The Adventures of Huck Finn

Plot synopsis:
Huckleberry Finn (Elijah Wood) is a half-literate son of a drunk (Ron Perlman). One night, his father arrives and Huck is taken away to his father's home. Jealous of Huck's money being kept away, he attacks Huck, but eventually passes out from exhaustion.
Huck fakes his own death and runs away. He is accompanied by Jim (Courtney B. Vance), a slave who worked for Huck's foster family, and escaped the family out of fear for being sold off. The duo follow the Mississippi River to Cairo, Illinois, so Jim can escape to freedom without being arrested.
They come across a wanted poster for Jim, falsely saying that he murdered Huck. Jim and Huck come across a sinking barge one night, and Jim notices Huck's father's corpse on the ship. Huck notices two sailors leaving one to drown in a room as the water comes crashing through. Huck and Jim's canoe sinks, but they steal another one, as the barge completely sinks underwater.
The canoe is struck by a steamboat, and Huck is at first captured by a few men, then taken to the home of the Graingerford family. Huck lies about his life to the Graingerfords to avoid suspicion. The Graingerfords are in a feud with another family, the Shepherdsons. Huck even befriends Billy Graingerford (Garette Ratliff Henson), the Graingerford patriarch's son, but is horrified that Jim is found by the family and has become a slave. Billy's older sister Sophie runs away to marry a Shepherdson, thus a short firefight happens, killing all the male Graingerfords in the process, including Billy.
Jim and Huck find themselves past Cairo, and two con men: The Duke (Robbie Coltrane) and The King (Jason Robards), join Huck and Jim. The quartet land at Phelps Landing, and The King and The Duke impersonate British members of the Wilks family to con 3 sisters, Mary Jane (Anne Heche), Julia (Renee O'Connor), and Susan (Laura Bell Bundy) out of their fortune.
Meanwhile, Jim has been taken to prison for Huck's murder, and tells Huck about his dead father, thus Huck rebukes Jim. Huck puts the money in the coffin of a recently-deceased family member. He exposes The King and The Duke as con men to Mary Jane, and tells her to tell the town at 10:00, when a scheduled steamboat to Cairo departs.
Dr. Robinson (Tom Aldredge) doesn't trust The King and The Duke's scheme, and the real members of the family, whom The King and The Duke were impersonating, show up. The town dig up the buried coffin where the money was put, and thus tar and feather The Duke and The King, and become an angry mob. Huck breaks Jim out of prison, but are spotted by the mob in the process.
While escaping, Huck is shot in the back by a man. Jim decides to sacrifice his chance to escape to freedom, and carries Huck to the mob, allowing himself to be hanged. Before the mob can hang Jim, however, Mary Jane, Julia, and Susan arrive and stop the hanging from happening. The mob sets Jim free, and Huck passes out.
Huck wakes up in the Wilks homestead, and learns that one of Huck's caretakers (Mary Louise Wilson) died, setting Jim free in her will. The other caretaker (Dana Ivey) plans on civilizing Huck, but Huck, narrating the story, says, "I've been there before." The film ends with Huck running off into the sunset.

Tags: entertaining

Review:
At the height of the popularity of Bart Simpson, Disney released another adaptation of the classic starring a new up-and-coming child actor named Elijah Wood as Huck and a Yale graduate named Courtney B.
The stars just keep on coming; Back-to-back Oscar-winner Jason Robards as the King, pre-Harry Potterized Robbie Coltrane as the Duke, Ron "Hellboy" Perlman (I could've sworn it was Tom Waits!) as Huck's drunk pappy, and Anne Heche (still hiding her cuckoo) as Mary Jane Wilks.
The end of the movie is quite different from the end of the book - of course, they took the happily-ever-after approach - which sucks and ultimately makes a film filled with beautiful scenery and an unbelievably terrific score by Bill Conti seem like just another piece of Disnefluff.
I have read the popular novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain and I found it to be an instant classic and a book definitely worth my time.
The 1993 version titled "The Adventures of Huck Finn" stars a young Elijah Wood as Huckleberry and Courtney B.
Ron Perlman was also a good choice to play Huckleberry's deranged father, unfortunately he wasn't given enough screen time to show his quintessential talents for the role and he wasn't quite involved in the story enough as he was in the book.One thing that did disappoint me was that the screenwriters wrote out the character of Tom Sawyer, probably due to concern of containing too many characters for a 108-minute film.
But all and all, I did very much enjoy "The Adventures of Huck Finn" and although it is not a perfect adaptation of Mark Twain's excellent book, I still enjoyed it..
An amusing retelling of the Mark Twain tale about the adventures encountered by Huckleberry Finn when escapes from the widow Douglas : Dana Ivey and along with the runaway slave : Courtney B.
He is a good writer , producer , director who has made a lot of successful films such as GI Joe , Odd Thomas ,Van Helsing , The scorpion king , The mummy , The mummy returns , Jungle book , Deep rising, Gunmen and Tom and Huck 
This film isn't like that at all.When I was going to see this film, I thought "I bet they chicken out of the feud scene, and I bet they have Huck say something at the end like 'Y'know, I sorta had a funny feeling my whole life slavery's actually a very bad thing' (or something equally corny)".
Huch thinks for a moment, and then replies "He's white!" That scene makes up for the famous letter writing scene in the novel, which other versions have included.Elijah Wood really makes his character shine with impish personality and a casual chatting delivery (and this is still my all-time favorite role of his).
Elijah Wood does a good enough job in what I consider one of his best performances in the title role, while Courtney B.Vance plays Jim with such feeling and finesse he was perfect.
True, Elijah Wood may not match the look and feel of the character Twain had in mind, but in this movie he works well as a young boy learning that friendship, love, and human rights mean more than tradition.
The best movies are those that have a moral to them.This version of Huck Finn reveals his coming to realize that slavery is wrong!
This was a very entertaining film with lots of adventure but the lead kid, played by young Elijah Woods, got on my nerves.
The combination of Disney and Twain just don't quite rub together well...however, Wood is perfectly cast, Vance connects with each of his scenes with great heart, and Sommers does a good job of bringing this world to us.
The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnAlong the Mississippi River heading North, Huck, Elijah Wood, and Jim, Courtney B.
The movie The Adventures of Huck Finn takes place between 1835 and 1845.
Elijah wood plays Huck Finn in the movie as a young boy who likes adventure and meets a runaway slave.
In the movie the adventures of Huck Finn, Huck is a young boy in the 1850's who runs from home to get away from his alcoholic dad.
Huck FinnHuck Finn is a movie based off a book called Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain it's based on a runaway slave named Jim played by Courtney B.
Vance and is saved by a young boy named Huck Finn played by Elijah Wood which took place in the 1950's in Mississippi.
Huck Finn is a young 10 year old boy that has an abusive father and his name is Pap and is played by Ron Perlman.
Finn lives with a lady that is named Widow Douglas played by Dana Luey, and one day Huck fights this young boy down by the river and sees this fathers foot print in the dirt and runs to go see the physic Jim. And that night Hucks father kidnaps him and takes him to his house where he starts to beat him, and the only way he can escape is by faking his own murder.
So then Huck runs to the woods and that's where he finds Jim. They run off together and go on their adventure and then they catch up with two men named Duke and King and they pretend to be people they aren't so they can get a lot my money.
Mark Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn in the Age of Realism, which in time was when slavery was very popular and blacks were treated poorly, and this is why it was a good idea that Jim traveled with Huck because he was white and Jim couldn't make all the decisions on his own because he was treated so poorly because of his race.
My reaction to this film was actually a lot better than I tought it would be I thought they did a good way of showing how slaves were treated in the time and also making it funny in some parts so it switched up the mood of the watcher.
The Adventures of Huck Finn - Great Movie.
The Adventures of Huck Finn is an adventure movie based off the classic story "Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain.
Elijah Wood played the adventurous young boy Huck Finn.
Vance, and their goal is to make it to freedom for Jim. This is a dangerous journey through Mississippi for a slave in the 1950s.Huck Finn is a young boy who lives with two old woman because his father, Pap, is not a nice man.
In the film The Adventures of Huck Finn made in 1993 is the story of a boy who does as he pleases and has one true friend, his slave.
Prominent stars of the film include Elijah Wood as Huckleberry Finn and Courtney B.
Vance as Jim.Huck Finn is the son of a drunken man who lives with two older women who are sisters, Miss Watson and Widow Douglas.
They both learn a lot from one another and live happily ever after.The way that Mark Twain characterized the characters relates well to the time of setting because with the dialect he gives them it gives you a feel of how people talked back in time.
Vance as Jim. Whether it's on a raft or in town running from trouble, there is always adventure happening in this movie.Huck was a boy in the 40's who ran away.
The film, "The Adventures of Huck Finn" follows a boy named Huckleberry Finn and an escaped slave named Jim, who traveled the Mississippi River in the 1840's, and overcome obstacles throughout their trip.
This adventure movie is a 1993 Disney adaptation starring Elijah Wood as Huckleberry Finn and Courtney B.
Huck and Jim got into so many adventures that this movie was exciting and never boring.
I would recommend "The Adventures of Huck Finn" to fans of Disney movies and to any people who enjoy adventures.
During the journey the setting is taken place along the Mississippi river during the 1800's.The Movie Huckleberry Finn was about a young boy that gets kidnapped by his abusive drunk of a father.
So they started to come after the both of them since Jim was wanted and Huck was a runaway.Throughout the movie the set and clothing matched exactly what people would think the 1800's would be like.
Also the background music had matched the action scenes very well to go along with the movie.In the movie the character used realism by talking the same way people did in that time period.
when Huck had gotten shot but he acted like he was fine when Jim asked him why he was being so slow, another example is when he told that big long lie and the doctor did not believe him and he just thought he was a good liar.
His pap comes later that night and kidnaps Huck so Huck fakes his death and runs to a deserted Island called Jacksons Island and it turns out that his friend Jim ran away to become he was going to be sold, and so the adventure began.Huck and Jim were discovered on the Island shortly afterward and grabbed a few supplies as they made their way out of the town.
Huck reminds me of a kid who causes a lot of trouble and it shows perfectly in the first scene of the movie when he gets in a fight with the other boy.I really liked the plot of this story.
Elijah Wood played the lead role of Huck Finn; his runaway slave best friend was played by Courtney Vance.
Was a great adventure movie that the whole family would enjoy to watch.Basically Huck Finn is a young boy that is very good at lying and is not only sneaky but very smart.
His runaway best friend slave Jim went on a huge adventure with Huck going places they never thought they would end up, when I say that I mean they had a certain place they wanted to end up so Jim could be a free man but along the way they got in a lot of trouble and always found ways to escape.
Elijah Wood the star actor plays as the lead role of Huck Finn and he does a phenomenal job of being a sneaky, fantastic, mature, little liar.
Huck Finn, a young boy, and Jim, a black slave, go on many adventures while helping many people to achieve freedom..
Huck Finn was originally wrote by Mark Twain, but then remade into a movie by Disney in 1993.
The main characters in the film are Huck (Elijah Wood), Jim (Courtney B.
If these things were not done right, the movie would be not as believable.I would give Huck Finn a three star rating.
Huckleberry Finn and Jim meet on the plantation of Widow Douglas they become friends and runaway and go on many adventures together..
The main character in the movie is Huck(Elijah Wood) , Jim (Courtney B.
Huckleberry Finn is a young boy that lived with Widow Douglas in the beginning of the movie.
In order to learn more about his journey and find out what happens in Huck's life, read the book!In this film stereotypes were pointed out many times.
In the movie Huck Finn, Jim, an African American slave gets caught leaving the plantation.
Huckleberry Finn (Elijah Wood) is about a young boy who tries to do the right thing when most people didn't agree.
Huck seems to run into a lot of people who aren't really good influences throughout the whole movie such as the con men they meet in a town.
Some of the biggest problems was it took out a lot of characters that explain why Huck did some of the things he did like in the book I know Tom Sawyer influences him a great deal but yet they didn't mention Tom Sawyer once throughout the whole film which I think took away a lot for people who read "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".
Mark Twain showed color so well because he lived there, his dialect and the way people acted towards things like slavery.
And Courtney Vance truly did a great job of the noble and kind hearted slave Jim showing the troubles and hard times that slaves have gone through for centuries and depicts the friendship of Huck and him although the struggles they have gone through in the duration of the film.
A movie is a movie and a book is a book and nowhere is this more apparent than in Disney's adaptation of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Anyone who is looking for Mark Twain's story to hit the big screen as Mark Twain envisioned it is likely to be disappointed by this film.
The movies tells the adventures of Huck Finn (Elijah Wood in his pre-Frodo days), a semi-literate, wonderful liar of a kid in Missouri who runs away from home.
Along the way, they run into a rich family involved in a feud with their neighbors, robbers, thieves, and a pair of gentlemen who are even better at plotting and acting than Huck Finn, played by Robbie Coltrane and Jason Robards.
Courtney Vance does a fine job as Huck's friend Jim, the runaway slave.Stephen Sommers ("The Mummy", "The Mummy Returns") wrote the screenplay and directed this version, and he does a good job at capturing the spirit of the South.
Nineteenth century Mississippi River boy Elijah Wood (as Huckleberry "Huck" Finn) may be tiny, but he has a lot of spunk.
"Tom Sawyer" is given no opportunity to steal scenes.*** The Adventures of Huck Finn (4/2/93) Stephen Sommers ~ Elijah Wood, Courtney B.
This film is about a boy named Huck Finn (played by Elijah Wood) who helps a slave named Jim (played by Courtney B.
In this 1993 version by Walt Disney Pictures of Mark Twain's classic boyhood story, Elijah Wood takes on the role of the story's hero, the mischievious and adventurous Huck Finn and in the end, his performance meets with so so results.
Huck Finn shows how an adventurous boys life, the lying, running away and tricking people.
The young boy goes by the name of Huck (played by Elijah Wood) who later meets up with a slave named Jim (played by Courtney B.
Mark Twain wrote the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Disney remade it into a movie in 1993.
The main characters were Huck played by Elijah Wood, Jim played by Courtney B.
In the movie, Huck was talking to a black man named Jim who could see the future, and the man told Huck that Pap was coming back to town and told him he needed to run away that night.
On their way down the river Huck and Jim run into a lot of adventures.
Since Disney likes everything to have a happy ending the only real part in the movie that made us feel bad about slavery was when Jim got whipped and they showed the slashes on his back.
It also just goes from one thing to the next and doesn't really have a calming point or show the friendship of Huck and Jim. The only way that I would rent the movie is if I read the book and wanted to see it to understand it better, otherwise I would advise you not to go see it..
Throughout the movie Huck tries to set his friend, that's a slave, free.
While it seems fairly common for book-to-film adaptations to change things in the process, I've heard that "The Adventures of Huck Finn" went so far as to change what happened at the end.
In one scene, some people ask Huck (Elijah Wood) whether Jim (Courtney B.
I may be a little ignorant when it comes to comparing this film against other versions or the book, as I have only seen this version as well as Disney's take on the other Mark Twain work, Tom Sawyer (Tom & Huck - 1995); and I personally feel that Disney did a better job with this story than they did with the Tom Sawyer story.A lot of people seem to have mixed feelings about the performances in the film, particularly Elijah Wood's performance as the title character.
I think that Elijah Wood is one of the best young actors out there, but he just isn't Huck Finn.
I have read the novel Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and now watched the move Huck Finn by Elijah Wood.
The novel by Mark Twain shows the relationship between a young white uncivilized white boy and a black runaway slave named Jim. Huck is living with a Widow and he likes to go on adventures and play pretend games with his friends especially his one friend Tom who has quite the imagination.
Young Huck Finn and his adventures with his friend Jim, a runaway slave, is told in this tale based on the novel written by Mark Twain.
The Adventures of Huck Finn is a great exception, although young children may be a little frightened by some of the violence.
The Adventures of Huck Finn is a great movie and Disney has produced a film of some quality.
THE ADVENTURES OF HUCK FINN This movie was set in the 1800's in St. Pitturgburghs Mississippi.
It is about a boy named Huckleberry Finn (played by Elijah Wood), who lives a very rebellious life.
In the beginning of the movie Pap Finn (played by Ron Perlman) was a drunkard who tried to kill Huck, but he ending up dying on a boat later in the story.
"The Adventures of Huck Finn" Review This movie is about a boy named Huckleberry Finn who is kidnapped by his dad.
Vance is pretty good as Jim. Elijah Wood's energetic acting as Huck Finn deserves my best approval.