Where to Watch Brave New World (1980) in the US

What it's about

In a future society based on pleasure without moral worries, love is prohibited but casual sex, now called "engaging", is strongly encouraged. Everyone is kept happy with a legal drug, soma. People are hatched and cloned on conveyor belts to meet the requirements of five different social classes, from ruling Alphas to robot-like Epsilons. Bernard Marx is a different Alpha male with an inclination to thinking. He and a girl called Lenina Disney go visit a reservation of "savages", meet a handsome young man named John, and bring him back to "civilization". John turns out to be the son of the director of the cloning authority, which causes a scandal and makes John a celebrity freak. He falls in love with Lenina, but his desire is ruined by his antiquated sexual morale derived from reading Shakespeare. He hates the over-social but anti-emotional civilization, asks to be sent to live in isolation, and gets a job as a lighthouse guard, but even there he can't forget Lenina or escape his celebrity status.

Cast and crew

Director

Burt Brinckerhoff

Writer

Aldous Huxley, Robert E. Thompson

Starring

Julie Cobb, Bud Cort, Keir Dullea

Details

Release date

Mar 7, 1980

Language

English

Country

United States

Awards

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. 2 nominations total

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