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American Playhouse: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1986)
One of the Best
I've seen most live-action film adaptations of Mark Twain's classic novel, but none follow the original story as closely as this one. The 1993 Disney version is a very good one, but definitely Disney-fied (more suitable for children and whatnot). This version is blunt and accurate. The casting was very good in my opinion. I found that it did move a bit slow at some parts and some scenes were added that were not in the book. The only scenes that were removed were the conversation Jim and Huck have about Frenchmen, the Boggs shooting, and all of the Wilks scenes. That, to me, is very strange. Although I did read somewhere that the full film is 240 minutes, and the one I have is 213 minutes, but says to be un-cut. They do go to Phelps Landing at the end, however, although Tom and Huck's elaborate escape plan for Jim is very much shortened - from over 3 weeks in the novel to 1 day in the film. The beginning is also changed slightly. Pap does not spend a night at the judge's house and does not break his arm. Overall, I really liked it and I think all Huck Finn-enthusiasts would.