Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451 is the title of an expected film adaptation of Ray Bradbury's novel of the same name. The project has apparently been under development since 2002, when Frank Darabont was confirmed to be participating in the film's production, and he is currently credited by the Internet Movie Database as director and co-writer. According to a 2003 interview with Bradbury included in a recent printing of the novel and the IMDb, Mel Gibson was at... more

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Frank Darabont

Frank Darabont (born January 28, 1959) is a Hungarian-American film director, screenwriter and producer. He has directed the films The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and The Mist. Darabont was born in a refugee camp in 1959 in Montbeliard, France. His parents fled Hungary after the 1956...

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