About everyone in the US having to wear a device around their head to make everyone average in inteligence. The president is picked through a lottery and anyone can be president. People goto "underground" places to play chess and read books. The real society is run by the "elite" smart people behind the scenes.
2007-01-19 02:11:41 · 6 answers · asked by m4nt4ray 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
I can't tell you the name of the movie you are referring to, but I can tell you it is not Fahrenheit 451. Have any of the people picking that answer even read the book?? They don't wear devices or go underground to play chess. In that book (and movie), the protagonist, Guy Montag, has worked with grim pleasure as a fireman, seemingly committed to his book-destroying job and its rationale. Montag is able to continue to believe that his job is noble and follow the word of his superiors without question, until he meets Clarisse, a 17-year-old girl living in his neighborhood. Clarisse, considered abnormal because of her compassion and curiosity of the world around her, shows Guy that there are other things to life besides work and TV, including nature and simple events in everyday life. She also forces him to consider, for the first time, the ramifications of his work and way of living with her philosophical questions directed towards him, including on whether he is truly 'happy.' Her disappearance (implied to be a death) early in the story acts as a catalyst for Montag's transformation from a loyal servant of the state's ideology to a self-confident and independent human being.
If you like the kind of story you are talking about above, check out Brave New World or 1984. They are really good books (and movies)!
2007-01-19 02:27:36 · answer #1 · answered by Chel 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fahrenheit 451
2007-01-19 02:14:36 · answer #2 · answered by Lov'n IT! 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I remember reading this as a teenager. The physically fit have to wear weights around their body to make them as clumsy as the others.
F451 had the books and chess scene but it doesn't fir the rest of the criteria.
Hope you find out because I want to watch it, too.
2007-01-19 02:19:18 · answer #3 · answered by allisoneast 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think it's "Fahrenheit 451".
2007-01-19 02:17:09 · answer #4 · answered by Ralphy 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ooh I dont know, but it sure sounds good!
2007-01-19 02:16:00 · answer #5 · answered by *Astrid* 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the island?
2007-01-19 02:18:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋