Ray Bradbury Best-Selling Science Fiction Masterpiece About A Future Without Books Takes On A Chillingly Realistic Dimension In This Film Classic Directed By One Of The Most Important Screen Innovators Of All Time The Late Francois Truffaut Julie Christie Stars In The Challenging Dual Role Of Oskar Werner Pleasure-Seeking Conformist Wife Linda And His Rebellious Book-Collecting Mistress Clarisse Montag (Oskar Werner) 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 Truffaut First English Language Production Is An Eerie Fable Where Mankind Becomes The Ultimate Evil