Description |
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, Dolby digital 2.0 mono., widescreen version. |
Language |
Optional subtitles: captioned English, Spanish, French. |
Note |
Title from disc label. |
Cast |
Julie Christie, Oskar Werner, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring, Jeremy Spenser, Alex Scott. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Nicholas Roeg ; film editor, Thom Noble ; music, Bernard Herrmann. |
Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1966. |
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Based on the novel by Ray Bradbury. |
Summary |
Montag, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read. Suddenly he finds himself a hunted fugitive, forced to choose not only between two women, but between personal safety and intellectual freedom. |
Note |
Special features: the novel, a discussion with author Ray Bradbury; the making of Fahrenheit 451; feature commentary with Julie Christie; the music of Fahrenheit 451; the original title sequence of feature; photo poster gallery; theatrical trailer. |
Subject |
Reading -- Political aspects -- Drama.
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Censorship -- Drama.
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Totalitarianism -- Drama.
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Intellectual freedom -- Drama.
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Book burning -- Drama.
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Books -- Censorship -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Science fiction films.
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Science fiction -- Feature.
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Adaptation -- Feature.
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Science fiction films.
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Added Author |
Allen, Lewis M., 1922-2003
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Truffaut, Francois.
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Richard, Jean-Louis.
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Werner, Oskar, 1922-1984.
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Christie, Julie, 1941-
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Cusack, Cyril, 1910-1993.
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Diffring, Anton, 1918-1989.
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Spenser, Jeremy, 1937-
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Scott, Alex, 1929-2015.
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Roeg, Nicolas, 1928-2018.
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Noble, Thom.
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Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975.
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Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012
Fahrenheit 451.
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Vineyard Films.
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Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)
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Added Title |
Fahrenheit four fifty one |
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Fahrenheit four five one |
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Fahrenheit four hundred fifty one |
ISBN |
0783255357 |
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9780783255354 |
Standard No. |
025192124020 |
Music No. |
21240 Universal Studios |
Standard No. |
NLGGC 266579140 |
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NZ1 9437790 |
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AU@ 000040414911 |
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