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VHS : The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Mickey Rooney, Walter Connolly, William Frawley, Rex Ingram, Lynne Carver directed by: Richard Thorpe  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786301964265 Format: Black & White, NTSC ISBN: 6301964268 Label: MGM/UA Manufacturer: MGM/UA Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: MGM/UA Release Date: September 22, 1999 Running Time: 91 minutes Studio: MGM/UA Theatrical Release Date: February 10, 1939 Sales Rank: 3145 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn is considered by many to be the greatest American novel ever written. Though none of the many film adaptations have done the book justice, the closest remains the 1939 remake with Mickey Rooney. Toning down his usual firecracker personality, Rooney's river-boy Huck is a fun-loving, superstitious kid who can't give up his free-and-easy life of fishing and smoking, despite the best efforts of his kindly guardians. When his souse of a Pap blackmails the well-meaning matrons, mischievous Huck fakes his death and heads down the river with his friend Jim (Rex Ingram), a slave he grudgingly helps escape to a free state. Rooney displays his underrated skills as a dramatic performer as he banters with Jim about slavery, fate, and destiny, and his slow realization that, slave or not, Jim is a human being ripples across his face like a remembered sin. The last half of the picture winds the destinies of the runaways around the schemes of con men Walter Connelly and William Frawley (who make a hilarious team as "the King" and "the Duke"), where the comic antics nuzzle against despicable plots and Huck's free spirit slams against his growing sense of responsibility. It's a generally faithful adaptation until the climax, which completely removes Tom Sawyer's appearance for a melodramatic, race-to-the-rescue conclusion. But for all the film's narrative liberties, Rooney's thoughtful performance captures Twain's Huck better than any version before or since. --Sean Axmaker Average Rating:
 Rating: - Close to the BookThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a classic story that has made its way in some way or another into the brains of every American. It is Mark Twain's novel about a boy named Huck (Mickey Rooney) who hates school and everything proper who escapes his aunts and his deadbeat father on a raft down the river. He discovers that his aunt Polly's slave Jim (Rex Ingram) has escaped too, and the two join forces. However, it is assumed that Jim has killed Huck, so a desperate search is on to find the runaway. ... Read More Rating:  - ReadI don't advocate this much, but when you compare the novel and this movie, I would say go read the book. This book leaves out and alters so much of the story that it completely changes the meaning of the book. Omitting the Tom Sawyer sequence at the end is a complete crock. When Peter Jackson set out to make the Lord of the Rings, yes, he had to cut much out in order to not make 3 different four-hour long movies, but he didn't decide "Ok, let's change it from 'The Ring being destroyed' to 'Indians ... Read More Rating:  - MICKEY ROONEY SHINES!THIS MOVIE IS ONE OF THE GREAT STAR MICKEY ROONEY'S VERY BEST. WHO CARES IF IT'S NOT TOTALLY TRUE TO THE BOOK. THE FACT HERE IS THAT I WATCH IT TO SEE MICKEY ROONEY'S GREAT TALENT AND JUST TO SEE HIM. HE HAS SUCH A SCREEN PRESENCE, THERE IS JUST SOMETHING ABOUT HIM THAT MAKES ME BELIEVE THAT NO OTHER COULD BE ANY BETTER. THIS MOVIE IS GREAT! IF YOU ARE A MICKEY FAN AS I AM YOU WILL LOVE THIS MOVIE! HE'S GREAT AND ADORABLE! Rating: - The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnI want, DVD version "The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn" with Mickey Roonney, with subtitles in spanish and spoken in spanish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rating: - The best film version of the Mark Twain classic.This is probably the most accurate portrayal of Huck ever brought to screen! Here you see the young hero learn the power of loyalty and the evils of racism as he smokes and curses his way through one adventure after another. Despite criticisms about the use of racially offensive language, this movie(and book) have done much toward bridging the gap between the races by imparting understanding and empathy. Accusations that the language of the book should justify its being banned are born of ignorance, ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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