William Faulkner's the long, hot summer /

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 shoul...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Long, hot summer (Motion picture)
Main Author:	North, Alex (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, Cinemascope (Firm), Jerry Wald Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors:	Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962 (Producer), Ravetch, Irving (Screenwriter), Frank, Harriet (Screenwriter), Ritt, Martin, 1914-1990 (Director), Newman, Lionel, 1916-1989 (Conductor), La Shelle, Joseph, 1903-1989 (Cinematographer), Wheeler, Lyle, 1905-1990 (Artistic director), Ransford, Maurice, 1896-1968 (Artistic director), Scott, Walter M. (Set designer), Benneche, Eli (Set designer), Loeffler, Louis R., 1897-1972 (Film editor), Palmer, Adele (Costume designer), Newman, Paul, 1925-2008 (Actor), Woodward, Joanne, 1930- (Actor), Franciosa, Anthony, 1928-2006 (Actor), Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 (Actor), Remick, Lee (Actor), Lansbury, Angela, 1925- (Actor), Anderson, Richard, 1926- (Actor), Marshall, Sarah, 1933-2014 (Actor), Albertson, Mabel, 1901-1982 (Actor), O'Malley, J. Pat (James Pat) (Actor), Walker, Bill, 1896-1992 (Actor), Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English French
Language Notes:	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]
Edition:	Widescreen ed.
Subjects:	Swindlers and swindling > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Estafa > Teatro. Relaciones hombre-mujer > Teatro. Film adaptations. Fiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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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.
Item Description:	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. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; region 1; NTSC; Dolby digital surround sound, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation.
Audience:	Not rated.
Production Credits:	Music, Alex North ; conducted by Lionel Newman ; director of photography, Joseph La Shelle ; art direction, Lyle R. Wheeler, Maurice Ransford ; set decorations, Walter M. Scott, Eli Benneche ; film editor, Louis R. Loeffler ; costumes designed by Adele Palmer.