The Adventures of Huck Finn |  | Director: Stephen Sommers
Actors: Elijah Wood, Courtney B. Vance, Robbie Coltrane, Jason Robards, Ron Perlman
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 4643
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 108 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: DISD23687D
ISBN: 0788831011
UPC: 786936162776
EAN: 9780788831010
ASIN: B00005TPMM
Theatrical Release Date: April 2, 1993
Release Date: January 15, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Huckleberry Finn's age has been scaled down in this 1993 Disney film in order to accommodate star Elijah Wood's young years at the time. But that's not the only concession Mark Twain's great American novel must make to Disney revisionism. Wood's Huck, as adapted for the screen by writer-director Stephen Sommers, is all rascal and only nominally a philosopher, which takes a lot of the soul out of Twain's extraordinary story about Huck's enlightenment while traveling with the slave Jim (Courtney B. Vance) along the Mississippi river. Big chunks of the journey are also minimized in significance, and not just for the sake of storytelling economy. Jason Robards Jr. and Robbie Coltrane brighten things up, but overall this is an unnecessarily simplified version of an important story. --Tom Keogh
Product Description
HUCKLEBERRY FINN, THE HALF-LITERATE SON OF A DRUNK, RUNS AWAY FROM HOME AND FOLLOWS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WITH AN ESCAPED SLAVE NAMED JIM.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 51
 Engaging Re-Telling of a Classic November 28, 2009
Jacey (Sacramento, CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a big fan of Mark Twain stories, and I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It's true that not every moment of the book is in the film, but what movie has ever captured a book's every nuance? The acting and casting in this movie is very good, and they really did do a nice job of recreating so many of Twain's vivid scenes. It is one of those movies that I could watch over and over again.
 Cute Show! November 6, 2008
Rachel Tatum
I bought this for my little sister, who has just seen the live musical of Huckleberry Finn. She absolutely LOVES this disney version and watches it all of the time. It does have some language and violence that surprised me for a Disney movie. Great characters and the story is told very well.
 Very unlike the book October 5, 2007
Kristen A. Rosborough (Bloomington MN)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
This movie is very unlike the book. It is not nearly as funny or as heartfelt as the book and also lacks many major events. The events it does include also are changed for no clear purpose. Elijah Wood is cute, but he is also a great deal younger than the real Huck Finn was supposed to be. I would not reccomend it to either teachers or students who are looking for a version that follows the book.
Great movie! August 3, 2007
T. Steffes (South Dakota, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've just saw this movie for the first time a few weeks ago. I work in a treatment center for sex offenders ages 10-18, and I work with the 10-14 year olds. A lot of them have terrible difficulty in school, with very low reading levels, and some struggle with lower IQ's. Well the boys read Huck Finn with their teacher, and then watched this movie. You could see the story come alive to them, and see some new connections made. I'm glad this movie is out there and making a diffrence in some many people's lives!
Watch again and again! March 19, 2007
D. Castle (Michigan)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Our boys ask for this on Saturday afternoons almost every weekend! Just a great story retelling and with Elijah Wood, can't go wrong! Not much that even little folks have to 'turn away' from.
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