''Barn Burning'' is a 1980 American short film directed by

Peter Werner Peter H. Werner (born January 17, 1947, in New York City, New York (state), New York) is an American film director, film and television director. Biography Werner was born to a American Jews, Jewish family, in New York City, New York, one of t ...

and starring

Tommy Lee Jones Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and film director. He has received four Academy Award nominations, winning Best Supporting Actor for his performance as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the 1993 thriller film '' The ...

. It is based on the 1939 short story of the same name by

William Faulkner William Cuthbert Faulkner (; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where Faulkner spent most of ...

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Cast

as Abner Snopes *Diane Kagan as Mother Snopes *Carolyn Coates as Lula De Spain *Michael Riney as Brother *Shawn Whittington as Sarty Snopes *Jimmy Faulkner as Major De Spain *Jennie Hughes *Julie Kaye Townery *Al Scott *Jean Pettigrew *

Henry Fonda Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American actor. He had a career that spanned five decades on Broadway and in Hollywood. He cultivated an everyman screen image in several films considered to be classics. Born and rai ...

as narrator

References

External links

* {{Barn Burning 1980 films American short films 1980 short films Films directed by Peter Werner Films based on works by William Faulkner Films with screenplays by Horton Foote 1980s English-language films