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The Long, Hot Summer is a 1958 American drama film starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, and Orson Welles. It was directed by Martin Ritt , with a screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. , based in part on three works by William Faulkner : the 1931 novella " Spotted Horses ", the 1939 short story " Barn Burning ...
The Long, Hot Summer says it all with the warm atmosphere of Mississippi in the backdrop, while it was shot in Louisiana, with a pretty languid pace. It feels its 115 minute run-time.
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- Paul Newman
- Martin Ritt
- Drama
Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Orson Welles, Anthony Franciosa, Lee Remick and Angela Lansbury co-star in this riveting tale of life in the Deep South.
- 3 min
- FoxConnect
North's classic and heartbreakingly beautiful score for The Long, Hot Summer appears here more complete than ever before and in stereo for the very first time. The film starred Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Orson Welles and Lee Remick and featured a love theme and score among North's very best.
The Long, Hot Summer was based on the works of southern writer William Faulkner, most notably his 1940 novel The Hamlet. The Long, Hot Summer was turned into a television series in 1965. It starred Roy Thinnes as Ben Quick, Nancy Malone as Clara, and Edmond O'Brien as Will Varner.
- Martin Ritt
- Paul Newman
The Long, Hot Summer is a superb score, laying in some ways the groundwork for two of North's most daring, stunning works, The Sound and the Fury (for the same director - and in my opinion North's boldest and best score) and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Movie: The Long, Hot Summer (1958) info with movie soundtracks, credited songs, film score albums, reviews, news, and more.
