Barn Burning
Barn Burning

Barn Burning

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1980
0h 41m
4.5(4 votes)
Drama
TV Movie

Overview

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.

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Tommy Lee Jones

Ab Snopes

Tommy Lee Jones
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Diane Kagan

Mother

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Shawn Whittington

Sarty Snopes

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Carolyn Coates

Aunt

Carolyn Coates
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Michael Riney

Brother

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Jennie Hughes

Lena Snopes

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Julie Kaye Fanton

Donna Mae Snopes

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Al Scott

Judge

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Tom Royals

Harris

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Jimmy Faulkner

Major DeSpain

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Jean Pettigrew

Mrs. DeSpain

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Thomas Hal Phillips

Justice

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James Franks

Blacksmith

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Simpson Hemphill

Stranger

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Henry Fonda

Self - Series Host (uncredited)

Henry Fonda

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