Harrison Bergeron
“All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so.” This is the premise of the Showtime film adaption of Kurt Vonnegut’s futuristic short story Harrison Bergeron. The film centers around a young man (Harrison) who is smarter than his peers, and is not affected by the usual “Handicapping” which is used to train all Americans so everyone is of equal intelligence.
Genre: Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, TV Movie
Director: Bruce Pittman
Actors: Eugene Levy, Miranda de Pencier, Sean Astin
Keywords:character name as series title dark comedy Dystopia future reference to ludwig van beethoven