Tom and Huck


Tom and Huck is a 1995 American adventure comedydrama film based on Mark Twains novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Brad Renfro, Mike McShane, and Amy Wright. The film was directed by Peter Hewitt and producedcowritten by Stephen Sommers who also worked on another Disney adaptation of Twains work, 1993s The Adventures of Huck Finn. The movie was released in the U.S. and Canada on December 22, 1995.

The film opens with Injun Joe Eric Schweig accepting a job position from Doctor Jonas Robinson William Newman. Tom Sawyer Jonathan Taylor Thomas is seen running away from home. He and his friends ride down the Mississippi River on a raft, but hit a sharp rock, which throws Tom into the water. His friends find him washed up on the shore, and Tom finds it was Huck Finn Brad Renfro who carried him to safety. Huck learns of an unusual way to remove warts by taking a dead cat to the graveyard at night. There they witness Injun Joe and Muff Potter Mike McShane, the town drunk, digging up the grave of Vic OneEyed Murrell for Doctor Robinson. A treasure map is discovered and when Doc tries to betray the two men, Injun Joe murders him with Muffs knife.The next morning, Muff is charged for the murder. Unfortunately, Tom and Huck had signed an oath saying that if either of them came forward about it, they would drop dead and rot. The duo then goes on a search for Injun Joes treasure map, so they can declare Muff innocent and still keep their oath. The only problem is, the map is in Injun Joes pocket. After Injun Joe finds the last treasure, he burns the map and discovers that Tom was a witness to the murder. He finds Tom and warns him that if he ever told anyone about the murder, he will kill him. However, at the time, the entire town thought he was dead, and the friendship between Tom and Huck starts to decline because of the fact that their evidence the map to prove Muff innocent, while preserving their oath, is destroyed. ........

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