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.
Directed by Peter Werner
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Cast
Tommy Lee Jones
Ab Snopes
Diane Kagan
Mother
Shawn Whittington
Sarty Snopes
Carolyn Coates
Aunt
Michael Riney
Brother
Jennie Hughes
Lena Snopes
Julie Kaye Fanton
Donna Mae Snopes
Al Scott
Judge
Tom Royals
Harris
Jimmy Faulkner
Major DeSpain
Jean Pettigrew
Mrs. DeSpain
Thomas Hal Phillips
Justice
James Franks
Blacksmith
Simpson Hemphill
Stranger
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