DVD
The long, hot summer
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Widescreen version.
Languages
English, Spanish, or French soundtracks with English and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Performers
Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury.
Publication Information
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment,
Physical Description
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Ben Quick, an industrious con artist who's known throughout the country as a barn burner, gets run out of a Mississippi town. He meets up with Clara Varner, whose father is pressuring her to get married and provide him with grandchildren. It isn't long before he decides Ben and Clara should marry, and when she resists, it sets up a dramatically escalating clash of wills.
Notes
Based on the novel by William Faulkner.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958.
Bonus features: AMC Backstory "Long Hot Summer"; Movie Tone News: The Long Hot Summer in World Premiere, a Louisiana Triumph"; theatrical trailer.