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6.9/10   368 votes
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Director:
Stuart Cooper
Writers:
William Faulkner (stories) (novel "The Hamlet") and
Rita Mae Brown (writer)
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Release Date:
6 October 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
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Cast

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Don Johnson ... Ben Quick

Jason Robards ... Will Varner
Judith Ivey ... Noel Varner

Cybill Shepherd ... Eula Varner

Ava Gardner ... Minnie Littlejohn
William Russ ... Jody Varner

Wings Hauser ... Wilson Mahood
Alexandra Johnson ... Agnes Stewart
Stephen Davies ... Alan Stewart
Charlotte Stanton ... Mrs. Stewart

Albert Hall ... Armistead Howlett

William Forsythe ... Isaac

James Gammon ... Billy Quick
Rance Howard ... Wilk
Bill Thurman ... Houstin
Robert Wentz ... Ratliff

Irma P. Hall ... Cecilia Howlett
Joe Berryman ... Deputy Hampton
Patricia Rendleman ... Lisa
Norman Bennett ... Auctioneer

Jerry Haynes ... Lew
Byron Nora
David Stump
Jim Clancy
Jecori White
Don Simmons
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jonathan W. Miller
Thomas W. Vaughan
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Directed by
Stuart Cooper 
 
Writing credits
William Faulkner (stories Barn Burning, The Spotted Horses) (novel "The Hamlet")

Rita Mae Brown  writer
Dennis Turner  writer

Produced by
Daniel Cahn .... associate producer
Leonard Hill .... executive producer
Bobbi Kronowitz .... associate producer
John Thomas Lenox .... executive producer
Dori Weiss .... producer
 
Original Music by
Charles Bernstein 
 
Cinematography by
Reed Smoot 
Steve Yaconelli 
 
Film Editing by
Daniel Cahn 
David Gaines 
 
Production Design by
Jan Scott 
 
Set Decoration by
Keith Hein 
 
Makeup Department
Allan A. Apone .... key makeup artist
 
Sound Department
Chris Jargo .... adr supervisor
Patrushkha Mierzwa .... boom operator
Clancy T. Troutman .... supervising sound editor
Mark Ulano .... production sound mixer
 
Special Effects by
Frank Ceglia .... special effects coordinator
Ken Speed .... special effects
 
Stunts
Fred M. Waugh .... stunt coordinator
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Josh Bleibtreu .... first assistant camera
Phillip V. Caruso .... still photographer
Gregory Peters .... best boy electric
 
Other crew
David Akin .... production assistant
Chuck Boutwell .... production assistant
Rudy Wright .... location manager
 

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Additional Details

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Runtime:
200 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Ashland-Belle Helene Plantation - State Highway 75, Geismer, Louisiana, USA more
Company:
Leonard Hill Films more

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Movie Connections:
Remake of The Long, Hot Summer (1958) more

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Southern Life, 17 September 2006
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Author: William Barr (wsbarr@verizon.net) from United States

I enjoyed this version as much as the 1958 version. I wish they would release the 1985 version on DVD. I though Don Johnson did a great job and I have always enjoyed Jason Robards acting. The realism of the film reminds me of the southern USA I grew up in. I remember the fears of farmers as related to barn burners and names associated with them. The director and cast did a wonderful job in my opinion with this version bringing out southern life as it really exists and family feuds. I could feel the hot, humid summer nights and almost smell the swamps and wetlands with their unique scent. Cybil Sheppard did a very nice job portraying a young southern woman questioning her marriage then realizing what she could lose.

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