Barn Burning
1980Ab 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.
Acted in
Tommy Lee Jones
as Ab Snopes
Diane Kagan
as Mother
Shawn Whittington
as Sarty Snopes
Carolyn Coates
as Aunt
Michael Riney
as Brother
Jennie Hughes
as Lena Snopes
Julie Kaye Fanton
as Donna Mae Snopes
Al Scott
as Judge
Tom Royals
as Harris
Jimmy Faulkner
as Major DeSpain
Jean Pettigrew
as Mrs. DeSpain
Thomas Hal Phillips
as Justice
James Franks
as Blacksmith
Simpson Hemphill
as Stranger
Henry Fonda
as Self - Series Host (uncredited)