Barn Burning

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.

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

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