When I watched it a few years back, I watched it on Google for free. I am not implying that it is always a bad thing when something is dated, as "Brave New World" is extremely dated, and yet it has much to enjoy. While they all have their redeeming qualities, they just never quite rise above the time they were made in(except maybe "Zardoz", and even that is extremely dated). Most of the time, however, things fell more along the lines of "Tron", "Logan's Run"< 'Zardoz", "Battlestar Galactica", "Buck rogers". 1970's sci-fi often fell into camp, as did 1980's sci-fi, you had your occasional serious film such as "Alien" or "Blade Runner", both by Ridley Scott. If you can get past the dated 1970's(being it was released in early 1980, it was made at the end of the 1970's) look and somewhat campy feel, you'll likely enjoy this sci-fi Dystopian film. It gave a very surprisingly chipper, and yet chilling vision of the future. It was because of this mini-series that I picked up the book.
But even there he can't forget Lenina or escape his celebrity status. John hates the over-social but anti-emotional civilization, asks to be sent to live in isolation, and gets a job as a lighthouse guard.
John falls in love with Lenina but his desire is ruined by his antiquated sexual morale derived from reading Shakespeare. John turns out to be the son of the director of the cloning authority, which causes a scandal and makes John a celebrity freak. He and a girl called Lenina Disney go visit a reservation of 'savages' where they meet a handsome young man John and bring him back to 'civilization'. Bernard Marx is a different Alpha male with an inclination to thinking. People are hatched and cloned on conveyor belts to meet the requirements of five different social classes, from ruling Alphas to robot-like Epsilons. Everyone is kept happy with a legal drug, soma. In a future society based on pleasure without moral worries, love is prohibited but casual sex, now called 'engaging', is strongly encouraged.
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