Harrison Bergeron

Harrison Bergeron

Year: 2006

Runtime: 30 mins

Language: English

Director: Patrick Horne

A short biographical film follows a boy who imagines himself as emperor in a dystopian 2081 where constitutional amendments force total equality. No one may be smarter, more attractive, stronger, or quicker than anyone else, enforced by the United States Handicapper General. The story adapts Kurt Vonnegut’s classic tale, exploring the extremes of enforced uniformity.

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Time period

2081

In the year 2081, amendments 211th through 213th enshrine absolute equality in law. Citizens wear handicaps that blunt intelligence, beauty, and strength, while a constant broadcast noise disrupts thought. Public life relies on staged performances and propaganda to present a veneer of normalcy, masking pervasive control.

Location

United States

Set in a United States of the near future where the government enforces sameness through devices that blunt talent and charm. Citizens live under the watchful eye of the Handicapper General, and public life centers on controlled performances and mass media. The regime's reach extends into homes and memories, shaping how people think, move, and even remember.

🗽 Dystopian 🧭 State Control 🎭 Identity and Equality

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Narrator (Rance Howard)

The steady, plainspoken voice guiding viewers through a highly controlled world. The narrator frames the society's rules with calm cadence, shaping how the audience interprets the tension between sameness and individuality. Through the narration, the audience understands the costs of oppression and the fragility of freedom.

🎤 Narration 🧭 Authority 🗣️ Perspective

News Anchor (Kevin Chamberlain)

The broadcaster delivering state-sanctioned updates, his delivery marred by the era's impediments. He participates in propagandistic procedures, turning information into performance. His segments reveal how media can normalize coercive equality and blunt critical thought.

🗞️ News 📺 Media 🗡️ Propaganda

George Bergeron (Ken Kobus)

A man whose intelligence and strength are constantly tempered by mandated handicaps, including a radio at his temple. He tries to maintain dignity and protect his family while accepting the risk of punishment for resistance. His restrained mind and stubborn humanity highlight the personal toll of official equality.

🧠 Intelligence 🏋️ Strength 🛡️ Oppression

Hazel Bergeron (Lindsey Stout)

George's wife, with limited mental acuity due to handicaps but practical, down-to-earth in her view of daily life. She struggles with memory and recall, often failing to retain what happens on television. Her ordinary, accepting demeanor underscores the erasure of individuality in the system.

🧠 Intelligence 🧭 Memory 🪪 Handicaps

Harrison Bergeron (Richard Kindler)

A fourteen-year-old prodigy whose brilliance and power make him a threat to the regime. He escapes custody, declares himself emperor, and removes handicaps from himself and the Empress. His daring moment ends with the Handicaper General's lethal intervention, underscoring the brutal cost of rebellion.

🧠 Genius 🏋️ Power 🗡️ Rebellion

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🎭 Conformity

A society enforces sameness at every level, assigning handicaps to dull talent and suppress beauty. Individual differences are forbidden, and deviation is treated as a crime. The Bergeron family's struggles reveal the cost of living under such oppression and the fragility of freedom.

📺 Media Control

Televised ballet and news broadcasts illustrate how the state disciplines perception, turning entertainment into propaganda. The noise from handicaps and the quirks of the announcer disguise coercive messaging as normalcy. Information is curated to maintain order and suppress rebellion.

⚔️ Resistance

Harrison Bergeron's daring rebellion embodies the human impulse to transcend oppression. He sheds handicaps, proclaims himself emperor, and seeks a new order, only to be met with lethal force. The episode underscores the high price of dissent and the fragility of memory under a regime that erases difference.

Last Updated: October 03, 2025 at 14:22

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