The Adventures of Huck Finn Movie Review 1993

Decent Disney attempt at adapting an American favorite by Mark Twain. Mischievious Huck and runaway slave Jim travel down the muddy Mississippi, working on life and friendship and getting into all sorts of adventures in the pre-Civil War era. Fast-paced and amusing with good performances by Wood (in the title role) and Broadway trained Vance (as Jim). Racial epithets and minstrel show dialect have been eliminated in this version. Some material, including Jim's close call with a lynch mob and Huck's drunken, brutal father may be too strong for immature children.

Distribution

Baker & Taylor Inc., 2709 Water Ridge Pkwy., Ste. 500, Charlotte, NC 28217, Phone: (704)357-3500, Toll-free: 800-775-1800, Email: btinfo@btol.com, URL: http://www.btol.com

Available on VHS
Running time 108 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, Buddies, Books to Film: Mark Twain, Disney Family Movies, Road Trip, A River Runs Through the Plot

Screenplay

Stephen Sommers

Cast

Elijah Wood, Courtney B. Vance, Robbie Coltrane, Jason Robards, Ron Perlman, Dana Ivey, Anne Heche, James Gammon, Paxton Whitehead, Tom Aldredge, Curtis Armstrong, Mary Louise Wilson, Frances Conroy

Cinematography

Janusz Kaminski

Director

Stephen Sommers

Music

Bill Conti

Producer

Laurence Mark, John Baldecchi, Barry Bernardi, Steve White, Buena Vista