"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.
Harrison Bergeron
“Welcome to the future. It's a no-brainer.”
Overview
"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.
Director
Bruce Pittman
Status
Released
Production
Atlantis Films
Cast
Sean Astin
Harrison Bergeron
Miranda de Pencier
Phillipa
Eugene Levy
President McCloskey
Howie Mandel
Charlie
Andrea Martin
Diana Moon Glampers
Christopher Plummer
John Klaxon
Nigel Bennett
Dr. Eisenstock
Peter Boretski
Newman
David Calderisi
Commissioner Benson
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Jeannie
Hayden Christensen
Eric
Cindy Cook
Weatherperson
Roger Dunn
George Bergeron
Jayne Eastwood
Ms. Newbound
Hal Eisen
TV Announcer - San Quentin
Matthew Ferguson
Garth Bergeron
John Astin
Golf Announcer
Buck Henry
TV Producer
Michael Fletcher
Technician
John Friesen
Frank the Plumber
Linda Goranson
Hazel Bergeron
Chapelle Jaffe
Head House Lady
Doug Lennox
Policeman
Wendy Hopkins
Jennifer
Quyen Hua
Connie Wang
Juliette Jacob
Mother
Stan Lesk
Man
William Lynn
TV Cameraman Bert
Alison MacLeod
Woman
Marc Marut
Todd
Richard Monette
Eric Shockley
Carl Harvey
Mr. TV (as Hogan Montana)
Sam Moses
Sandbag Dancer
Avi Phillips
Morris Wilkerson
Natalie Radford
Alma Starbuck
Diana Reis
Miss Hopkins
Anthony Sherwood
TV Announcer - Florida
Nina Shock
Young Phillipa
Mairlyn Smith
Janet Mckloskey
Rob Stefaniuk
Victor
Maria Syrgiannis
Head House Girl
Deborah Theaker
Jane Starbuck
Carlton Watson
Jerome
Ron White
Reynolds
Mark Wilson
Wally Starbuck
Mackenzie Astin
Golf Champion (uncredited)
Vanessa J. Daniel
Classmate #3
Paul Huggett
Nerdy Student (uncredited)
