The Adventures of Huck Finn

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The Adventures of Huck Finn / a Walt Disney Pictures presentation in association with Steve White Productions ; directed, written by Stephen Sommers ; produced by Laurence Mark. - United States : Buena Vista, 1993. - 12 reels of 12 on 6 (ca. 9720 ft.) : sd., col. ; 35 mm. ref print.

Author

Sommers Stephen direction, Wood Elijah 1981- cast. Vance Courtney B. cast. Coltrane Robbie cast. Robards Jason cast.

Subject

Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character) Fugitive slaves Boys Mississippi River

Genre/Form

Features. mim Dramas. mim

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Czytelnia

Copies are only available in the library: sygn. FF (1 egz.)

Notes:

General note

Per Baseline data base, 12/29/93, Bitterroot Production and Mighty Miss Production were listed as production companies; could not be confirmed in other sources used.

Summary from press release in M/B/RS descriptive file.

Based on the novel The adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.

Sources used: LC COPICS data base; Variety, 4/5/93.

Creation/production credits note

Executive producers, Barry Bernardi, Steve White ; co-producer, John Baldecchi.

Participant or performer note

Elijah Wood, Courtney B. Vance, Robbie Coltrane, Jason Robards, Ron Perlman, Dana Ivey, Anne Heche, James Gammon, Paxton Whitehead, Tom Aldredge, Laura Bundy.

Summary, etc.

Streszczenie: Historically divided by race and culture, two unlikely friends, freewheeling Huck Finn and a slave named Jim, set out on the most extraordinary journey of their lives, rafting down the Mississippi River. Along the way, Jim slowly teaches Huck that regardless of popular belief, all people are fundamentally the same and deserve respect. At a moral crossroads, because he's been taught that a slave is less that human and must forever remain in bondage, Huck makes the right decision to help his best friend become a free man. However, they soon fall into the clutches of two riverfront rogues: The Duke and The King, who threaten to sell Jim back into slavery. Huck and Jim find the strength and courage to do what their hearts tell them is right.

Immediate source of acquisition note

Received: 11/9/93; copyright deposit--MPA; Copyright Collection.