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1 videodisc (1 hr., 53 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent |
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video v rdamedia |
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videodisc vd rdacarrier |
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DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda |
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digital optical mono Dolby Digital 2.0 rda |
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laser optical NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
| System Details |
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; anamorphic widescreen version (1.85:1) ; Dolby digital 2.0 mono. |
| Note |
Optional subtitles: Spanish, French. Closed-captioned in English. |
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Container erroneously lists dubbed soundtracks in Spanish and French. |
| 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. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| 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: Feature commentary with Julie Christie; The novel: a discussion with author Ray Bradbury; The making of Fahrenheit 451; The music of Fahrenheit 451; Original title sequence of feature; Photo poster gallery; Theatrical trailer; Recommendations. |
| Subject |
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012 -- Film adaptations.
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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 |
Feature films -- Great Britain.
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Science fiction films -- Great Britain.
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Foreign films.
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Motion pictures -- Great Britain.
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Feature films.
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Science fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Science fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Adaptation - Feature.
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Science fiction - Feature.
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| Added Author |
Truffaut, François, film director, screenwriter.
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Allen, Lewis M., 1922-2003, film producer.
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Richard, Jean-Louis, screenwriter.
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Christie, Julie, 1941- actor.
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Werner, Oskar, 1922-1984, actor.
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Cusack, Cyril, 1910-1993, actor.
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Diffring, Anton, 1918-1989, actor.
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Spenser, Jeremy, 1937- actor.
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Scott, Alex, 1929- actor.
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Roeg, Nicolas, 1928- director of photography.
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Noble, Thom, editor of moving image work.
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Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975, composer (expression)
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012.
Fahrenheit 451.
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Anglo Enterprises (Motion picture studio), production company.
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Vineyard Films, production company.
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Universal Studios Home Video (Firm), film distributor.
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| Added Title |
Fahrenheit 451 (Motion picture)
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Fahrenheit four fifty one |
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Fahrenheit four five one |
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Fahrenheit four hundred fifty-one |
| ISBN |
0783255357 : $12.99 |
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9780783255354 |
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3866150164 |
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9783866150164 |
| Standard No. |
025192124020 |
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4018492239354 |
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3700224300340 |
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9783866150164 |
| Music # |
21240 Universal Studios |
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