The Adventures of Huck Finn
The Adventures of Huck Finn is a 1993 American comedy drama adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers, and starring Elijah Wood, Courtney B. Vance, Jason Robards and Robbie Coltrane. Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Buena Vista Pictures, it is based on Mark Twain's 1884 novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and focuses on at least three-fourths of the book.
Plot
Huckleberry Finn is a half-literate son of Pap Finn, a drunk. One night, his father arrives, and Huck is taken away from his foster family to his father's home. Jealous of Huck's money being kept away, he attacks Huck, but eventually passes out from exhaustion.
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| author | Stephen Sommers |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Missouri |
| director | Stephen Sommers |
| editor | Bob Ducsay |
| genre | adventure comedy-drama |
| keywords | angry mob arrest bury capture dead father foster family hang happen horrify huckleberry finn kill land mississippi river murder older sister one night run slave trade steamboat tar and feather the king wanted poster |
| musicBy | Bill Conti |
| producer | Laurence Mark |
| productionCompany | Walt Disney Pictures |
| publisher | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| recordedAt | Natchez |
| theme | children's children's adventure children's comedy |