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
Engrossing, underrated sci-fi
From Ray Bradbury's novel about totalitarian society that has banned books and printed words in order to eliminate independent thought; Oskar Werner plays professional book-burner who becomes enraptured with stories. Possibly a bit too thin at this length, but a fascinating peek at a cold future (which the times have just about caught up to). Didn't get a warm reception from critics in its day, yet the performances by Werner and Julie Christie (in a dual role as both Werner's wife and a rebel acquaintance) are top notch. I was never a fan of director François Truffaut's too-precious stories of childhood, but this film, curiously his only English-language picture, is extremely well-directed; the sequence with the woman and her books afire is one amazing set-piece, with tight editing, incredible and precise art direction, and the camera in all the right places. Truffaut lets you feel the agony of book paper curling up black in a mass of orange flames, and the proud defiance of the woman as she herself strikes the match. Unforgettable. *** from ****
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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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