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The Long, Hot Summer

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The Long, Hot Summer	comment	A 1958 drama directed by Martin Ritt, starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in the first of many films they would make together. It also stars Orson Welles' fake nose.Ben Quick (Newman) is a handsome and confident young man with ambitions to rise above his current station in life. Unfortunately, he comes from a family with a sordid reputation, which leads the people of his hometown to accuse him of barn-burning (a revenge tactic that was common in the 1950s South, and a good way to get yourself lynched). Ben will not deny or confirm the townspeople's accusations, but agrees to leave when they cannot find enough proof to convict him. He becomes a drifter, roaming through the humid environment of Mississippi just as the summer starts. After weeks of this, he hitches a ride with two women driving into the nearby town of Frenchman's Bend: Clara Varner (Woodward) and her sister-in-law, Eula (Lee Remick). The latter is a gorgeous Southern Belle with a flirtatious and easy-going nature, freely chatting with Ben about everything under the sun. The former is serious-minded and seems totally immune to Ben's charms. She cooly dumps him in the middle of town and drives off, content to never see him again. But we all know the chances of that happening...As Ben quickly finds out, practically the entire town is owned by Will Varner (Welles), Clara's widowed father. Ben refuses to kowtow to the wealthy landowner, who takes an instant liking to him, seeing in Ben a younger version of himself with his ruthless ambition and easy confidence, both qualities sorely lacking in Will's only son, Jody (Anthony Franciosa).Will is also disappointed by his daughter Clara, who works as a local schoolteacher and is still single. Her only prospect is a local blue-blood named Alan... who happens to be a complete Momma's Boy. Determined to rejuvenate his family line with some stronger blood, Will comes up with a plan: to have Clara and Ben marry before the summer is over. Ben is game after Will offers him loads of cash, but Clara is not happy with the arrangement. Meanwhile, Will is under pressure from his mistress, Minnie Littlejohn (Angela Lansbury), to go ahead and tie the knot.Very loosely based on a compilation of stories by William Faulkner, particularly "The Hamlet", the film became a hit thanks to its well-written, sultry dialogue and the romantic chemistry of the two leads, Newman and Woodward (who married soon after filming was completed).Was adapted into a 1965–66 weekly series starring Roy Thinnes and Nancy Malone, and then again as a 1985 two-part miniseries starring Don Johnson and Cybill Shepherd. The 1985 version received two Emmy Award nominations.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_1779f10e	type	"Well Done, Son" Guy
The Long, Hot Summer / int_1779f10e	comment	"Well Done, Son" Guy: Jody Varner has always been this, but more so the minute his father Will comes back and scolds him for letting Ben stay in their town. He ends up gaining his father's approval in the end after saving his life from a barn fire he started.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_1c0dbffc	type	Pyromaniac
The Long, Hot Summer / int_1c0dbffc	comment	Pyromaniac: Ben is accused of being a "barn burner." A Southern term and phenomenon, it means someone who will exact revenge for a real or perceived injustice or slight by setting fire to his antagonist's barn, or other outbuilding if the barn isn't accessible.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_230d64	type	Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
The Long, Hot Summer / int_230d64	comment	Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Will is used to getting his way just by flashing some green. This tactic works on Ben—at first.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_23cc7485	type	I Want Grandkids
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_28a5213a	type	Small Name, Big Ego
The Long, Hot Summer / int_28a5213a	comment	Small Name, Big Ego: Orson Welles was already world-renown for this by the time filming started. There's a story that while working, director Martin Ritt got so fed up with Welles' prima-donnaism that he drove Welles into the middle of a swamp, kicked him out of the car and forced him to find his own way back. They got along famously after that.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_28c1d543	type	Defrosting Ice Queen
The Long, Hot Summer / int_28c1d543	comment	Defrosting Ice Queen: Clara begins to warm up to Ben at the very end of the film.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_2a6bf668	comment	Inadequate Inheritor: Jody just can't live up to his father's expectations.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_44e64e96	type	Female Gaze
The Long, Hot Summer / int_44e64e96	comment	Female Gaze: At a time when the male gaze was so rampant in film, the scene on the balcony was a terrific reversal.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_4583a262	type	Shirtless Scene
The Long, Hot Summer / int_4583a262	comment	Shirtless Scene: Ben has one of these while he's making his bed.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
The Long, Hot Summer / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Ben isn't so much a jerk as he is ambitious, and he sees Clara as his means of rising above his station in life. He eventually realizes what backward thinking this is.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_4814d132	type	Big Fancy House
The Long, Hot Summer / int_4814d132	comment	Big Fancy House: The Varners live in the biggest house in town.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_487b1e5b	type	Marry for Love
The Long, Hot Summer / int_487b1e5b	comment	Marry for Love: Clara expresses her desire for this.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_4b39c18	type	Taking the Heat
The Long, Hot Summer / int_4b39c18	comment	Taking the Heat: Will takes the blame for Jody's barn burning.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
The Long, Hot Summer / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: Clara picks up Ben in the beginning (mostly indifferent to him). She then insists that he gets into her car near to the end when he's at risk of being killed by the mob.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_62434fe2	type	Sanity Slippage
The Long, Hot Summer / int_62434fe2	comment	Sanity Slippage: Jody begins to have this as soon as Will starts pitting him against Ben and thanks to his father's verbal abuse throughout the film. Jody hits his breaking point right after he got duped by Ben, only for him to snap back into sanity when he frees his father from a barn fire he started.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_6e37c196	type	Once Done, Never Forgotten
The Long, Hot Summer / int_6e37c196	comment	Once Done, Never Forgotten: The Quick family just can't seem to shake their reputation of being barn burners. Ben in particular gets run out of town based on circumstantial evidence alone (read: he was in town when his accuser's barn burned to the ground) before the opening credits even get a chance to start.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_75d6bf40	type	Belligerent Sexual Tension
The Long, Hot Summer / int_75d6bf40	comment	Belligerent Sexual Tension: Clara can't stand Ben at first and insults him freely, but the temptation to just give in is definitely there.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_80621707	type	Arranged Marriage
The Long, Hot Summer / int_80621707	comment	Arranged Marriage: Will tries to do arrange a marriage between Ben and Clara. Though he makes it clear that while she doesn't have to marry Ben if she doesn't want to, she does have to marry somebody.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
The Long, Hot Summer / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Hoo boy, Orson Welles. His southern drawl and fake nose alone was enough to Chew the Scenery to shreds.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_9591377d	type	Heel Realization
The Long, Hot Summer / int_9591377d	comment	Heel Realization: Both Jody and Will have these. Jody comes to realize what he's becoming when he leaves his father to die in a stable he set on fire. Before all that, Will begins to have this when Jody realized he got duped by Ben in an attempt to get rich, and after being saved from a fire his son started he acknowledges how cruel he was to both Jody and Clara when he's saved.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_99ff79ee	type	Heat Wave
The Long, Hot Summer / int_99ff79ee	comment	Heat Wave: As the title suggests. No shock, it's Mississippi in the middle of the summer.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_a39d6056	type	Nice to the Waiter
The Long, Hot Summer / int_a39d6056	comment	Nice to the Waiter: This is the Deep South in the 1950's, so it's not hard to believe that the Varners have black servants working for them. However, Will never talks down to Lucius, the butler, and even laughs with him. Ben is likewise amiable with the help.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_b04fdcc4	type	Loners Are Freaks
The Long, Hot Summer / int_b04fdcc4	comment	Loners Are Freaks: Why everyone assumes that Ben is a barn burner. See also Malicious Slander.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_bec0417c	type	Happily Married
The Long, Hot Summer / int_bec0417c	comment	Happily Married: Jody and Eula, though it drives him insane that the rest of the boys in town are in love with is wife as well.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_d1cedb73	type	Slap-Slap-Kiss
The Long, Hot Summer / int_d1cedb73	comment	Slap-Slap-Kiss: Clara slaps Ben after his first attempt. His second is more successful.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_d22a7df2	type	Troubled, but Cute
The Long, Hot Summer / int_d22a7df2	comment	Troubled, but Cute: Ben's family history is definitely a personal issue with him, but damn if he wasn't good-looking enough to make up for it!
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_d4e9de59	type	Dreadful Musician
The Long, Hot Summer / int_d4e9de59	comment	Dreadful Musician: Clara's friend Agnes sucks at singing. So, so much...
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_e0a077fa	type	Miss Kitty
The Long, Hot Summer / int_e0a077fa	comment	Miss Kitty: Minnie, Will's mistress.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_e24a1629	type	Sugar-and-Ice Personality
The Long, Hot Summer / int_e24a1629	comment	Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Clara comes off as a genuine Ice Queen to most everyone, Ben in particular, but she insists that the children of the town be educated and is much more relaxed around her friend and Alan. She even admits as much to Ben during the picnic scene.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_e529d5c3	type	Torches and Pitchforks
The Long, Hot Summer / int_e529d5c3	comment	Torches and Pitchforks: When the Varner barn catches on fire, some of the men in town come after Ben due to his reputation. Ultimately, Jody was the one who set the fire in an attempt to kill his father, but after having a change of heart and saving his father, Will both clears Ben's name on the incident and spares his son from Jail, stating that it was because he "accidentally dropped his cigar".
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_f231fc12	type	I Love You Because I Can't Control You
The Long, Hot Summer / int_f231fc12	comment	I Love You Because I Can't Control You: Ben isn't really phased by Clara's constant rejection.
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The Long, Hot Summer / int_fdc1e848	type	Will They or Won't They?
The Long, Hot Summer / int_fdc1e848	comment	Will They or Won't They?: Played with. While its clear Clara begins to openly flirt with Ben in the end of the film, its unknown if he changes his mind and stays with her as he's shown packing up at the very end...though based on Will's quip, it's implied he intends to stay.
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