Harrison Bergeron is a science fiction television movie film loosely adapted from Kurt Vonnegut's 1961 dystopian short story of the same name.

[1] Harrison Bergeron lives in the fictional suburban town of Madison, Rhode Island in the year 2053.

The audience is told that after the second American Revolution, which started during an ongoing economic depression that was a result of a combination of technological advancement and a widening disparity between the very rich and the very poor, it was mandated that all people be equal in all things.

Even though he has been held back four years and his headband is consistently modified to dampen his intelligence, he still continues to excel to the embarrassment of him and his family.

While being held captive in the police station, he is approached by a special agent who offers him an alternative to the lobotomy - to join what turns out to be the secret elite that runs the government.

In a final scene, a young boy and his friend get together in his bedroom to watch the first four hours of Bergeron's broadcast, without their bands.