The Long, Hot Summer is a 1958 film directed by Martin Ritt. It was also remade in 1985 with Don Johnson as Ben Quick. 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Martin Ritt (March 2, 1914–December 8, 1990) was an American director, actor, and playwright who worked in both film and theatre. ...
The film is based on stories by William Faulkner, primarily "The Hamlet". The film version starred Paul Newman as Ben Quick. Also starred Joanne Woodward. Orson Welles, who starred as Will Varner had dreams of Touch of Evil becoming a successful film. It didn't because of the on-the-spot location (Louisiana) of this actual film version (1958). The film succeeded mostly because of Welles' preformance. After this film Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were married(maybe even because of their love interest in the film. The mini series was nominated for and Emmy(music by great composer Charles Bernstein).It alson starred Sybil Sheperd. Emmy for set decorator and production designer in 1986. William Cuthbert Faulkner (September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was a Nobel Prize-winning novelist from Mississippi. ... From the Inside Flap The Hamlet, the first novel of Faulkners Snopes trilogy, is both an ironic take on classical tragedy and a mordant commentary on the grand pretensions of the antebellum South and the depths of its decay in the aftermath of war and Reconstruction. ...
Several of his early performances as Southerners, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1958), THE LONGHOTSUMMER (1958) and SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH (1962), developed his screen image as that of a volatile, cynical if troubled opportunist whose sex appeal was balanced by his seeming contempt for women.
His Huey Long in BLAZE (1989) was vaguely reminiscent of his misbehaving Southerners from days of yore, and his character turn in THE HUDSUCKER PROXY (1994) played upon his status as one of Hollywood's elder statesmen.
This extraordinary versatility, combined with a charismatic aloofness, is the hallmark of his craft.
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