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The long, hot summer

DVD

2003

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	The long, hot summer / Twentieth Century-Fox presents ; Jerry Wald production ; screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank, Jr. ; Jerry Wald Productions, Inc. ; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation ; directed by Martin Ritt.
Edition:	DVD format.
Publisher, Date:	Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2003]
Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Genre:	Film adaptations. Feature films. Films for the hearing impaired.
Other Author:	Newman, Paul, 1925-2008. Woodward, Joanne, 1930- Franciosa, Anthony, 1928-2006. Welles, Orson, 1915-1985. Remick, Lee. Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022. Ritt, Martin, 1914-1990. Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Long hot summer.
Other Title:	William Faulkner's The long, hot summer
Notes:	Widescreen ed. Based on the novel by William Faulkner. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958. Special features include: AMC Backstory documentary "Long, hot summer"; Movie Tone newsreel: "The long hot summer in world premiere, a Louisiana triumph"; theatrical trailer for this film and other Paul Newman films. Director of photography, Joseph La Shelle ; editor, Louis R. Loeffler ; music, Alex North. Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury. English (stereo) and French (mono) language soundtracks with optional English, French and Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English.
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	2
Control Number:	1007090
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Call Number:	DVD MOVIE Long hot

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