Nineteen Eighty-Four and opera. The effect of "Nineteen Eighty-Four" on the English language is extensive; the concepts of Big Brother, Room 101, the Thought Police, thoughtcrime, unperson, memory hole (oblivion), doublethink (simultaneously holding and believing contradictory beliefs) and Newspeak (ideological language) have become common phrases for denoting totalitarian authority. Doublespeak and groupthink are both deliberate elaborations of "doublethink", and the adjective "Orwellian" means similar to Orwell's writings, especially "Nineteen Eighty-Four". The practice of ending words with (such as "mediaspeak") is drawn from the novel. Orwell is perpetually associated with 1984; in July 1984, an asteroid was discovered by Antonín Mrkos and named
Adaptations of Nineteen Eighty-Four Gina Rosenblum producing and James Graham writing the screenplay. Rudin and Greengrass had also previously worked together on "Captain Phillips". Michael De Luca will oversee production of the upcoming "1984" film for the studio. In November 2014 it was revealed that director Paul Greengrass is working on the film adaptation and it was expected to release in around 2019. The first television version of "Nineteen Eighty-Four" appeared in CBS's Studio One series in 1953. In it American actor Eddie Albert played Winston Smith and Canadian Lorne Greene played O'Brien. The second television version was adapted by Nigel Kneale for the