 76% |
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Jerky | 60 73% |
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Etheriel | 62 59% |
| Apr 08, 2010 | griphon | 70 42% |
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| Mar 04, 2010 | wavymouth | 59 7% |
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| Jan 24, 2010 | Patryk | 83 89% |
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| Nov 11, 2009 |  |
SirRobbie | 70 53% |
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DavidB | 78 80% |
| Sep 19, 2009 | dagda2 | 90 83% |
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| Sep 19, 2009 |  |
Barthalen | 60 38% |
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Some interesting ideas, but somehow the setting never convinced me of its internal logic. The made-for-tv production values weren't enough to properly flesh out the setting. The leaders-behind-the-scenes dressing all in black produced a chuckle. Can't our secret overlords wear casual clothes and not work in oppressive buildings for once? Too bad the thought provoking elements only partially shone through.
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| Sep 15, 2009 |  |
poictesme | 60 77% |
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ZombieBuffet | 60 48% |
| Aug 28, 2009 | Mazros | 76 74% |
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Cloudynow | 72 70% |
| Jun 29, 2009 | tef | 85 75% |
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ayall | 76 42% |
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Princezz | 70 49% |
| Apr 17, 2009 |  |
imdb | 73 80% |
| Mar 26, 2009 | barky | 65 18% |
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Quite interesting and thought provoking. However the acting and the dialogue is terrible, making it difficult to watch.
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| Mar 22, 2009 | moviesinhell | 75 54% |
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| Dec 05, 2008 | Sparwhawk | 90 96% |
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| Aug 14, 2008 | Johnny Logic | 82 65% |
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| Aug 07, 2008 | Chouinard | 75 58% |
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they messed up a great short story. Has not stood the test of time very well.
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| May 29, 2008 |  |
Stain | 100 95% |
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One of the best sf films of the '90s, even though it just happens to be made for cable. Funny and sad and thought-provoking
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| May 28, 2008 | Egregius | 95 93% |
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Expanding on a Kurt Vonnegut short story, this provoked quite a lot of thought in me. What if the government could make us all happy..by making us all equally dumb and clumsy, would that be such a bad thing? But what of art? What of intelligent people? Accessible, yet profound, and that for a made for tv film. One distopian flick you ought to have seen.
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| Average Percentile 60.14% from 67 Ratings |  |
