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Tom Sawyer

G Released Mar 15, 1973 1h 44m Kids & Family Musical List
Tomatometer 4 Reviews 53% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Best friends Tom Sawyer (Johnnie Whitaker) and Huckleberry Finn (Jeff East) spend their days in their small Mississippi hometown causing havoc and having fun wherever they go. When the young Becky Thatcher (Jodie Foster) moves in to town, it throws an unexpected wrench into their friendship. But when one of Tom's friends finds himself in a jam, all three kids come together to help solve the problem in this musical retelling of the classic Mark Twain story.
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Penelope Gilliatt New Yorker What a deformity that an American film of a Mark Twain classic should transmit so little of its American guts, and comprehension of chicanery, and slowness to judge a world that the books judging itself. Jan 23, 2024 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy The dramatic interludes with Injun Joe are filmed for maximum impact. Rated: 3/4 Nov 3, 2021 Full Review Judith Crist Texas Monthly And you have to have a passel of kids around you... to know that there's a children's classic at hand and that you can double your pleasure in adulthood by knowing the generations are ungapped thereby. Jun 12, 2020 Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row Has the sweep of grandeur of a musical in the classic Hollywood style, even if the songs don't always fit comfortably into the narrative. Rated: 3/4 Jun 4, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Great movie filmed in Missouri, just like Tom Sawyer. The Missouri River is used instead of the Mississippi. There are some fantastic scenes in the movie. It captures the freedom of boyhood experience and community. Charlie Pride sings the theme song - what a job he does. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review steve d Nothing new to this often told story. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member One of my all time favorites growing up. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member The Sherman's and John Williams make a musical. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member http://filmreviewsnsuch.blogspot.com/2012/12/tom-sawyer.html Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member I really like the 1938 version, the book, and the E-book, and I want to see this one. I am afraid that it might be a bit "modern". Instead of dresses and petticoats, there's short sundresses. Things like that bother me, and I hope they didn't mess up this movie like that. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Tom Sawyer: Official Clip - Whipped for Becky Tom Sawyer: Official Clip - Whipped for Becky 1:58 Tom Sawyer: Official Clip - Responsibility Tom Sawyer: Official Clip - Responsibility 2:03 Tom Sawyer: Official Clip - Getting Engaged Tom Sawyer: Official Clip - Getting Engaged 1:27 Tom Sawyer: Official Clip - A Man's Gotta Be What He's Born to Be Tom Sawyer: Official Clip - A Man's Gotta Be What He's Born to Be 2:33 Tom Sawyer: Official Clip - Tom's Testimony Tom Sawyer: Official Clip - Tom's Testimony 2:13 Tom Sawyer: Official Clip - Tom and Huck's Funeral Tom Sawyer: Official Clip - Tom and Huck's Funeral 2:08 Tom Sawyer: Official Clip - Freebootin' Tom Sawyer: Official Clip - Freebootin' 2:10 Tom Sawyer: Official Clip - If'n I Was God Tom Sawyer: Official Clip - If'n I Was God 2:07 Tom Sawyer: Official Clip - Gratifaction Tom Sawyer: Official Clip - Gratifaction 2:32 Tom Sawyer: Official Clip - Becky Thatcher Tom Sawyer: Official Clip - Becky Thatcher 1:43 View more videos

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Synopsis Best friends Tom Sawyer (Johnnie Whitaker) and Huckleberry Finn (Jeff East) spend their days in their small Mississippi hometown causing havoc and having fun wherever they go. When the young Becky Thatcher (Jodie Foster) moves in to town, it throws an unexpected wrench into their friendship. But when one of Tom's friends finds himself in a jam, all three kids come together to help solve the problem in this musical retelling of the classic Mark Twain story.
Director
Don Taylor
Producer
Arthur P. Jacobs
Screenwriter
Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman
Distributor
United Artists
Production Co
APJAC Productions
Rating
G
Genre
Kids & Family, Musical
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 15, 1973, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 16, 2008
Runtime
1h 44m
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