Barn Burning

Starring:Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Kagan, Shawn Whittington, Carolyn Coates, Michael Riney, Jennie Hughes (II), Julia Kaye Towery, Al Scott, Tom Royals, Jimmy Faulkner, Jean Pettigrew, Thomas Hal Phillips, James Franks, Simpson Hemphill
Director: Peter Werner (III)
Studio: Monterey Video
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
Seen on PBS

Written By: Horton Foote (Academy Award winning screenwriter)

Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Kagan

Directed By: Peter Werner Description: Abe 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. Snope 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.

Adpated 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.

Description

Seen on PBS

Written By: Horton Foote (Academy Award winning screenwriter)

Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Kagan

DVD Extras: About the Author, Actors' Bios, About the American Short Story Collection, Henry Fonda Intro, Printable Study Guide

Customer Reviews:

JUST READ THE STORY.......2007-05-18

My opinion:
My class agreed that this didn't capture the power of the actual short story. That may be impossible to do, actually. Somehow the film lacks the depth and charged darkness of the text.

Nicely done yet somewhat bleak story.......2000-11-10

A cruel man (Tommy Lee Jones) has a habit of furtively seeking "vengeance" on those he considers to have treated him unfairly, often burns their barns to conclude the feuds. His son Sarty (Shawn Whittington), roughly fifteen, is morally opposed to such actions but also desires his dad's acceptance. In the end, the lad must pick between his conscience and family. Which will it be? A nicely done yet somewhat bleak story based on the William Faulkner short.

Charlie Rose with Jan Egeland; Ben Barnes (December 4, 2006)

Average customer rating:

Charlie Rose with Jan Egeland; Ben Barnes (December 4, 2006)

Manufacturer: Charlie Rose, Inc.
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

( C ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video

Description

First, United Nations Undersecretary-General for Emergency Relief Jan Egeland discusses the U.N.'s role in humanitarian crises and his plans for the future. Then, Ben Barnes, the former lieutenant governor of Texas, discusses his long political career in Texas and Washington, which he writes about in his new memoir, "Barn Burning, Barn Building."

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