SwapaDVD logo
 
 

Search - Barn Burning on DVD


Barn Burning
Barn Burning
Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Kagan, Shawn Whittington, Carolyn Coates, Michael Riney
Director: Peter Werner
Genres: Drama, Kids & Family, Television
NR     2004     0hr 41min

Seen on PBS Written By: Horton Foote (Academy Award winning screenwriter) Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Kagan Directed By: Peter Werner Description: Abe Snopes (Tommy Lee Jones) is a Southern tenant farmer whose un...  more »

     
1

Larger Image

Movie Details

Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Kagan, Shawn Whittington, Carolyn Coates, Michael Riney
Director: Peter Werner
Creators: Peter Sova, Jay Freund, Calvin Skaggs, Robert Geller, Horton Foote, William Faulkner
Genres: Drama, Kids & Family, Television
Sub-Genres: Family Life, Family Films, Television
Studio: MONTEREY VIDEO
Format: DVD - Color
DVD Release Date: 11/16/2004
Original Release Date: 03/17/1980
Theatrical Release Date: 03/17/1980
Release Year: 2004
Run Time: 0hr 41min
Screens: Color
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 3
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Languages: English

Similar Movies

Richard Wright's Almos' a Man
Director: Stan Lathan
4
   NR   2005   0hr 39min
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Director: Randa Haines
1
   NR   2005   0hr 57min
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
4
   NR   2004   0hr 45min
Paul's Case
Director: Lamont Johnson
1
   NR   2005   0hr 52min

Similarly Requested DVDs

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Two-Disc Collector's Edition
Director: Steven Spielberg
   PG   2001   2hr 17min
   
Eight Legged Freaks
Widescreen Edition
Director: Ellory Elkayem
   PG-13   2004   1hr 39min
   
Finding Neverland
Director: Marc Forster
   PG   2005   1hr 46min
   
The Ninth Gate
Director: Roman Polanski
   R   2007   2hr 13min
   
Martian Child
Director: Menno Meyjes
   PG   2008   1hr 46min
   
Eureka - Season Two
   UR   2008   9hr 0min
   
Flushed Away
Widescreen Edition
Directors: Henry Anderson, David Bowers, Sam Fell
   PG   2007   1hr 25min
   
Chronicle
Director: Josh Trank
   1hr 24min
   
 

Movie Reviews

Nicely done yet somewhat bleak story
reteip | 11/10/2000
(3 out of 5 stars)

"A cruel man (Tommy Lee Jones) has a habit of furtively seeking "vengeance" on those he considers to have treated him unfairly, often burns their barns to conclude the feuds. His son Sarty (Shawn Whittington), roughly fifteen, is morally opposed to such actions but also desires his dad's acceptance. In the end, the lad must pick between his conscience and family. Which will it be? A nicely done yet somewhat bleak story based on the William Faulkner short."
Helps visualize the story, but kids may fall asleep
LA Teacher | CA | 08/22/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)

"The film is approx. 40 minutes and does a decent job of putting Faulkner's work on screen. Some of the stream-of-consciousness is conveyed through voice-overs, which may provide a good talking point with students.



Tommy Lee Jones is a perfect Abner Snipes, in fact, I don't think I could picture him any other way.



The downside is that it is rather boring, though I truly don't know how it could be spiced up, since it does stay true to the story.



I plan to show it intermittently as we read the text, as students really struggle with it. I do believe it will be helpful."
JUST READ THE STORY
T. Bellows | 05/17/2007
(2 out of 5 stars)

"My opinion:

My class agreed that this didn't capture the power of the actual short story. That may be impossible to do, actually. Somehow the film lacks the depth and charged darkness of the text."