Tom and Huck

Infobox Film
name = Tom and Huck


caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Peter Hewitt
producer = Laurence Mark
Stephen Sommers
writer = Mark Twain (novel)
Stephen Sommers
David Loughery
starring = Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Brad Renfro
Eric Schweig
Charles Rocket
Amy Wright
Michael McShane
Marian Seldes
Rachael Leigh Cook
music = [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006059/ Stephen Endelman]
cinematography = [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0119785/ Bobby Bukowski]
editing = [http://imdb.com/name/nm0293352/ David Freeman]
distributor = Walt Disney Pictures
released = December 22, 1995
runtime = 97 min.
country = United States
language = English
gross = $23,735,802
amg_id = 1:135566
imdb_id = 0112302

"Tom and Huck" is a 1995 Disney film starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Brad Renfro, Joey Stinson, and Rachael Leigh Cook; it is based on Mark Twain's novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". In the film, a mischievous young boy, Tom Sawyer, witnesses a murder by the vicious Injun Joe. Tom becomes friends with Huckleberry Finn, a boy with no future and no family, and is forced to choose between honoring a friendship or honoring an oath because the town alcoholic is accused of the murder. The movie was released in the U.S. and Canada on December 22 1995 [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tomandhuck.htm Box Office Mojo box office figure] Retrieved July24, 2007] . The movie received an PG rating from the MPAA for some villainous acts and mild language.

Plot

The film opens with Tom Sawyer (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) running away from home. He and his friends ride down the river on their raft, but they hit a sharp rock, which throws Tom into the water. His friends find him washed up on the shore, and as Tom finds out later, it was Huck Finn (Brad Renfro) who pulled him to safety. Huck learns of an unusual way to remove warts by taking a dead cat to the graveyard at night. It is there they witness a murder of Doc Robinson, the town doctor (William Newman) by a Native American named Injun Joe (Eric Schweig) while trying dig out a coffin of a dead man named Murrell. The town drunk, Muff Potter (Michael McShane) is framed for the murder, but Tom and Huck had signed an oath that stated if either of them came forward about it, they would drop dead and rot. The duo then goes on a search for Injun Joe's treasure map (which he found in Vic Murrell's coffin), so they can declare Muff Potter innocent and still keep their oath. The only problem is, the map is in Injun Joe's pocket. After Joe finds the first treasure, he burns the map and discovers that Tom was a witness to the murder. However, at the time, the entire town thought he was dead, and the friendship between Tom and Huck starts to decline, due to the fact their evidence (the map) to prove Muff innocent while preserving their oath is destroyed. At the trial of Muff Potter, Tom decides that his friendship with Muff is more important than his oath with Huck and discloses the truth to the court, who then declares Muff innocent of all charges, and goes after Injun Joe, who then tries to kill Tom after the disclosement. Huck becomes angry with Tom for breaking their oath and leaves town, much to Tom's displeasure. During a festival the next day, a group of kids, including Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher (Rachael Leigh Cook), enter the caves where Tom and Becky end up lost. They stumble upon the second treasure and Tom tells Becky to go get her father and bring him back. Just then Injun Joe shows up to kill Tom again, but not before Huck returns to help Tom take out Joe, who then falls into a ten-feet chasm inside McDougal's Cave. The two boys reconcile and are declared heroes by the people. Tom is put on the front page of the newspaper and Widow Douglas (Marian Seldes) decides to adopt Huck.

Background and production

Parts of the movie were filmed in Cathedral Caverns in Woodville, Alabama and in the town of Mooresville, Alabama.

Cast

*Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Thomas "Tom" Sawyer
*Brad Renfro as Huckleberry "Huck" Finn
*Eric Schweig as Injun Joe
*Charles Rocket as Judge Thatcher
*Amy Wright as Aunt Polly
*Michael McShane as Muff Potter
*Marian Seldes as Widow Douglas
*Rachael Leigh Cook as Rebecca "Becky" Thatcher
*Courtland Mead as Cousin Sid
*Heath Lamberts as Mr. Dobbins
*Joey Stinson as Joseph "Joe" Harper
*Blake Heron as Benjamin "Ben" Rodgers
* Lanny Flaherty as Emmett
* William Newman as Doc Robinson
* Joshua Voight as Fence Painter

Box office

The U.S. and Canada box office for Tom and Huck was $23,920,048 [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tomandhuck.htm Box Office Mojo box office figure] Retrieved 2007-07-24] .

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