Harrison Bergeron (film)

Harrison Bergeron - IQ Runner ( Harrison Bergeron ) is a Canadian science fiction movie from the year 1995 Alternative title is IQ. Runner - Bergeron.

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In the year 2053 the United States are an egalitarian society in the literal sense. The first article of the new American Constitution states that people are not equal and therefore the government's job it was to do so. All people who deviate from the established average standard are forced to wear handicaps.

Harrison Bergeron is a highly intelligent young man. Despite a so-called leveling ring - a device that reduces the intelligence - Harrison is still " to" intelligent, and is threatened with brain surgery.

In this situation, he finds a friend with the same problem and is hired by their father for television, but which has only the purpose to prevent the population from thinking. His proposal to send educational television, is rejected because there is a danger that this will again a few children would be smarter than the others.

It turns out that some people have the rule over the land, while even the office of President is determined by a lottery - after all, should all be the same, since it does not matter who is president.

Ultimately, " pirates " Harrison television stations, barricades himself in the broadcasting center and transmits longer time Mozart and other classics to show the people the sense of beauty again and explain to them that it is good to think about. When the police storm the station, Harrison is apparently persuaded his mistake to make amends by having to admit in another TV show, that it was all fictitious. At the end of the show, however, Harrison shoots himself and thus reinforce its enlightened intention.

At the end of the film you can see that his girlfriend has a child, which apparently comes from him. The girlfriend was subjected to the dreaded brain surgery and now is as stupid as the average American. The child, however, closes in with a friend 's room and playing him a recording of Mozart ago - the children learn again to think ...

Background

The film is based on the short story Harrison Bergeron, dating from 1961, which is included in Kurt Vonnegut's short story collection Welcome to the Monkey House.

Reviews

Cinema described the film produced as intelligent satire and as inexpensive, but without cheap gags.

Awards

1996, there were nominations in four categories at the Gemini Awards, namely Bruce Pittman for best director, Christopher Plummer as best supporting actor, Susan Longmire for Best Production Design and Best Sound.

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