Rent The Sound and the Fury (1959)
3.2 of 5 from 48 ratings
1h 50min
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- Synopsis:
- Quentin Compson (Joanne Woodward) is a girl of 17 in the small Mississippi town of Jefferson. She lives with her step-uncle, Jason (Yul Brynner), who has practically raised Quentin ever since her promiscuous mother, Caddy (Margaret Leighton), abandoned her...
- Actors:
- Yul Brynner, Joanne Woodward, Margaret Leighton, Stuart Whitman, Ethel Waters, Jack Warden, Françoise Rosay, John Beal, Albert Dekker, Steven Perry, Bill Gunn, Roy Glenn, Don Ames, Edward Astran, Jean Carson, William Challee, Esther Dale, Walt Davis, Gary Diamond, Minta Durfee
- Directors:
- Martin Ritt
- Producers:
- Jerry Wald
- Writers:
- Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr., William Faulkner
- Aka:
- William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury
- Studio:
- M&M
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
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Reviews (1) of The Sound and the Fury
A film clarifying a more complex novel - The Sound and the Fury review by CV
This was interesting to watch having read the book a few months ago. The novel is related by the characters themselves, one of which is Ben, who never speaks a word in the film. The film is dominated by Joanne Woodward who portrays a fascinating version of Quentin, the girl-woman Quentin. It's about a dysfunctional family of members who seem to have found themselves under the same roof by fate of circumstances. The film is straightforward to understand whereas in the novel you have to work out what is happening by understanding the character of the particular person who is narrating at the time. The colour is splendid for its age (1959).
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