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Barn Burning

46.67 %|Mar 17, 1980|Drama, TV Movie

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.

Featured Crew

William Faulkner
Short Story
Horton Foote
Teleplay
Robert Geller
Executive Producer
Ken Golden
Associate Producer
Calvin Skaggs
Producer
Elizabeth Swados
Music
Peter Sova
Director of Photography
Jay Freund
Editor

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Cast

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Shawn Whittington
Sarty Snopes
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Jennie Hughes
Lena Snopes
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Julie Kaye Fanton
Donna Mae Snopes
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Jimmy Faulkner
Major DeSpain
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Jean Pettigrew
Mrs. DeSpain
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James Franks
Blacksmith
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Henry Fonda
Self - Series Host (uncredited)