Mark Twain Tonight
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Movie Reviews of Mark Twain Tonight
Movie Review: Wickedly funny
Summary: 5 Stars
I recommend this video to English teachers teaching "Huckleberry Finn" or any Twain work. Holbrook performs as Twain performing as Huck (!), telling his story. Show it after you've read the chapter with "All right, then--I'll go to hell." Lower-skilled students might be too put off by Holbrook's thick accent, so be aware of that, and they might not appreciate some of the routines, so you might want to pick and choose. More intelligent students will appreciate just how wickedly funny he was, and how much he still has to say. We ignore him at our peril.Movie Review: Mark Twain Tonight!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was introduced to Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain Tonight in a high school English class in 1962 and have been fascinated with Holbrook and his Twain presentation ever since. As the story goes, Holbrook took up cigar smoking to get the timber in his voice, spends three hours in make-up preparing, and has even listened to Edison recording tubes of Twain to get the voice and inflection just right. Sit back and enjoy tales from a hundred years ago that are just as germaine today. You'll soon be convinced that the man in front of you is actually Mark Twain!Movie Review: Fabulous!
Summary: 5 Stars
Mark Twain travelled to Australia in 1895. A journalist reported "He is in no sense a disappointment as a humorist. He starts his audience laughing in the very first sentence he utters, and for two hours keeps them in a continual roar".
This video performance by Hal Holbrook captures what I imagine my fellow Sydney residents would have experienced 114 years ago. It is a delight to watch, not only for a glimpse into the past, but also to hear this timeless storyteller relate a philosophy completely relevant to our early 21st Century.
Movie Review: This is a MUST HAVE!
Summary: 5 Stars
I just saw Mr. Holbrook live in Mesa, AZ, in his show "Mark Twain Tonight." I was spellbound!
I can only imagine how good the DVD is but I'll know soon because I just ordered it. The live show is incredible; Mr. Holbrook is now 80 but he's simply amazing!
This is a MUST MUST MUST see show if you blessed enough to have the opportunity. Otherwise you MUST get the DVD...this is one of those performances that many will never see; and that's their misfortune!
Movie Review: Top marks for Mark Twain Tonight
Summary: 5 Stars
The Hal Holbrook presentation of "Mark Twain Tonight" was even better than expected. Mark Twain was controversial in his time, and is even more so now. He didn't pull his punches, and Hal Holbrook was superb in his characterization. Were he still alive today, Mark Twain would be more controversial than Michael Moore due to his delicate yet wicked touch and his intuitive understanding of politics and the nature of the human character.