Movie Type: Animated Musical, Family-Oriented Adventure
Themes: Mischievous Children
Main Cast: Thom Adcox, Dee Bradley Baker, Sheryl Bernstein, Pat Corley
Release Year: 2000
Country: US
Run Time: 89 minutes
MPAA Rating: G
Plot
Mark Twain's classic novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is re-created here as an animated adventure movie. Featuring a country music soundtrack with songs by Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings and Lee Ann Womack, the video is also accented with famous voices, like those of Don Knotts and Betty White. The characters have all been resurrected as animals; Tom and Becky are cats, Huck is a fox, and Injun Joe (more sensitively corrected to be "Injurin' Joe" in this production) is a bear. The animation is excellent, though the plot itself is a looser interpretation of Twain's story. Children aged five to 12 should enjoy the story and lively animation while getting a basic introduction to a classic piece of literature. ~ Sarah Block, All Movie Guide
Maria Estrada - Casting, Paul Sabella - Director, Mark Watters - Composer (Music Score), Paul Sabella - Producer, Maria Estrada - Producer, Patricia Jones - Screenwriter, Donald Reiker - Screenwriter, Maria Estrada - Voice Director
Harlene Ellin of The Chicago Tribune gave a negative review, saying that it "stray[ed] too far from Twain."[2] An uncredited review in the Wichita Eagle was also unfavorable, calling it a "shallow" interpretation of Twain's work.[3]
