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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Black & White, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: The 1938 version of Adventures of Tom Sawyer appears to be producer David O. Selznick's dry run for Gone with the Wind, what with its similarities in period, costumes, color scheme and production design (both films shared the services of the great Hollywood art director William Cameron Menzies). Selected from hundreds of applicants (a precursor to Selznick's upcoming search for Wind's Scarlet O'Hara), Tommy Kelly is visually perfect as Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer though his acting varies from scene to scene. Better cast is Jackie Moran as the laconic, pipe-smoking Huck Finn (Moran would show up in Wind as Dr. Meade's son). Never forcing its pace, the film manages to include most of Twain's classic sequences, including the fence-whitewashing episode, Tom's rescue of Becky Thatcher (Anne Gillis) from the wrath of their schoolmaster (Olin Howlin), Tom and Huck's "death and resurrection" after the boys briefly skipped town for an idyll on a remote island, the murder trial of town drunk Muff Potter (Walter Brennan) and ultimately unmasking of the vicious Injun Joe (Victor Jory) as the real killer, and of course the chilling climax in the cave, wherein Tom protects Becky from the fugitive Injun Joe. Originally released at 93 minutes, Adventures of Tom Sawyer was trimmed to 77 minutes for a 1959 reissue; it has since been restored to its full length on videotape. In 1960, Tom Sawyer was syndicated to television by Selznick, with accompanying commentary by the film's now-grown-up "Becky Thatcher", Anne Gillis. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Oscar Academy Awards, Venice Film Festival, ...The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
To whomever might consider buying this movie. We first saw this movie five years ago and have waited for it to be introduced onto dvd in Australia AS HAS OCCURRED MANY times after we have bought a movie from Amazon. we could not wait any longer and decided to buy it for Christmas. We have no regrets even if it appears here next week. The movie is fabul;ous: the best version of Tom Sawyer we have ever seen. I see myself in Aunt Polly ; too quick to smack and too slow to apologise. It helped me to form my New year's Resolutions. Time can be a best friend. Act in haste and repent at leisure. As a mother of many boys, I can't recommend this movie highly enough.
14 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," with Tommy Kelly as the lead, has to our family, been a wonderful source of enjoyment from the period in which Mark Twain lived his life. One can label it as funny, cute, dramatic, suspenseful; especially in the courtroom, and the fight in the cave. It brings happy emotions and sad emotions to the surface. He is mischievous: always picking on his brother Sid, "in your face" if you like. He gets in trouble for things he didn't do, just as any living child would.
He lives with his Aunt Polly, a sister, and a brother. They have a young servant, Jim, who helps out.
This takes place at a time when slavery was still in use in the "south" of the United States. However, it does not treat it as an issue.
I whole-heartedly recommend it to all who would like "Truly Clean, Wholesome Family Entertainment." Absolutely a 5-star film!
He lives with his Aunt Polly, a sister, and a brother. They have a young servant, Jim, who helps out.
This takes place at a time when slavery was still in use in the "south" of the United States. However, it does not treat it as an issue.
I whole-heartedly recommend it to all who would like "Truly Clean, Wholesome Family Entertainment." Absolutely a 5-star film!
Format:DVD
This is a classic film made in the thirties made for adults and children a must see. They don`t make them like this anymore.
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A Classic Restored -- but why not out in the USA?
David O. Selznick's THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER was always a holiday favorite in New York -- one local station used to air it every Thanksgiving and Christmas (obviously two... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Bruce Eder
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Bought this for use with my students who have learning difficulties. They were interested in the Mark Twain reference when it came up on Google recently. Read more
Bought this for use with my students who have learning difficulties. They were interested in the Mark Twain reference when it came up on Google recently. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Cymro
Disappointing
I bought this DVD for school use but couldn't use it because of the language - which has not been modernised and is therefore unsuitable.
Published 15 months ago by F. Lewis
The good old days
This is the real old thing, one of the first colorfilms from just before the war. Mark Twin would feel honoured.
Published on 11 Oct 2009 by Rbr Piera
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