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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: FilmFilmPublisher number: 303962 | Monterey VideoSeries: American short story collectionDistributor: Distributed by Monterey Media, Incorporated, (c)2004Description: 1 videodisc (40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781569944264
Other title:
  • Barn burning
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN1997.M778.W555 2004
  • PN1997
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Contents:
Rug -- Hearing -- Barn burning.
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Peter Sova ; editor, Jay Freund ; music composed and conducted by Elizabeth Swados.
Subject: 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.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Multi-media (10-day check-out) Multi-media (10-day check-out) G. Allen Fleece Library MULTIMEDIA Non-fiction PS3511.A86B3 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 31923001563036

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.

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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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