Barn Burning

Barn Burning (1980)

DramaTV 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.

Director: Peter Werner

Casts

	Tommy Lee Jones as Ab Snopes
	Diane Kagan as Mother
	Shawn Whittington as Sarty Snopes
	Carolyn Coates as Aunt
	Michael Riney as Brother
	Jennie Hughes as Lena Snopes
	Julie Kaye Fanton as Donna Mae Snopes
	Al Scott as Judge
	Tom Royals as Harris
	Jimmy Faulkner as Major DeSpain
	Jean Pettigrew as Mrs. DeSpain
	Thomas Hal Phillips as Justice
	James Franks as Blacksmith
	Simpson Hemphill as Stranger
	Henry Fonda as Self - Series Host (uncredited)

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