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Fahrenheit 451
Directed by François Truffaut, Fahrenheit 451 (1966) is the first color film and only English-language production from the legendary French New Wave director. Based on Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel, the film is set in an oppressive future society where books are banned and "firemen" are tasked with burning any that are found.
Guy Montag (Oskar Werner) is a dedicated fireman who begins to question his role after meeting Clarisse (Julie Christie), a young woman who secretly reads. As Montag starts stealing and reading the books he is supposed to destroy, he becomes a fugitive from the state and eventually joins a community of "Book People" who memorize literature to preserve it for future generations.
Locations
The film was shot primarily in England at Pinewood Studios, with several striking exterior locations in the UK and France used to create its unique, mid-century futuristic look.
Alton Estate in Roehampton, London
The "firemen's headquarters" and several urban sequences were filmed at the Alton Estate in Roehampton, South-West London. The brutalist architecture and modernist design of the housing estate provided a stark, impersonal backdrop for the film's dystopian world. Map Location
Edgcumbe Park in Crowthorne, Berkshire
The suburban neighborhood where Montag lives with his TV-obsessed wife was filmed in Edgcumbe Park, a modernist residential development in Berkshire. The identical, clean-lined houses perfectly captured the forced conformity of the society. Map Location
SAFEGE Test Track, Châteauneuf-sur-Loire, France
The film's iconic monorail scenes were filmed at the SAFEGE experimental test track near Orléans, France. Though the track has since been dismantled, its sleek, suspended design was a key element in establishing the film's technological setting.
Pinewood Studios, England
Most of the film’s interiors, including the elaborate book-burning sequences and the futuristic living rooms with "wall-to-wall" television screens, were meticulously constructed on soundstages at Pinewood Studios. Map Location
Director
François Truffaut
Cast
Oskar Werner
Julie Christie
Cyril Cusack
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