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Fahrenheit 451 DVD

Unrated :: Universal Studios :: Released: 2003-04-01

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Fahrenheit 451 Summary Fahrenheit 451 - Dvd Movie

The classic science fiction novel by Ray Bradbury was a curious choice for one of the leading directors of the French New Wave, François Truffaut. But from the opening credits onward (spoken, not written on screen), Truffaut takes Bradbury's fascinating premise and makes it his own. The futuristic society depicted in Fahrenheit 451 is a culture without books. Firemen still race around in red trucks and wear helmets, but their job is to start fires: they ferret out forbidden stashes of books, douse them with gasoline, and make public bonfires. Oskar Werner, the star of Truffaut's Jules and Jim, plays a fireman named Montag, whose exposure to David Copperfield wakens an instinct toward reading and individual thought. (That's why books are banned--they give people too many ideas.) In an intriguing casting flourish, Julie Christie plays two roles: Montag's bored, drugged-up wife and the woman who helps kindle the spark of rebellion. The great Bernard Herrmann wrote the hard-driving music; Nicolas Roeg provided the cinematography. Fahrenheit 451 received a cool critical reception and has never quite been accepted by Truffaut fans or sci-fi buffs. Its deliberately listless manner has always been a problem, although that is part of its point; the lack of reading has made people dry and empty. If the movie is a bit stiff (Truffaut did not speak English well and never tried another project in English), it nevertheless is full of intriguing touches, and the ending is lyrical and haunting. --Robert Horton

Fahrenheit 451 DVD Techincal Details Cast: Oskar Werner, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring, Jeremy Spenser
Director: François Truffaut Array
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rated: Unrated
Running Time: 113 mins
UPC: 025192124020
Binding: DVD
Studio: Universal Studios
Release Date: 2003-04-01
Region Code: 1
Specs: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown - Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono),