Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Peter H. Hunt
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Actor: David Barry Gray, Frederic Forrest, Jim Dale, Lillian Gish, Patrick DayDirector: Peter H. Hunt
Brand: Monterey Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 213 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-02-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Monterey Video
Movie Reviews of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Movie Review: What? You haven't bought this yet?
Summary: 5 Stars
I believe I've seen every adaptation of Huckleberry Finn out there; this is the best by far. It is also the most complete and truest to the book. It even has the segment where Huck gets painted blue by rivermen from "Life on the Mississippi," nicely merged into the story.
The cast couldn't be better... Patrick Day is as natural as he needs to be. Lillian Gish! She has a wonderful part as the old lady who sees through Huck's disguise as a girl. And get this: Butterfly McQueen ("Ah doan know nuthin' 'bout birthin' no babies Miss Scarlet") has a cameo as a blind woman and Geraldine Page is memorable as the very physical and enthusiastic aunt of Tom Sawyer.
The cinematography is by the great Walter Lassally, who worked with Michael Cacoyannis - some of the shots of the Mississippi are just epic. This is a very good-looking production (filmed in Kentucky, btw).
I videotaped this when it was on PBS decades ago - I am happy to see that there are segments on this DVD that were cut from the broadcast:
- There's a graphic slave whipping/lynching scene that came as a real surprise to me
- There's some ribald choreography with the Duke and the King's on-stage performance
- Some conversational scenes with Huck and the boy he meets on the way to Aunt Sally's seem to have been cut in broadcast
- Duitto with some other scenes here and there I don't remember from the broadcast
The 214 minute running time - 3 hours, 34 minutes - sure looks complete and makes perfect narrative sense.
The DVD is bare-bones, no menus or features. It starts playing when you pop it into the player, and I think there are some newly added markings of the various "parts" on the bottom of the screen in white type. I don't recall it from the broadcast.
Anyway, buy this DVD with no fear. It is excellent and definitive.
Summary of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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