2081 (2009)

Directed by

Chandler Tuttle

Genre

science fiction film, dystopian film

Country

United States

Runtime

25 min

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 69 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a future where a government enforces absolute equality by handicapping anyone who is strong or smart, a family struggles under these laws. The story follows a man trying to survive and resist this system.

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What happens

2081 is a 2009 science fiction featurette which premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival on May 29, 2009. It is directed and written by Chandler Tuttle, based on the 1961 short story "Harrison Bergeron" by author Kurt Vonnegut. The cast is led by James Cosmo, Julie Hagerty, Patricia Clarkson, and Armie Hammer. The story includes the use of hyperbole in a future in which a powerful, dictatorial government goes to extreme measures to ensure that absolute equality exists between all individuals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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