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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302098495
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6302098491
Label: Twentieth Century Fox
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Twentieth Century Fox
Publisher: Twentieth Century Fox
Release Date: July 25, 1991
Running Time: 91 minutes
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
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Everyone knows Mark Twain's story of Tom Sawyer. Just the mention of the name conjures up images of whitewashed fences, Indians, and treasure. Tommy Kelly plays Tom in this David O. Selznik Technicolor classic. A mischievious boy at heart, he causes commotion in the town when he runs away to play pirates, and returns to find that he has been assumed dead. When he reveals himself, he does not stay out of trouble for very long. He and Huckleberry Finn (Jackie Moran) become involved in a murder trial. After that, Tom and girlfriend Becky Thatcher (Ann Gillis) find themselves lost in the caves nearby.
The child stars are surprisingly unimpressive. Their antics seem natural enough, but Kelly nor Gillis have enough charm or spunk to cement themselves in the memory. The film is also uneven; the most exciting parts are the scenes in the caves, but everything before is mediocre.
I grew up with the re-make called Tom and Huck starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Tom Sawyer ... Read More
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Story-telling at its best. Takes you back to life near the Mississippi river, before the Civil War, for a story of boyhood adventure. Plenty of humor. This 1938 color version, is the best version; worth seeing even if you have seen others.
Other great period, adventure movies are "Tom Brown's School Days 1935", "David Copperfield 1940 & 2000", "The Prince & the Pauper", "At Swords Point 1952", "Oliver Twist", "The Three Musketeers 1939", and "The Scarlet Pimpernel 1935".
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I had been looking for this movie for, literally, decades when I found it on Amazon.com. This is one of the greatest, most memorable, movies of my childhood. Although the dialog and production are very 30's and very dated now, Mark Twain's timeless writing and the believability of the prime actors make this movie one of the unforgettables. Unfortunately, this great American classic is produced overseas and delivered in Region 2 format on DVD. That means Americans can't view it, unless, of course, they have a universal player. But, only the geeks own those or know how to jimmy theirs. I excitedly bought this DVD from Caiman and found out too late. The picture of the product clearly shows a "triangle U" in the lower right corner, which means it's Universal format. The DVD itself is labeled "globe 0" which means it should play on any player worldwide. But, it would play on only 1 of my 3 players. Caiman insisted it was Region 2 and that it was my problem. After much arguing with them I had ... Read More
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This classic version of Tom Sawyer is by far the best that has been made. However, I was very disappointed when we received the DVD that it was in PAL format. Luckily we were able to play it on our computer. Why is an American story, filmed by an American company, sold in a format for Europeans? Why couldn't this be in the regular DVD format that all the other movies are?
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There have been numerous film adaptations of Mark Twain's beloved story, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," but few capture the boyish wonder and childlike bliss which permeates the classic yarn. Luckily, this 1938 rendition is one of the select few that do. The acting is first class; the directing often innovative, and the whimsical screenplay is faithful as possible to the novel.
The novel itself is entertainingly superior to Huckleberry Finn in its lack of a political agenda or societal commentary. Its sole objective is to return us once more to the naivety of youth when our life was far simpler and, in many cases, far happier.
For the older generation of film aficionados, child actor Tommy Kelly was the definitive Tom Sawyer. His winning smile, visible freckles and bright eyes encapsulate the literary character to a tee. After watching this film and re-reading Twain's novel, it is impossible to remove the image of Tommy Kelly from one's mind as he or she remembers ... Read More
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