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Barn Burning (1980)

Directed by Peter Werner
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41min

Overall average

5.0/10

Plot

Ab Snopes (Tommy Lee Jones) is a Southern tenant farmer whose unrelenting and violent nature proves to be his undoing in William Faulkner's Barn Burning. Snopes sets his employer's barn on fire when he thinks he's been treated unfairly. His son, Sarty, is horrified. Snopes escapes justice for lack of proof, but he and his family are told to move on. No sooner do they move than Snopes is offended by his new rich employer. Torn between trying to win his father's acceptance and his aversion to what his father will do, Sarty must make a decision and act quickly. Adapted by Academy Award winning screenwriter Horton Foote, Faulkner's complex world of class divisions and hostile family relationships comes to life through a boy's attempt to liberate himself from hatred and poverty.

Genres

DramaTV Movie

Technical details

DetailValue
Original titleBarn Burning
Original languageEnglish (EN)
Spoken languagesEnglish
Production countriesUnited States of America
StatusReleased
Production companiesLearning in Focus
Release date17 marzo 1980
Executive producerRobert Geller
ProductionKen Golden, Calvin Skaggs
WriterWilliam Faulkner, Horton Foote
EditingJay Freund
CinematographyPeter Sova
Assistant directorsWalter Rearick, Peter Werner
Camera operatorsPeter Sova
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Additional photographyPeter Sova
Production designPatrizia von Brandenstein
Art directionPatrizia von Brandenstein
Set decorationPatrizia von Brandenstein
MusicElizabeth Swados
SoundElizabeth Swados
Costume designRobert Pusilo
MakeupRobert Pusilo
HairstylingRobert Pusilo

Release dates

TV

United States / Mar 17, 1980 / PBS

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