Tim Robbins and 1984?
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Tim
Robbins who, as well all know, loves him some politics, is in preparations to direct a stage adaptation of George
Orwell's 1984 in Los Angeles starting next month. The play will run for about two months, but Robbins is
hoping his involvement with the novel won't end there - though he doesn't appear to have had any formal contact with
studios about it, he already has a screenplay written, and is currently in the process of "trying to
put...together" a movie version. So, things are still very much in the planning stages, but the story is
undeniably up Robbins' alley. Describing Orwell as only "20 years off" with his title, the actor/director is
fascinated by the relevance he finds in 1984 today, and clearly hopes that a movie will appeal to others who
share his point of view.I'd love to see this get made, both because I think Robbins is an interesting director, and also because things will be awfully quiet once the gay cowboys and Michael Moore's health care movie have moved on. We'll be needing something else to argue about.
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4-18-2006 @ 4:23PM
Timothy McGarry said...
I went down to see this with my theater group from moorpark college and it was absolutly exelante!!!
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