Fahrenheit 451 [videorecording] an Enterprise Vineyard Film production ; producer, Lewis M. Allen ; director, Francois Truffaut ; screenplay by Francois Truffaut and Jean-Louis Richard.
Title from disc label. Originally released as a motion picture in 1966. Based on the novel by Ray Bradbury. 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. Julie Christie, Oskar Werner, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring, Jeremy Spenser, Alex Scott.
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.
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