The Sound and the Fury (1959 film)
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The Sound and the Fury (1959 film) is a drama adaptation of William Faulkner’s novel, featuring Yul Brynner in a leading role in a story about a Southern family’s decline.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | The Sound and the Fury (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Sound and the Fury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | William Faulkner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Albert Dekker
NERFINISHED
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Betty Lou Keim NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethel Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ Francoise Rosay NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Warden NERFINISHED ⓘ Joanne Woodward NERFINISHED ⓘ John Beal NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Leighton NERFINISHED ⓘ Stuart Whitman NERFINISHED ⓘ Yul Brynner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Ernest Haller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | DeLuxe Color ⓘ |
| composer | Alex North NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Martin Ritt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
20th Century Fox
NERFINISHED
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Dorothy Spencer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingProcess | CinemaScope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationType | literary adaptation ⓘ |
| hasSourceMaterialGenre | modernist novel ⓘ |
| isBlackAndWhite | false ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Jason Compson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
decline of a Southern aristocratic family
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family conflict ⓘ loss and decay ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Southern family’s decline ⓘ |
| novelPublicationYear | 1929 ⓘ |
| portraysFamily | Compson family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Jerry Wald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Jerry Wald Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1959-03-06 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 110 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Harriet Frank Jr.
NERFINISHED
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Irving Ravetch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInRegion | American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| stars | Yul Brynner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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