The long, hot summer

Author

Paul Newman

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

Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2003?]

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.