Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four)

1900

59 on its "100 best characters in fiction since 1900" list.

1945

Another theory is that the inspiration for Big Brother was Brendan Bracken, the Minister of Information, a government department in wartime United Kingdom, until 1945.

1949

Big Brother is a fictional character and symbol in George Orwell's dystopian 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

1954

If so, however, these ministers seem to be shadowy figures, whose names, words and acts are not publicised—public attention being focused solely on Big Brother. == Film adaptations == The character, as represented solely by a single still photograph, was played in the 1954 BBC adaptation by production designer Roy Oxley.

1956

In the 1956 film adaptation, Big Brother was represented by an illustration of a stern-looking disembodied head. In the film starring John Hurt released in 1984, the Big Brother photograph was of actor Bob Flag.

Big Brother and other Orwellian imagery are often referenced in the joke known as the Russian reversal. Iain Moncreiffe and Don Pottinger jokingly mentioned in their 1956 book Blood Royal the sentence: "Without Little Father need for Big Brother", referring to the Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union. The worldwide reality television show Big Brother is based on the novel's concept of people being under constant surveillance.

1984

In the 1956 film adaptation, Big Brother was represented by an illustration of a stern-looking disembodied head. In the film starring John Hurt released in 1984, the Big Brother photograph was of actor Bob Flag.

Under current laws, the novel will remain under copyright protection until 2020 in the European Union and until 2044 in the United States. The December 2002 issue of Gear magazine featured a story about technologies and trends that could violate personal privacy moving society closer to a "Big Brother" state and utilised a recreation of the movie poster from the film version of 1984.

The system has been compared with 1984 telescreen surveillance system. A series of laws intended to implement the European Union Data Retention Directive in Romania were nicknamed "the Big Brother laws" by Romanian media and critics as they would have led to blanket storage of citizens' telecommunications data for six months.

The phrase "Big Sister is watching" is a reference to the 1984 phrase "Big Brother is watching". In 2018, the video game Rainbow six: Siege, refer to Big Brother in his character "Lion", who can use a flying drone that can detect any movements for a short amount of time.

2000

In 2000, after the United States version of the CBS program Big Brother premiered, the Estate of George Orwell sued CBS and its production company Orwell Productions, Inc.

2002

Under current laws, the novel will remain under copyright protection until 2020 in the European Union and until 2044 in the United States. The December 2002 issue of Gear magazine featured a story about technologies and trends that could violate personal privacy moving society closer to a "Big Brother" state and utilised a recreation of the movie poster from the film version of 1984.

2008

In 2008, The Simpsons spoofed Apple's Big Brother commercial in an episode entitled "Mypods and Boomsticks". Computer company Microsoft patented in 2011 a product distribution system with a camera or capture device that monitors the viewers that consume the product, allowing the provider to take "remedial action" if the actual viewers do not match the distribution license.

2010

All of these laws were struck down as unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of Romania and the Directive itself was ultimately invalidated by the Court of Justice of the European Union. In the 2010 video game BioShock 2, there is an enemy named the Big Sister.

2011

In 2008, The Simpsons spoofed Apple's Big Brother commercial in an episode entitled "Mypods and Boomsticks". Computer company Microsoft patented in 2011 a product distribution system with a camera or capture device that monitors the viewers that consume the product, allowing the provider to take "remedial action" if the actual viewers do not match the distribution license.

2018

The phrase "Big Sister is watching" is a reference to the 1984 phrase "Big Brother is watching". In 2018, the video game Rainbow six: Siege, refer to Big Brother in his character "Lion", who can use a flying drone that can detect any movements for a short amount of time.

2020

Under current laws, the novel will remain under copyright protection until 2020 in the European Union and until 2044 in the United States. The December 2002 issue of Gear magazine featured a story about technologies and trends that could violate personal privacy moving society closer to a "Big Brother" state and utilised a recreation of the movie poster from the film version of 1984.




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