Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Part I 

Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. In HD.

Director:

Peter H. Hunt

Writers:

Guy Gallo, Mark Twain (novel)

Stars:

Patrick Day, Jim Dale, Frederic Forrest

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Patrick Day	...	Huck
Anne Shropshire	...	Miss Watson
Sada Thompson	...	Widow Douglas
Eugene Oakes	...	Tom Sawyer
Samm-Art Williams	...	Jim
Frederic Forrest	...	Pap Finn
Lillian Gish	...	Mrs Loftus
Richard Kiley	...	Col. Grangerford
Jim Dale	...	The Duke
Barnard Hughes	...	The King
Butterfly McQueen	...	Blind Negress
Geraldine Page	...	Sally Phelps
Jason Hankins	...	Billy
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shag Adamson	...	Mr. Bradish
Robert Bowen	...	Clerk

Storyline

Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. In HD.

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Plot Keywords:

adventure episode | drama episode | family episode | boy | raft | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 February 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

Die Abenteuer von Huckleberry Finn

Filming Locations:

Maysville, Kentucky, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Great Amwell Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

240 min 108 min (theatrical)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the novel, it's Jim who gets painted blue by the Duke and King (Dauphin) as part of a charade they are trying to pull off. In the 1986 feature, it's Huckleberry who gets painted blue for an entirely different reason.

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Alternate Versions

A 213 minute NTSC format DVD version was released 2/20/2007 by Monterey Video for Region 1 which combined the four 60 minute installments into a single feature having 02:02 of opening credits as text over scenes from the feature. A 211 minute PAL format DVD version was released 9/1/2001 by Prism Leisure Corporation of England for Region 2 which has the same content as the 213 minute version except it has only 30 seconds of opening credits running as text over the same woodcut image used in the background of the ending credits in both versions.

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Connections

Version of Priklyucheniya Toma Soyera i Geklberri Finna (1982)

User Reviews

Great, pure cinematic brilliance

I just finished watching this film and i loved it, i love this story but the way that it was portrayed in this paticular film version was wonderful. I loved the way that Patric Day[huck finn] and Sam-Art Williams[jim] interacted throughout the movie, Patric Day brought a great deal to the character of Huck which can only be matched by that of Elijah Wood in the 1993 version that did not follow the same story, the blue paint scene was a paticular favorite of mine because it brought a great deal of comic value to the play which only complimented Mark Twain's original script. This story fills you with so many different emotions i sometimes don't know weather to laugh or cry, its a masterpiece.