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

Played Ab Snopes
Diane Kagan

Played Mother
Shawn Whittington

Played Sarty Snopes
Carolyn Coates

Played Aunt
Michael Riney

Played Brother
Jennie Hughes

Played Lena Snopes
Julie Kaye Fanton

Played Donna Mae Snopes
Al Scott

Played Judge
Tom Royals

Played Harris
Jimmy Faulkner

Played Major DeSpain
Jean Pettigrew

Played Mrs. DeSpain
Thomas Hal Phillips

Played Justice
James Franks

Played Blacksmith
Simpson Hemphill

Played Stranger
Henry Fonda

Played Self - Series Host (…

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