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 enlarge | Directors: H.c. Potter, George Cukor, Norman Taurog
Actors: Tommy Kelly, Jackie Moran, May Robson, Ann Gillis, Walter Brennan
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
Category: Video
Buy New: $29.94
New (4) Used (11) from $9.78
Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 5419
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Hifi Sound, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Media: VHS Tape
Running Time: 91 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6302098491
UPC: 086162801433
EAN: 9786302098495
ASIN: 6302098491
Release Date: July 25, 1991
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: new in factory shrink wrap
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Showing reviews 6-10 of 13
 Adventures of Tom Sawyer September 23, 2003
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I'm not going to rate this movie b/c I want to see it on DVD. This is the classic version of Twain's novel. It's out on DVD region 2, why doesn't Amazon have a copy for region 1?
A classic December 31, 2002
M. SAWYER (Wichita, Kansas United States)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
This movie is simply wonderful. It is hard to believe that a movie that was made in 1938 would be in color. But it is, and the acting is great. It is a good old-fashioned story and movie. Great for the whole family!!!
A truly enjoyable film! May 8, 2002
Monty Moonlight (TX)
27 out of 29 found this review helpful
Young Tom Sawyer is a troublemaking boy being raised by his Aunt Polly in pre-Civil War America. His best friend is a wandering outcast of a boy named Huck Finn. Tom is a bit of a ladies' man, and his newest pursuit is the new Judge's daughter, Becky Thatcher. Through the course of the story we see his adventures with Huck, his troubles with Becky, and his encounters with a villain by the name of Injun' Joe. See, Tom and Huck witnessed Injun' Joe commit murder, so Joe is determined to shut them up permanently. Tom has to decide whether or not to break his oath with Huck and testify against Joe to save the wrongly accused Muff Potter(the friendly neighborhood drunk)'s life!
I picked this up on VHS a while back for around 5 bucks or so at my local retailer. I snatched it up because I LOVE Tom Sawyer/Huck Finn movies! For my money, the most enjoyable is Disney's Elijah Wood Film, from the early '90's I believe, called The Adventures of Huck Finn, though it doesn't have Tom at all. It's actually one of my all time favorite movies! Though, for a wonderful and more true to the book Huck movie you should go with the Patrick Day version. As for Tom Sawyer, this is the best version I've seen so far (and I have yet to see a good animated version of any of these stories, though I seem to recall seing a good Anime as a kid about Huck on Nickelodeon, years ago). This version is just so charming thanks to the time period in which it was made! It was odd that Jim was just a kid in it, but it doesn't prevent this film from being a masterpiece! I wouldn't have liked that in a Huck movie, but for Tom it was not a problem. The entire cast plays perfectly. Since I bought this movie a year or so ago, I've enjoyed it many times and hope it gets a DVD release someday. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys the Tom/Huck movies for the same reason as I do, not necessarily for their loyalty to the book, but more for the adventure and mostly carefree fun these stories portray!
 A TECHNICOLOR GEM FROM 1938. November 10, 2001
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Mark Twain's immortal story of a boy in a Mississippi River town in the 1840's must, by now, be familiar to most every American. Those who know and admire the book will be pleasantly surprised with this mostly-forgotton (and unjustifiably so) Technicolor gem from 1938. In its day, this version had all that money could buy (most notably Technicolor!) The previously unknown child actors amazingly look just like Tom and Becky should look; it just misses greatness (Tommy Kelly was no Freddie Bartholomew) but its still a film filled with endearing, nostalgic scenes, faithfully reproduced.......... After whitewashing Aunt Polly's fence, Tom and Huck visit the cemetery on a strange, nocturnal errand. Huck has a dead cat in a bag and a theory that by heaving it after the devils who carry off the corpse of a newly buried sinner, a boy can get rid of worts. In the cemetery, Tom and Huck witness a murder by Indian Joe; they sign in blood an agreement never to tell. Tom and Becky go exploring and get lost in a limestone cave, then there's the sequence where the pirates return to their own funeral..........Incredibly, more than 25,000 kids were interviewed in the search for suitable child actors to fit the roles of Tom and Becky. Tommy Kelly was found by one of Selznick's talent scouts in the sixth grade of a Parochial school in the Bronx; Ann Gillis hailed from Little Rock, Arkansas.
What Kid wouldn't? July 20, 2001
Paul D King (Vancouver, WA United States)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Produced by Selznick, this is one of the truest versions of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer. Though liberties were taken with the character of Jim, the richness (done in color) and the acting are superb. From painting the fence to Becky Thatcher's hero to attending their own funeral to Injun Joe and the harrowing cave scene, this version still brings tears to the eye and a smile to the heart. The actress playing Aunt Polly hid her age from Selznick because she was afraid if he knew she was in her 80's, she wouldn't win the coveted role. Great for Kids of all ages, it's a wonderful introduction to Tom Sawyer and the world of Mark Twain's books. Rent, buy, and borrow. Watch it with your favorite child at heart.
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