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6.8/10   121 votes
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Writers:
Steven H. Berman (writer)
Mark Twain (book)
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Release Date:
16 March 2002 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Mark Twain. Rebel. Writer. Legend.
Plot:
A teenaged Mark Twain travels to the American West during the "Gold Rush" days in search of fortune and his destiny. | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
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Worth waiting for. more (5 total)

Cast

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Robin Dunne ... Young Samuel Clemens

James Garner ... Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)

Adam Arkin ... Henry

Eric Roberts ... The Foreman

Ned Beatty ... Slade
Adam Storke ... Seth

Charles Martin Smith ... Platt
Jill Eikenberry ... Livy Clemens
J.D. Nicholsen ... Higbie
Wayne Robson ... Mr. Ballou
Blu Mankuma ... Johnston
Winston Rekert ... The Stranger
Greg Spottiswood ... Orion Clemens
Stephen E. Miller ... Higgins
Brian Stollery ... Beamis
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Mark Twain's Roughing It (Australia)
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USA:185 min
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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Worth waiting for., 22 November 2003
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Author: Joseph French from Allen Park, MI

Roughing It is my favorite Twain novel and it has never been filmed before. After nine plus film versions of The Prince & the Pauper, what a delight to finally see Roughing It. This is a big sprawling novel, so a lot is missing, but I am still grateful.

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