Barn Burning (film)

Barn Burning
Directed byPeter Werner
Written byHorton Foote
Story byWilliam Faulkner
Produced byRobert Geller
Calvin Skaggs
StarringHenry Fonda
Tommy Lee Jones
CinematographyPeter Sova
Edited byJay Freund
Music byElizabeth Swados
Production
company
Learning in Focus
Release date
  • March 18, 1980 (1980-03-18)
Running time
41 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Barn Burning is a 1980 American short film directed by Peter Werner and starring Tommy Lee Jones. It is based on the 1939 short story of the same name by William Faulkner.[1][2]

Cast

  • Tommy Lee Jones as Abner Snopes
  • Diane Kagan as Mother Snopes
  • Carolyn Coates as Lula De Spain
  • Michael Riney as Brother
  • Shawn Whittington as Sarty Snopes
  • Jimmy Faulkner as Major De Spain
  • Jennie Hughes
  • Julie Kaye Townery
  • Al Scott
  • Jean Pettigrew
  • Henry Fonda as narrator

References

  1. ^ Peek, Charles A.; Hamblin, Robert W. (1999). A William Faulkner Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313298516.page 29
  2. ^ Marill, Alvin H. (1998). The Films of Tommy Lee Jones. Citadel Press. ISBN 9780806519524.page 179