The Long, hot Summer
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Based on the novel by William Faulkner.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958.
Special features: Backstory: The long, hot summer; Movie Tone news: "The long, hot summer" world premiere: a Louisiana triumph!; Theatrical trailer; Paul Newman theater.
Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury, Richard Anderson, Sarah Marshall, Mabel Albertson, J. Pat O'Malley, William Walker.
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.
DVD, NTSC, Dolby digital surround sound, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation.
Contents: Long hot summer.
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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
English (stereo) and French (mono) language soundtracks with optional English and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
PUBLISHED
Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2003]
Year Published: 2003
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962.
Ravetch, Irving.
Frank, Harriet.
Ritt, Martin, 1914-1990.
North, Alex.
Newman, Lionel, 1916-1989.
La Shelle, Joseph, 1903-1989.
Wheeler, Lyle, 1905-1990.
Ransford, Maurice, 1896-1968.
Scott, Walter M.
Benneche, Eli.
Loeffler, Louis R., 1897-1972.
Palmer, Adele.
Newman, Paul, 1925-2008.
Woodward, Joanne, 1930-
Franciosa, Anthony, 1928-2006.
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
Remick, Lee.
Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022.
Anderson, Richard, 1926-
Marshall, Sarah, 1933-2014.
Albertson, Mabel, 1901-1982.
O'Malley, J. Pat
Walker, Bill, 1896-1992.
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Cinemascope (Firm)
Jerry Wald Productions.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
SUBJECTS
Swindlers and swindling -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.