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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1996 DVD Release: 05/06/2003 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 32 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Members Wishing: 10 Genres: Adventure, Children's/Family, Family-Oriented Adventure

This Disney live-action film is a very loose adaptation of Mark Twain's two novels about boyhood friends in Hannibal, MO, -The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and -The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn which omits some of the darker themes and undertones in the original books. Television star Jonathan Taylor Thomas (of Home Improvement) is the prankish Tom Sawyer. Tom wants desperately to be friends with the renegade orphan boy Huck Finn (Brad Renfro), who lives on his own on the edge of town. Tom is also smitten with the tomboyish Becky Thatcher (Amy Wright), daughter of the town judge. On an adventure one night, Tom and Huck stumble upon a murder in a graveyard. They see Injun Joe (Eric Schweig) killing the town undertaker to get a map to a treasure. Tom's friend Muff Potter (Michael McShane) is wrongly accused of the crime, but Tom and Huck both know the real killer. Huck has made Tom swear not to reveal the truth and both boys fear that Injun Joe will come after them if they squeal. Tom must choose between his friendship with Huck and his desire to vindicate Muff and get the real killer brought to justice. They try to find the treasure and end up confronting Injun Joe in a cave. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide

Jonathan Taylor Thomas - Tom Sawyer
Brad Renfro - Huckleberry Finn
Eric Schweig - Injun Joe
Charles Rocket - Judge Thatcher
Amy Wright - Aunt Polly

Starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Brad Renfro, the 1995 family-oriented adventure Tom and Huckcomes to DVD from Disney/Buena Vista with a standard full-frame transfer. Dolby Digital Surround Sound is available in English, with Dolby Digital Stereo tracks in Spanish and French. Closed captions are accessible but there are no subtitles or special features. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide