Two behind the scenes tidbits I love about this film:

Richard Burton, who was living in Haiti, joined the production six weeks into its shooting schedule and insisted on his costume of a boiler suit being hand-made for him in Savile Row.

I mean if I’m going to be living in a dystopian totalitarian state, my boiler jumpsuit should be made by the finest tailors.

Principal photography began on 19 March 1984, and ended in October 1984. Some scenes were shot on the actual days noted in Winston’s diary (for example: April 4, 1984) as well as at some of the actual locations and settings mentioned in Orwell’s novel