Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn investigate a suspicious graveyard murder and more in this musical version of Mark Twain's novel.Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn investigate a suspicious graveyard murder and more in this musical version of Mark Twain's novel.Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn investigate a suspicious graveyard murder and more in this musical version of Mark Twain's novel.
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 5 nominations total
- Joe Jefferson
- (as Kevin Jefferson)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe 'Julia Belle Swain' is a steam-powered stern wheeler operating out of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA as of 2015. Designed and built in 1971 by Capt. Dennis Trone, the 'Julia Belle' was the last boat built by Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works of Dubuque, Iowa. The boat's steam engines were built in 1915 by the Gillett and Eaton Company and originally installed on the central wheel ferryboat City of Baton Rouge. The engines have logged well over a million miles. The steamer was featured prominently in this movie (as the "River Queen") and in its sequel Huckleberry Finn (1974).
- GoofsInjun Joe leaps out of the courtroom window and lands on the ground. When he gets up and starts to run, the covering used to hide whatever soft surface he landed on flips up for a second.
- Quotes
Becky Thatcher: It's so nice being engaged.
Tom Sawyer: Why, sure. When me and Amy Lawrence was engaged, we used to go...
Becky Thatcher: Oh, Tom! So, I'm not the first one you've been engaged to. Philanderer!
Tom Sawyer: What?
Becky Thatcher: Well, that's what you are.
Tom Sawyer: Yeah, but what does it mean?
Becky Thatcher: I'm not sure. But, even if I did know I wouldn't tell you!
[Becky Thatcher began to walking away from him]
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Boys (2009)
The rest of the cast is excellent, The production appears to be on location and is very authentic, and the music is well done. This is a true musical in that the lyrics serve to move the story along. If you like musicals, this is for you. If you don't, then concentrate on the lyrics and what they are telling you about the central character.
The book is timeless because of it's universal theme, the glory days of childhood. The Movie captures that. It will bring a tear to your eye as you hear the theme song "...a boy is gonna grow to be a man, be a man. Only once in his life is he free. Only one golden time in his life is he free."
- dsayne
- Jan 20, 2001
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- A Musical Adaptation of Mark Twain's 'Tom Sawyer'
- Filming locations
- Meramac Caverns, Stanton, Missouri, USA(cave scenes)
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- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1