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Released
1966 · FILM

Fahrenheit 451

A disillusioned fireman rebels against a totalitarian regime that burns every book, risking his life to protect forbidden knowledge and ignite a spark of freedom.

“What if you had no right to read?”

Directed by
Francois Truffaut
Written by
Francois Truffaut, Jean Louis Richard
Rated
MPA · NR
Runtime
113 min
DramaSci-Fi
Streaming on
  • HBO Max

Synopsis

In a future society, the government controls public opinion by banning literature and employing a group of enforcers known as "firemen," whose duty is to burn books. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his role in this system.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Thom NobleShot by Nicolas RoegScored by Bernard HerrmannDesigned by Syd Cain

Box Office

1966 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$2.0M

Budget$1.5M
Worldwide gross$2.0M
break-even (2.5×)

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