William Faulkner's Barn burning / Monterey Video ; a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities ; a production of Learning in Focus ; Learning in Focus presents ; produced by Calvin Skaggs ; teleplay by Horton Foote ; directed by Peter Warner. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: 303962 | Monterey VideoSeries: American short story collectionPublication details: Thousand Oaks, California : Monterey Video : [(c)2004.; Distributed by Monterey Media, Incorporated, [(c)2004.Description: 1 videodisc (40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

ISBN:

1569944261
9781569944264

Other title:

Barn burning

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LOC classification:

PN1997.85.W716.W555 2004
PN1997.85.F263.W555 2004

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Contents:

Departure Rug Hearing Barn burning.

Production credits:

Director of photography, Peter Sova ; editor, Jay Freund ; music composed and conducted by Elizabeth Swados.

Cast: Host, Henry Fonda ; starring Tommy Lee Jones (Abe Snopes), Diane Kagan (Vinnie Snopes), Carolyn Coates (Aunt), Michael Riney (Brother), Shawn Whittington (Sarty Snopes).Summary: Abe Snopes is a Southern tenant farmer whose unrelenting and violent nature proves to be his undoing. 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.

Item type: Multi-media (10-day check-out)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Multi-media (10-day check-out)	G. Allen Fleece Library Multimedia - Second Floor	Non-fiction	PS3511.A86B3 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	WITHDRAWN		31923001563036

Host, Henry Fonda ; starring Tommy Lee Jones (Abe Snopes), Diane Kagan (Vinnie Snopes), Carolyn Coates (Aunt), Michael Riney (Brother), Shawn Whittington (Sarty Snopes).

Director of photography, Peter Sova ; editor, Jay Freund ; music composed and conducted by Elizabeth Swados.

Based on the short story by William Faulkner.

Broadcast as part of the PBS television series The American short story in 1980.

Northern Mariana IslandsAA rating: Not rated.

Abe Snopes is a Southern tenant farmer whose unrelenting and violent nature proves to be his undoing. 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.

Departure Rug Hearing Barn burning.

Special features: Author bio [text feature]; Actor bio [text feature]; Printable study guide [requires a DVD-ROM drive]; About the American SamoaSC [text feature]; Transcript interview [with Robert Geller]; Henry Fonda intro. (3 minutes); Watch for these DVD's [text feature].

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