Barn Burning

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Tommy Lee Jones

Ab Snopes

Age : 77 | Popularity : 37%

Diane Kagan

Mother

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Shawn Whittington

Sarty Snopes

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Carolyn Coates

Aunt

Age : 77 | Popularity : 3%

Michael Riney

Brother

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Jennie Hughes

Lena Snopes

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Julie Kaye Fanton

Donna Mae Snopes

Age : 66 | Popularity : 3%

Al Scott

Judge

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Art	Art Direction	Patrizia von Brandenstein
Writing	Teleplay	Horton Foote
	Short Story	William Faulkner
Camera	Director of Photography	Peter Sova
Directing	Director	Peter Werner
	Assistant Director	Walter Rearick
Production	Producer	Calvin Skaggs
	Executive Producer	Robert Geller
	Associate Producer	Ken Golden
Editing	Editor	Jay Freund
Sound	Music	Elizabeth Swados
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Robert Pusilo
Department	Role	Name

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