The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Stephen Sommers

Writers (WGA):

Mark Twain (novel)
Stephen Sommers (screenplay)

Release Date:

2 April 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Adventure | Drama

Tagline:

They set off in search for freedom and discovered the adventure of a lifetime!

Plot:

Huckleberry Finn, the half-literate son of a drunk, runs away from home and follows the Mississippi River with an escaped slave named Jim...

Plot Keywords:

River | Con | Slave | Mississippi River | Orphan

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 25

7:00 AM

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Cast

Elijah Wood	...	Huck Finn
Courtney B. Vance	...	Jim
Robbie Coltrane	...	The Duke
Jason Robards	...	The King
Ron Perlman	...	Pap Finn
Dana Ivey	...	Widow Douglas
Anne Heche	...	Mary Jane Wilks
James Gammon	...	Deputy Hines
Paxton Whitehead	...	Harvey Wilks
Tom Aldredge	...	Dr. Robinson
Laura Bell Bundy	...	Susan Wilks (as Laura Bundy)
Curtis Armstrong	...	Country Jake
Mary Louise Wilson	...	Miss Watson
Frances Conroy	...	Scrawny Shanty Lady
Danny Tamberelli	...	Ben Rodgers (as Daniel Tamberelli)

Also Known As:

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild violence and language.

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:K-10/7 | Germany:6 | Iceland:L | Peru:PT | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Jefferson Military College - Highway 61, Washington, Mississippi, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

Director Cameo: [Stephen Sommers]the man silhouetted against the fog banging a pot at 39:27 on the DVD.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Huck Finn is walking with Billy Grangerford (at 45:05 to 45:07) to a brick outbuilding where a new slave is chained, you can see the brake lights of a blue mini van in the bottom left quarter of the screen - look to the left of the tree trunk, under the shrubbery.

Quotes:

[to Huck]
Pap Finn: But I'm... I'm your next of kin... and you're my little angel.

Movie Connections:

Version of Sovsem propashchiy (1972)

Soundtrack:

String Quartet No.17 'Jagd' in B-Flat major, K.458

Not the book, but it doesn't have to be

I am a big Mark Twain fan. I love his writing, his stories, and his humor. I used to watch this movie when I was a kid, and I recently rented it for old time's sake and fell in love with it all over again. If you're looking for a movie that's parallel to Mark Twain's novel, this isn't it. But that doesn't mean that this movie isn't fun-loving, creative, entertaining, and an overall great movie. I love this movie. I think it's great for kids as well as adults. It's an adventurous tale of freedom and friendship that leaves you smiling in the end and rewinding the movie with a slight sigh of wistfulness. I recommend this movie to a wide range - but not to someone who's using it instead of reading the book or expecting it to to BE the book. It isn't. It's something different, but still just as wonderful as it should be.