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  • HyperNormalisation (2016)
  • 166 min | Documentary
HyperNormalisation (2016)
166 min | Documentary

Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.
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Adam Curtis (written by)
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Updated Oct 16, 2016

Release date
Mar 4, 2017 (United States)

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54 cast members
Name Known for
Adam Curtis
Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Donald Trump
Self - Businessman (archive footage) Self - Businessman (archive footage)   See fewer
Vladimir Putin
Self - Russia Leader (archive footage) Self - Russia Leader (archive footage)   See fewer
Victor Gotbaum
Self - NYC Workers League (archive footage) Self - NYC Workers League (archive footage)   See fewer
Patti Smith
Self - Singer (archive footage) Self - Singer (archive footage)   See fewer
Henry Kissinger
Self - US Secretary of State (archive footage) Self - US Secretary of State (archive footage)   See fewer
Hafez al-Assad
Self - President of Syria (archive footage) Self - President of Syria (archive footage)   See fewer
Thomas Schelling
Self - Economist (archive footage) Self - Economist (archive footage)   See fewer
Soraya El-Hayan
Self - Syria Social Affairs Minister (archive footage) Self - Syria Social Affairs Minister (archive footage)   See fewer
Leslie Gelb
Self - US Department of Defense (archive footage) Self - US Department of Defense (archive footage)   See fewer
Ronald Reagan
Self - President of the United States (archive footage) Self - President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Nancy Reagan
Self - Ronald Reagan's Wife (archive footage) Self - Ronald Reagan's Wife (archive footage)   See fewer
Ayatollah Khomeini
Self - Ayatollah of Iran (archive footage) (as Ruhollah Khomeyni) Self - Ayatollah of Iran (archive footage) (as Ruhollah Khomeyni)   See fewer
George Pucciarelli
Self - US Navy Commander, Chaplain (archive footage) Self - US Navy Commander, Chaplain (archive footage)   See fewer
Timothy Leary
Self - Psychologist (archive footage) Self - Psychologist (archive footage)   See fewer
John Perry Barlow
Self - Electronic Frontier Foundation (archive footage) Self - Electronic Frontier Foundation (archive footage)   See fewer
Phiber Optik
Self - Computer Hacker (archive footage) Self - Computer Hacker (archive footage)   See fewer
Muammar Gaddafi
Self - Ruler of Lybia (archive footage) (as Muammar Gadaffi) Self - Ruler of Lybia (archive footage) (as Muammar Gadaffi)   See fewer
Antonio Badini
Self - Italy Head of Anti-Terrorism (archive footage) Self - Italy Head of Anti-Terrorism (archive footage)   See fewer
David Long
Self - US Department of State (archive footage) Self - US Department of State (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert Kupperman
Self - Consultant to US Government (archive footage) Self - Consultant to US Government (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert Oakley
Self - Director of the State Department Office of Combating Terrorism (archive footage) Self - Director of the State Department Office of Combating Terrorism (archive footage)   See fewer
Ronald Clark
Self - UFO Witness (voice) (archive footage) Self - UFO Witness (voice) (archive footage)   See fewer
Richard Doty
Self - USAF Office of Special Investigations (archive footage) Self - USAF Office of Special Investigations (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert Parry
Self - Associated Press and Newsweek Reporter (archive footage) Self - Associated Press and Newsweek Reporter (archive footage)   See fewer
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self - URSS Leader (archive footage) Self - URSS Leader (archive footage)   See fewer
Nicolae Ceausescu
Self - Romania Leader (archive footage) Self - Romania Leader (archive footage)   See fewer
Elena Ceausescu
Self - Nicolae Ceausescu's Wife (archive footage) Self - Nicolae Ceausescu's Wife (archive footage)   See fewer
Jane Fonda
Self - Aerobics Trainer (archive footage) Self - Aerobics Trainer (archive footage)   See fewer
Jim Goodwin
Self - Clinical Psychologist, Wenatchee (archive footage) (as Dr. Jim Goodwin) Self - Clinical Psychologist, Wenatchee (archive footage) (as Dr. Jim Goodwin)   See fewer
Martha Emmerton
Self - Wenatchee Resident (archive footage) Self - Wenatchee Resident (archive footage)   See fewer
Joseph Weizenbaum
Self - Creator of the ELIZA Computer Program (archive footage) Self - Creator of the ELIZA Computer Program (archive footage)   See fewer
Ivana Trump
Self - Donald Trump's Wife (archive footage) Self - Donald Trump's Wife (archive footage)   See fewer
Terry Taylor
Self - Sir, British MP (archive footage) Self - Sir, British MP (archive footage)   See fewer
Yusuf Al-Qardhawy
Self - Egypt Sheik, Islamic Sunni Leader (archive footage) Self - Egypt Sheik, Islamic Sunni Leader (archive footage)   See fewer
Benjamin Netanyahu
Self - Prime Minister of Israel (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of Israel (archive footage)   See fewer
George W. Bush
Self - President of the US (archive footage) Self - President of the US (archive footage)   See fewer
Tony Blair
Self - Prime Minister of the UK (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of the UK (archive footage)   See fewer
Bashar al-Assad
Self - President of Syria (archive footage) Self - President of Syria (archive footage)   See fewer
Saif Gaddafi
Self - Muammar Gaddafi's Son (archive footage) Self - Muammar Gaddafi's Son (archive footage)   See fewer
Judea Pearl
Self - Artificial Intelligence Expert (archive footage) Self - Artificial Intelligence Expert (archive footage)   See fewer
Miranda Duncan
Self - Web User (archive footage) Self - Web User (archive footage)   See fewer
Daniel Pearl
Self - Wall Street Journal Reporter (archive footage) Self - Wall Street Journal Reporter (archive footage)   See fewer
Vladislav Surkov
Self - Consultant to Vladimir Putin (archive footage) Self - Consultant to Vladimir Putin (archive footage)   See fewer
Barack Obama
Self - President of the US (archive footage) Self - President of the US (archive footage)   See fewer
David Cameron
Self - Prime Minister of the UK (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of the UK (archive footage)   See fewer
Mustafa Setmariam Nasar
Self - Jihad Strategist (archive footage) (as Abu Musab al-Suri) Self - Jihad Strategist (archive footage) (as Abu Musab al-Suri)   See fewer
Nigel Farage
Self - UK Independence Party Leader (archive footage) Self - UK Independence Party Leader (archive footage)   See fewer
Bill Clinton
Self - President of the US (archive footage) Self - President of the US (archive footage)   See fewer
Hillary Clinton
Self - US Secretary of State (archive footage) Self - US Secretary of State (archive footage)   See fewer
Mark Abene
Self (archive footage) (as Phiber Optik) Self (archive footage) (as Phiber Optik)   See fewer
Gordon Brown
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Elias Ladopoulos
Self (archive footage) (as Acid Phreak) Self (archive footage) (as Acid Phreak)   See fewer
Teddy Taylor
Self - Conservative MP (archive footage) (as Sir Teddy Taylor) Self - Conservative MP (archive footage) (as Sir Teddy Taylor)   See fewer
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