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(from HBO's press release, March 2018) The HBO Films presentation FAHRENHEIT 451 debuts SATURDAY, MAY 19 (8:00-9:40 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. The drama is based on Ray Bradbury's classic novel of the same name, depicting a future where the media is an opiate, history is rewritten and "firemen" burn books. Michael B. Jordan portrays Montag, a young fireman who forsakes his world and struggles to regain his humanity as he battles his mentor, fire captain Beatty, played by Michael Shannon. Sofia Boutella stars as Clarisse, an informant caught between the competing interests of Montag and Beatty. |
