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Fahrenheit 451
MEANRANK
69/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2563
- IMDb #1792
- Google retired #3855
- Rotten Tomatoes #1898
- Letterboxd #2141
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1902
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2412
- Criticker #1165
- Kinopoisk #1936
- AlloCiné #1814
- Trakt #2504
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Lowest is Google on 50, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 82. Critics average 82, everyone else 67.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In a future society, books are banned and any found are burned by "firemen." One such fireman, Guy Montag, begins to question his role after meeting a free-thinking neighbor. He starts secretly collecting and reading books, an act of rebellion that puts him in direct conflict with the oppressive government he once served.
Details
- Director
- François Truffaut
- Writers
- François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard
- Based on
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Studio
- Anglo Enterprises, Vineyard Film
- Released
- 7 September 1966
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Box office
- $2.0M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (40) →Awards & nominations
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| Venice Film Festival 1966 | Golden Lion | François Truffaut | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 1967 | Best British Actress | Julie Christie (also for Doctor Zhivago ) | Nominee |
| Hugo Awards 1967 | Best Dramatic Presentation | François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Helen Scott, Ray Bradbury | Nominee |
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×| Golden Lion | François Truffaut | Nominee |
| Best British Actress | Julie Christie (also for Doctor Zhivago ) | Nominee |
| Best Dramatic Presentation | François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Helen Scott, Ray Bradbury | Nominee |