Adventures Of Huck Finn, The

Adventure, Family

Elijah Wood	Huckleberry Finn
Courtney Vance	Jim
Robbie Coltrane	The Duke
Jason Robards, Jr.	King
Ron Perlman	Pap Finn
Dana Ivey	Widow Douglas
Anne Heche	Mary Jane Wilks
James Gammon	Deputy Hines
Paxton Whitehead	Harvey Wilks
Tom Aldredge	Dr. Robinson
Jason Robards	The King
Courtney B. Vance	Jim
Lillian Gish
Patrick Day
Jim Dale
Richard Kiley
Frederic Forrest
Geraldine Page
Sada Thompson
Butterfly McQueen
Sada Thompson (Pres/Narr)
Geraldine Page (Voice)

Director	Stephen Sommers; Peter H. Hunt
Producer	Laurence Mark; John Baldecchi; Barry Bernardi
Writer	Stephen Sommers; Mark Twain
Cinematography	Janusz Kaminski
Musician	Bill Conti

This eighth adaptation of the timeless Mark Twain novel casts Elijah Wood as Huckleberry Finn, the half-literate son of a drunk who runs away from home and follows the Mississippi River with an escaped slave named Jim (Courtney S. Vance). Along the way, the duo encounter adventures with colorful characters like The King (Jason Robards) and the Duke (Robbie Coltrane), two con men who impersonate British visitors in order to swindle two sisters out of their fortune, and Susan Wilks (Laura Bundy), the spunky 12-year-old girl who gives Huck his first kiss. Jim also re-educates Huck away from the racist views that he has grown up with. Not the most in-depth version of Twain's tale, The Adventures Of Huck Finn is a solid retelling of the classic story. — Don Kaye