The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)

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:

Con | River | Mississippi River | Slave | Reward

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
As Aventuras de Huck Finn (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Die Abenteuer von Huck Finn (Germany) [de]
Huckleberry Finnin seikkailut (Finland) [fi]
Huckleberry Finns äventyr (Sweden) [sv]
Le avventure di Huck Finn (Italy) [it]
Les aventures de Huckleberry Finn (France) (video title) [fr]
Oi peripeteies tou Huck Finn (Greece) [el]
Przygody Hucka Finna (Poland) [pl]

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:

Jason Robards played Mark Twain himself in Mark Twain and Me (1991) (TV).

Goofs:

Continuity: Huck's raft is rammed (at 41:49) by a ship with a high bow, designed for rough/open seas. But when the camera angle changes, we see a typical Mississippi paddle steamer with the characteristically low bow, steaming by the wreckage.

Quotes:

Huck Finn: So kick off yer shoes, if yer wearin' em', and git ready for a spit-lickin' good time!

Movie Connections:

Version of Huckleberry Finn (1975) (TV)

Soundtrack:

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

Good Adventure But I Didn't Care For Woods

This was a very entertaining film with lots of adventure but the lead kid, played by young Elijah Woods, got on my nerves. The sneer on his face is very annoying, although, to be fair, he could have been worse. In Mark Twain's famous book, Huck is worse than he's shown here. Sorry, but I just didn't like him. At least he cashed in on his srange looks a decade later with LOTR.

Speaking of the book, Disney gets in its typical anti-Christian cheap shot by having Jason Robards dress up as a fake minister, even though that was NOT part of the book.

Racism is a key part of this story, too, and Courtney B. Vance is very likable as the slave. He's just one part, however, of a number of characters and adventures in here. The movie is nicely filmed, too; very colorful.

It was good for one viewing, but that was it for me.