The Long, hot summer
Jerry Wald Productions, Inc., and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Edition:
- Widescreen ed.
- Creation:
- 1958
- Publication:
- Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2003
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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.
- Contributors:
- Language Notes:
- English, Spanish, and French with English and Spanish subtitles. Closed captioned.
- Included Works:
- Motion picture adaptation of: Long hot summer [by Faulkner, W.]
- Genres:
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby digital surround sound.
- Performers:
- Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury.
- Production Credits:
- Screenplay, Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank, Jr. ; producer, Jerry Wald ; director, Martin Ritt.
- General Notes:
- Based on the novel by William Faulkner.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958.
Special features include: AMC Backstory "Long, Hot Summer"; Movie Tone News: The Long Hot Summer in world premiere, a Louisiana triumph; theatrical trailer.
Cannes Film Festival, 1958: Best Actor (Paul Newman). - Audience:
- Not rated.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; polychrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- LON 1958 DVD
- Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 024543075530
- OCLC Numbers:
- 1051617269
52362498 [Invalid]
