The Sound and the Fury (1959)

Director:

Martin Ritt

Writers:

William Faulkner (novel) and
Harriet Frank Jr. (writer)

Release Date:

6 April 1959 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Loosely based on the William Faulkner novel, this movie follows the lives and passions of the Compsons:...

Plot Keywords:

Sister | Tense | Alcoholism | Betrayal | Strife

Cast

Yul Brynner	...	Jason Compson
Joanne Woodward	...	Quentin Compson / Narrator
Margaret Leighton	...	Caddy Compson
Stuart Whitman	...	Charlie Busch
Ethel Waters	...	Dilsey
Jack Warden	...	Ben Compson
Françoise Rosay	...	Mrs. Caroline Compson
John Beal	...	Howard Compson
Albert Dekker	...	Earl Snopes
Stephen Perry	...	Luster
William Gunn	...	T.P., Dilsey's Grandson
Roy Glenn	...	Job

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Louisiana, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Margaret Leighton replaced Lana Turner.

Quotes:

Quentin Compson: I just happen to be an eccentric.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' (2000) (TV)

Bizarro

I have long wanted to see this film, knowing that it would be weird. I would think that viewers who have read the novel -- arguably, with Absalom, Absalom, Huck Finn, and Moby Dick, one of the four greatest American novels written -- would be, at the least, perplexed at the handling of this story, which could have, in the hands of a French New Wave director, been made into something that resembled the book. I had thought that Yul Brenner would be cast as Benjy. It gets all the more bizarre. Fascinating look at great literature meets hungry Hollywood. Of course, I may not be fair in that I thought Kubrik's take on The Shining was excellent, while King fans were outraged. Two Stars for its being made.