Fahrenheit 451 Movie Review 1966

Chilling adaptation of the Ray Bradbury novel about a totalitarian futuristic society that has banned all reading material and the firemen whose job it is to keep the fires at 451 degrees: the temperature at which paper burns. Werner is Montag, a fireman who begins to question the rightness of his actions when he meets the book-loving teacher Clarisse (Christie)--who also plays the dual role of Werner's TV-absorbed wife, Linda. Truffaut's first color and English-language film.

Distribution

Mike LeBell's Video, 75 Freemont Pl., Los Angeles, CA 90005, Phone: (213)938-3333, Fax: (213)938-3334, Email: mlvideo@aol.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 112 minutes.
Originally from French, British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sci Fi, Firemen, Books to Film: Ray Bradbury, Books & Bookstores

Screenplay

Francois Truffaut, Helen Scott, Jean-Louis Richard, David Rudkin

Cast

Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring, Alex Scott, Anna Palk, Ann Bell, Mark Lester

Cinematography

Nicolas Roeg

Director

Francois Truffaut

Music

Bernard Herrmann

Producer

Universal Pictures, Vineyard Films Ltd.