Barn Burning

Barn Burning

1980
41m
4.5

4.5/10

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Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Learning in Focus
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date March 17, 1980
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0080417

Cast

Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones

Ab Snopes

Diane Kagan
Diane Kagan

Mother

Shawn Whittington
Shawn Whittington

Sarty Snopes

Carolyn Coates
Carolyn Coates

Aunt

Michael Riney
Michael Riney

Brother

Jennie Hughes
Jennie Hughes

Lena Snopes

Julie Kaye Fanton
Julie Kaye Fanton

Donna Mae Snopes

Al Scott
Al Scott

Judge

Tom Royals
Tom Royals

Harris

Jimmy Faulkner
Jimmy Faulkner

Major DeSpain

Jean Pettigrew
Jean Pettigrew

Mrs. DeSpain

Thomas Hal Phillips
Thomas Hal Phillips

Justice

Key Crew

Calvin Skaggs
Producer
Robert Geller
Executive Producer
Peter Werner
Director

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