François Truffaut's strange and fantastic adaptation of the 1951 Ray Badbury novel, envisioning a dystopian future where books are outlawed....
François Truffaut's strange and fantastic adaptation of the 1951 Ray Badbury novel, envisioning a dystopian future where books are outlawed. However, Montag (Oskar Werner), a fireman tasked with burning found literature, begins to question the government's overbearing motives and becomes swept up with a rebellious group of readers.
This is Truffaut's first colour film and his only in English. The title refers to the temperature that Bradbury thought required to set paper alight.
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81 %37 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
72 %25,781 reviewsAudience score rating
"With a serious and even terrifying theme, this excursion into science fiction has been thoughtfully directed ... there is adequate evidence of light touches to bring welcome and needed relief to a sombre and scarifying subject."
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Variety
Variety"An underrated film, perhaps because it is less science fiction than a tale of 'once upon a time.'"
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Time Out
Time OutFahrenheit 451 (1966) | Details
- Runtime
- 112
- Genre
- Drama, Science Fiction
- Country of origin
- UK
