Huckleberry Finn (1974 film)
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27% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Adventure, Musical Duration Country United States | 5.3/10 IMDb Director J. Lee Thompson Film series Tom Sawyer Film Series Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Robert B. Sherman , Richard M. Sherman , Mark Twain Release date May 24, 1974 (1974-05-24) Adapted from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Cast Jeff East (Huckleberry Finn), Paul Winfield (Jim), Harvey Korman (The King), David Wayne (The Duke), Arthur O'Connell (Col. Grangerford)Similar movies Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer are part of the same movie series Tagline The Greatest Of All American Adventure Stories. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Huckleberry Finn is the 1974 musical film version of Mark Twain's American classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Contents
- Huckleberry finn official trailer 1 arthur o connell movie 1974 hd
- The adventures of huckleberry finn 1960 original theatrical trailer warner archive collection
- Synopsis
- Cast
- Filming locations
- Setbacks in the films production
- Songs
- Adventures of huckleberry finn 1955 full movie captioned
- References
The movie was produced by Reader's Digest and Arthur P. Jacobs (known for his role in the production of the Planet of the Apes films), directed by J. Lee Thompson, and starred Jeff East as Huckleberry Finn and Paul Winfield as Jim. The film contains original music and songs, such as "Freedom" and "Cairo, Illinois", by the popular Sherman Brothers: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.
This film followed the previous year's highly successful Tom Sawyer, based on Twain's novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, also produced and written by the same team and starring East in the role of Huckleberry Finn.
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Synopsis
Huckleberry Finn (Jeff East) is a boy from Missouri living with a kindly widow and her sister who has taken him in. One day his father (Gary Merrill), previously thought dead, shows up because he heard of treasure Huck had found. Huck's pap essentially kidnaps the boy, wanting $1000 for his safe return. Staging his own death, Huck escapes and meets up with the kindly slave Jim (Paul Winfield). Together they travel downriver, in search of Jim's freedom.
Cast
Filming locations
Like Tom Sawyer, the film was shot in Arrow Rock and Lupus, Missouri. It was also shot in Natchez, Mississippi.
Setbacks in the film's production
The 1974 movie faced numerous setbacks in production. There was the sudden death of producer Arthur Jacobs halfway through the shoot. Director J. Lee Thompson had problems with the synchronized musical direction. The third major problem was the unfortunate timing of writer Robert B. Sherman's knee operation.
Without a producer, the film crew had difficulties managing the actors. Roberta Flack sang the classic, "Freedom" but insisted on having a guitar backing to her recording. She later threatened to sue if the original cast album was released with a dominant orchestral backing, and so although the album was recorded and printed, it was never released.
Despite these setbacks, the film still achieved some success and some of the film's songs, including "Freedom" are still considered classics.
Songs
The songs and score were written by the Sherman Brothers.
- "Freedom". Sung by Roberta Flack (who did not approve of the musical arrangement and threatened a lawsuit if the original cast album were not remixed to her liking).
- "Someday, Honey Darlin'". Sung by Paul Winfield.
- "Rotten Luck". Sung by Gary Merrill (the entire song was filmed sans-sync except for the final line of the song in which we see Merrill look back at the cabin and say, "And now my luck... It ain't so bad!").
- "Cairo, Illinois". Sung by Jeff East and Paul Winfield.
- "A Rose In A Bible".
- "Royalty!". Sung by Harvey Korman and David Wayne.
- "The Royal Nonesuch". Sung by Harvey Korman.
- "What's Right, What's Wrong?" Sung by Jeff East.
- "Into His Hands". Sung by Harvey Korman.
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References
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