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Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1980 DVD Release: 11/16/2004 Format: DVD Edition: Television SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 0 hrs 40 mins Studio: Monterey Video Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Drama, Family Drama

This 40-minute TV dramatization of William Faulkner's Barn Burning stars Tommy Lee Jones as the truculent head of the Snopes family. Jones has a tendency to burn down the barns of local landowners who've incurred his displeasure. His son Shawn Willington wants no part of this vengeful practice, but is bound by loyalty to his family. Adapted for television by Horton Foote, Barn Burning was originally presented in tandem with a TV version of Mark Twain's -The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg. Both dramas debuted on March 17, 1980, as part of PBS's American Short Story anthology. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide