The Adventures of Huck Finn is a 1993 American adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers, distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Buena Vista Pictures, and starring Elijah Wood, Courtney B. Vance, Jason Robards and Robbie Coltrane it is based on Mark Twains novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and focuses on at least threefourths of the book. The film follows a boy named Huckleberry Finn and an escaped slave named Jim, who travel the Mississippi River together and overcome various obstacles along the way.
Huckleberry Finn Elijah Wood is a halfliterate son of a drunk Ron Perlman. One night, his father arrives and Huck is taken away to his fathers home. Jealous of Hucks money being kept away, Hucks dad attacks Huck, but eventually passes out from exhaustion.Huck fakes his own death and runs away. He is accompanied by Jim Courtney B. Vance, a slave who worked for Hucks foster family, and escaped the family out of fear for being sold off. The duo follow the Mississippi River to Cairo, Illinois, so Jim can escape to freedom without being arrested. ........
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