Fahrenheit 451
What if you had no right to read?
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9/7/1966Runtime
113 minsGenres
Overview
In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation…
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$1,500,000Revenue
$2,000,000Homepage
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A haunting meditation on intellectual freedom and the human need for meaning, rendered in cool, elegant pastels that make totalitarianism look deceptively beautiful. The film moves deliberately through Montag's awakening, building a slow burn of moral clarity beneath its glossy, controlled world.
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Julie Christie
Clarisse / Linda Montag
Oskar Werner
Guy Montag
Cyril Cusack
Captain Beatty
Anton Diffring
Fabian / Headmistress
Jeremy Spenser
Man with the Apple
Bee Duffell
Book Woman
Alex Scott
Book Person: 'The Life of Henry Brulard'
Gillian Aldam
Judoka Woman (uncredited)
Michael Balfour
Book Person: Machiavelli's 'The Prince' (uncredited)
Ann Bell
Doris (uncredited)
Yvonne Blake
Book Person: 'The Jewish Question' (uncredited)
Arthur Cox
Male Nurse (uncredited)
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