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Synopsis: Based on the 1951 Ray Bradbury novel of the same name. Guy Montag is a firefighter who lives in a lonely, isolated society where books have been outlawed by a government fearing an independent-thinking public. It is the duty of firefighters to burn any books on sight or said collections that have been reported by informants. People in this society including Montag's wife are drugged into compliancy and get their information from wall-length television screens. After Montag falls in love with book-hoarding Clarisse, he begins to read confiscated books. It is through this relationship that he begins to question the government's motives behind book-burning. Montag is soon found out, and he must decide whether to return to his job or run away knowing full well the consequences that he could face if captured.
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Director(s): François Truffaut
Production: Universal Pictures
  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
NOT RATED
Year:
1966
112 min
4,473 Views


PURELY COINCIDENTAL.

DO BEAR THAT IN MIND.

SO, WILLYOU

COME PLAY WITH US ?

YOU WILL ? GOOD !

I THOUGHT YOU WOULD.

COME IN, COUSINS.

BE ONE OF THE FAMILY.

???? [ Musical Segue ]

CHARLES, DO YOU REALIZE

WHAT A DILEMMA THIS IS ?

IT'S TERRIBLY DIFFICULT.

I DON'T SEE ANY WAY OUT OF IT.

COME, COME, BERNARD.

OF COURSE THERE'S

A WAY OUT.

THERE ARE 13 OF US

SO FAR, RIGHT ?

YOU WAN TO INVITE EDWARD,

WHICH MAKES 14.

BUT IF SOMEBODY'S ILL,

THEN WE SHOULD BE BACK

TO 13 AGAIN.

PRECISELY. THEN WE MUS INVITE MORE PEOPLE.

THAT'S AN IDEA.

WHAT ABOU LOTTIE AND JAMES ?

THAT'LL MAKE 16.

THEN IF SOMEBODY'S ILL,

AT LEAST WE WON'T BE 13.

BUT THEN THERE'S

THE PROBLEM OF THE ROOMS.

LOTTIE HAS TWO LITTLE BOYS:

FREDDIE AND LITTLE JOHN.

I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM

THERE AT ALL.

WE CAN PU THE TWO CHILDREN

IN HELEN'S ROOM.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, LINDA ?

[ Beeping ]

[ Beeping Continues ]

[ Continues Beeping ]

- GO AHEAD.

THEY'RE WAITING FOR YOU.

- I THINK THAT--

YOU SEE ?

LINDA AGREES WITH ME.

LOTTIE'S CHILDREN MUST GO IN

WITH HELEN'S CHILDREN.

LINDA'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

THEN THERE'S THE PROBLEM

OF THE SEATING, CHARLES.

I THINK I'VE GOT SOMETHING

WORKED OUT, THOUGH. LOOK.

IF WE PUT YVONNE AT THE HEAD

AND RICHARD AT HER RIGHT--

OH, NO, BERNARD.

RICHARD ISN'T EVEN

SPEAKING TO YVONNE.

OH ?

BECAUSE OF LESLIE.

OH !

MADELEINE MUST BE

AT THE HEAD.

BESIDES, MADELEINE IS OLDER

THAN YVONNE. SHE MIGHT EVEN

BE OLDER THAN JACQUELINE.

I SEE NO PROBLEM THERE.

WE PUT MADELEINE AT THE HEAD

OF THE TABLE.

IT'S MADELEINE,

ISN'T IT, LINDA ?

[ Beeping ]

ABSOLUTELY.

[ Beeping Continues ]

- [ Beeping Stops ]

- [ Bernard ] IF LINDA THINKS

IT'S ALL RIGHT, IT MUST BE.

THERE'S STILL THE PROBLEM

ABOUT THE ROOMS.

WHAT ROOMS ARE LEFT ?

THERE'S THE PINK ROOM.

WE COULD ALWAYS PUT LILIAN

IN THE PINK ROOM.

WE CAN PUT SUSAN

IN THE GREEN ROOM.

YES.

WHERE CAN WE PUT MONICA ?

YES, WHAT CAN WE DO

WITH MONICA ?

DO YOU HAVE:

THE ANSWER, LINDA ?

[ Beeping ]

[ Beeping Continues ]

IN THE BLUE ROOM ?

[ Beeping Stops ]

LINDA, YOU'RE RIGHT.

SHE'S RIGHT.

[ Both ]

LINDA, YOU'RE

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

???? [ Musical Segue ]

YOU SAW IT, DIDN'T YOU ?

I GAVE ALL THE RIGHT ANSWERS.

WASN'T IT WONDERFUL ?

I COULD HAVE BEEN AN ACTRESS.

DON'T YOU THINK SO ?

THINK WHAT ?

THAT I COULD HAVE BEEN

AN ACTRESS.

OH, SURE YOU COULD HAVE

BEEN AN ACTRESS.

I WONDER WHETHER JOYCE

WAS WATCHING. I DO HOPE SO.

I MUST RING HER TOMORROW

AND FIND OUT WHAT SHE THOUGHT.

HOW DID YOU GE THE PART ?

THE HEAD:

OFTHE FAMILYRANG ME UP. ME !

AND SAID I WAS TO BE

IN TONIGHT'S PLAY.

LINDA, THEY MUST HAVE PHONED

EVERY ONE OF 200,000 LINDAS

IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY.

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François Truffaut

François Roland Truffaut (French: [fʁɑ̃.swa ʁɔ.lɑ̃ tʁyfo]; 6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984) was a French film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film critic, as well as one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry, having worked on over 25 films. Truffaut's film The 400 Blows came to be a defining film of the French New Wave movement, and was followed by four sequels, Antoine et Colette, Stolen Kisses, Bed and Board, and Love on the Run between 1958 and 1979. Truffaut's 1973 film Day for Night earned him critical acclaim and several awards, including the BAFTA Award for Best Film and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His other notable films include Shoot the Piano Player (1960), Jules et Jim (1961), The Wild Child (1970), Two English Girls (1971), and The Woman Next Door (1981). more…

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