Title: Fahrenheit 451

Date: 1966
Type: Drama / Sci-Fi
Rating: 4/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Francois Truffaunt
Producer:

Comment
In a future totalitarian state books are banned and burned by firemen, whilst a resistance tries to keep books and reading alive. Oskar Werner is a fireman who meets Julie Christie, a secret book reader, and after he starts reading books he begins to doubt the motives of the state. Written and directed by influential French director Francois Truffaunt from the Ray Bradbury novel that presents a disturbing dystopian future. This is Francois Truffant's only English language film.
Actors
Oskar Werner
Julie Christie
Cyril Cusak
Oscars
None
Novel
Ray Bradbury
Music
Bernard Herrmann