In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 4 nominations total
Gillian Aldam
- Judoka Woman
- (uncredited)
Alfie Bass
- Book Person: 'The Prince'
- (uncredited)
Yvonne Blake
- Book Person: 'The Jewish Question'
- (uncredited)
Arthur Cox
- Male Nurse
- (uncredited)
Frank Cox
- Book Person: 'Prejudice'
- (uncredited)
Fred Cox
- Book Person: 'Pride'
- (uncredited)
Noel Davis
- Cousin Midge - TV Personality
- (uncredited)
Judith Drinan
- Book Person - Plato's 'Republic'
- (uncredited)
Kevin Eldon
- Robert - First Schoolboy
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to producer Lewis M. Allen, François Truffaut and Oskar Werner hated each other by the end of filming. For the last two weeks, they didn't speak to one another.
- GoofsMontag's hair in the final scene is different than in the rest of the film because Oskar Werner wanted to create a continuity error to show his dislike of director François Truffaut.
- Quotes
Guy Montag: To learn how to find, one must first learn how to hide.
- Crazy creditsThe beginning credits are spoken instead of written on the screen.
- Alternate versionsOriginally Noel Davis (who plays Cousin Midge) did the opening voice over. In the current version it is done by Alex Scott ("The Life of Henry Brulard" Book Person).
- ConnectionsFeatured in Night Gallery: The Different Ones/Tell David.../Logoda's Heads (1971)
Featured review
Knowledge is Power...
The Firemen take the knowledge, they won't permit, those with power make the rules, it's their remit, books are burned and turned to ash, as sparking kerosene arcs flash, if you're caught with contraband, they will commit. Montag works the fire, erasing texts, since meeting Clarisse he's increasingly perplexed, she's opened up a door, that's taken him to hidden floors, now he knows the flames he throws are all pretext.
It's not the greatest piece of filmmaking you've ever seen, and you can pull a wagon through some of the holes in the logic, but for its time, and as an example of how the few can control the many, it's still worth an exploration to benchmark where the world is all these years later.
It's not the greatest piece of filmmaking you've ever seen, and you can pull a wagon through some of the holes in the logic, but for its time, and as an example of how the few can control the many, it's still worth an exploration to benchmark where the world is all these years later.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Farenhajt 451
- Filming locations
- Châteauneuf-sur-Loire, Loiret, France(Monorail)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $509
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,206
- Apr 25, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $509
- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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