Barn Burning

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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.

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Creators

Peter Werner

director

William Faulkner

writer

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Horton Foote

writer

Cast

Tommy Lee Jones actor

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Diane Kagan actor

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Shawn Whittington actor

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Carolyn Coates actor

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Michael Riney actor

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Jennie Hughes actor

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Julie Kaye Fanton actor

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Al Scott actor

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Tom Royals actor

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Jimmy Faulkner actor

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Jean Pettigrew actor Thomas Hal Phillips actor

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James Franks actor

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Simpson Hemphill actor Henry Fonda actor