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Where dreams become reality.
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Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn join Mark Twain on his airship to meet Halley's Comet. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Cast

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James Whitmore ... Mark Twain (voice)
Michele Mariana ... Becky Thatcher / The Mysterious Stranger / Girl In Crowd (voice)
Gary Krug ... Huck Finn (voice)
Chris Ritchie ... Tom Sawyer (voice)
John Morrison ... Adam (voice)
Carol Edelman ... Eve (voice)

Dal McKennon ... Jim Smiley (voice) (as Dallas McKennon)
Herb Smith ... The Stranger (voice)
Marley Stone ... Aunt Polly (voice)
Wilbur Vincent ... The Mysterious Stranger (voice)
Wally Newman ... Captain Stormfield (voice)
Tim Conner ... Three-Headed Alien (voice)
Todd Tolces ... Saint Peter (voice)
Billy Scream ... The Indexivator / Animals (voice)
Bob Griggs ... First Heckler (voice)
Coward Wholesale ... Second Heckler (voice)
Tom Gasek ... Man in Crowd / Homer / Calaveras Miner / Mud People (voice)
Sally Sopwith ... Woman in Crowd (voice)

Will Vinton ... Dan'l Webster (voice) (as Wilf Innton)
Andrew Edwards ... First Miner (voice)
Harvey Brown ... Second Miner (voice)

Craig Bartlett ... Calaveras Miner (voice)

Mark Gustafson ... Calaveras Miner (voice)
Bruce McKean ... Calaveras Miner (voice)
Billy Victor ... God (voice)
Compton Downs ... Injun Joe (voice)
Nell Suza ... Animals / Mud People (voice)
Tim Kahn ... Animals (voice)
Stashu Beencof ... Animals (voice)
Kim Tonner ... Mud People (voice)
Gary Thompson ... Baby Cain (voice)
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Directed by
Will Vinton 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Susan Shadburne 
Mark Twain  segments "The Jumping Frog of Calavaras County, " "The Diary of Adam and Eve, " "Captain Stormfield's Diary, " "The Mysterious Stranger"

Produced by
Susan Shadburne .... associate producer
Hugh Kennedy Tirrell .... associate producer
Will Vinton .... producer
 
Original Music by
Billy Scream 
 
Film Editing by
Kelley Baker 
Michael Gall 
Ed Geis 
Skeets McGrew 
Will Vinton 
 
Set Decoration by
Joan C. Gratz 
 
Production Management
David Altschul .... production supervisor
Andy Wiskes .... post-production supervisor
 
Art Department
Joan C. Gratz .... stage design
Don Merkt .... stage design
 
Sound Department
Kelley Baker .... sound effects editor
Kelley Baker .... sound recordist
Jan Baross .... sound editor
Paul Diener .... sound effects editor
Luther Greene .... foley artist
Luther Greene .... sound mixer
Will Harvey .... sound mixer
Gary McRobert .... sound recordist
Larry Oatfield .... foley mixer
Andy Wiskes .... sound recordist
 
Special Effects by
Gary McRobert .... special effects technician
 
Visual Effects by
George Lockwood .... special optical effects
Sam Longoria .... front projection designer/camera
Sam Longoria .... motion control designer/camera
Pat O'Neill .... special optical effects
Will Vinton .... special photographic effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Bruce McKean .... still photographer
 
Animation Department
Barry Bruce .... character designer
Barry Bruce .... lead animator
 
Editorial Department
Kelley Baker .... negative conforming
Bob Zurcher .... negative conforming
 
Music Department
Paul Diener .... music editor
Will Vinton .... music editor
 
Other crew
Douglas Aberle .... claymation artist
Craig Bartlett .... claymation artist
Arnold Biskar .... accountant
Peter Dekom .... legal consultant
Michael Duffield .... title designer: main titles
William Fiesterman .... claymation artist
Jim Fischer .... synthesizer effects
Tom Gasek .... claymation artist
Mark Gustafson .... claymation artist
Carol Hart .... production assistant
James McAllister .... claymation artist
Bruce McKean .... claymation artist
Don Merket .... claymation artist
Walter Murch .... creative consultant
Billy Scream .... synthesizer effects
Leslie Sears .... assistant to director (as Leslie M. Sears)
Dennis Tbor .... title designer: main titles
Will Vinton .... claymation artist
Matt Wuerker .... claymation artist
Marilyn Zornado .... assistant to director
Marilyn Zornado .... title layout
Adam D. Wright .... distribution executive (uncredited)
 

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Also Known As:
"The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huck Finn" - USA (closing credits title)
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86 min
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The segments based on "The Diary of Adam and Eve" had been released earlier as a separate short to procure investors for the final feature film.See more »
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): All the characters pronounce Halley's Comet with a long a. The comet is named for Sir Edmund Halley, whose name is pronounced with a short a.See more »
Quotes:
Mark Twain:Let me see, there are a number of things I want to say to you before I go.
[Clears throat]
Mark Twain:Always obey your parents.
Mark Twain:[Dark side] ... when they are present.
Mark Twain:Be respectful of your superiors.
Mark Twain:[Dark side] ... if you have any.
Mark Twain:Rise early, for it is the early bird that catches the worm.
Mark Twain:[Dark side] I once knew a man who tried it. Got up at sunrise. Horse bit him.
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References Neighbours (1952)See more »
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7 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
Pure Joy!, 5 October 2006
Author: Vastarien202 from United States

I saw this when I was small at my grandmother's house. I saw it only once more, years later somewhere on TV. I had never loved a claymation film more until Tim Burton's NBC. I was lucky enough to find it on DVD, and promptly rented and watched it last night. I fell in love all over again. Tim could learn much from this gem. The facial expressions are spot-on, almost photographic, the story is great, and the sly humour is wonderfully refreshing. This is such a huge labor of love,for the art itself and for the man that inspired it,leagues away from anything animation has been for the past 15 years or so. I loved it because it never talked down to me as a kid, and wasn't afraid to show me that innocence can be terrifying. "I can do no wrong, for I do not know what it is" is the most chilling line I have ever heard spoken in any film. Rent this or buy it as soon as you can, you won't be sorry.

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