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Summary: Best Version Yet Filmed
Review: As a teacher, I love classic stories when they are faithfully brought to the screen. The director here has been true to Twain's story of Tom Sawyer and his best friend Huck, showing us life on the Missippi in the 1840's.Not just for kids, this film can be enjoyed by the entire family. There is the famous fence painting scene when Tom tricks all the other kids to do his work, the intrige of the murder of Dr. Robinson, the hunt for buried treasure, trapped in the caves and young puppy love. Majestically filmed on the great river, the director paints a tale of adventure that has thrilled readers for generations. This is the type of film that your family will watch a number of times, and all will hail as what great films are ment to be.
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Summary: What a disappointment
Review: I can hardly believe MGM/UA would be a part of this messed up production. The acting was barely passable. The audio is so horrible you cannot understand anything being said by Huckelberry Finn who, of course, is a major character. There are no subtitles available on this DVD so good audio becomes even more important. I would not recommend this version of Tom Sawyer to anyone under any circumstances. What a shame that this wonderful work of Mark Twain is not available in a decent format.
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Summary: Messed up!
Review: I can't say for sure, the DVD was messed up. I hope I can find one that is not. Are all of them messed up or can I buy another one and not have to worry about it being messed up. I never had a DVD do what this one did.
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Summary: Messed up!
Review: I can't say for sure, the DVD was messed up. I hope I can find one that is not. Are all of them messed up or can I buy another one and not have to worry about it being messed up. I never had a DVD do what this one did.
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Summary: Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer DVD ~ Fred Stack
Review: I do not recommend this movie. Of all the non-animated Tom Sawyer movies that I've seen this one's the worst. (The 1938 movie was the best.) The acting (both visual & audio) should have been better. I was disapointed with some of what was left out of the story -even though this is quite a legnthy movie. Some of the background music sounds Europian. And now the clincher: I suspect that this movie was dubbed into English from Russian from the 1981 Soviet Union TV movie: Priklyucheniya Toma Sojera i Geklberri Finna. The names of the director & lead actor were also translated. Stanislav Govorukhin became Stan Govorkin. FYODOR STUKOV became FRED STACK. Is this really so. If it is then I feel that it is dishonest not to disclose this movie's origin.
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Summary: A TRUE CLASSIC
Review: I purchased this DVD to help my son with his American Lit class. This film follows the book so close that it was a great help for him to better understand the material. The film has wonderful production values and one can see that this is a major motion picture epic. Our entire family enjoyed the film, my son obtained a top grade in his class, and we have a wonderful addition to our DVD library.
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Summary: Beware... Cheap 1981 Russian TV production
Review: It may be the most accurate version yet filmed, but accurate doesn't necessarily mean entertaining. This very cheap production looks like it was made for Dutch television in 1953. Horrendous dubbing, muddy grainy picture and atrocious editing make this one nearly unwatchable. At a ponderous 135 minutes, you'll wish you were dead long before it's over. The complete lack of any familar names in the credits should be a tip-off; despite the so-called "co-production" with MGM/UA, no American studio would ever release this. Don't trust the 1999 release date; it truly appears to have been filmed on 16mm in the 1970s. ***Addendum: A check of the Internet Movie Database reveals this to be a cut-down version of a 1981 Soviet TV Miniseries, which explains the dubbing, grainy 16mm picture, choppy cutting and lack of any recognizable names. "Fred Stack" is actually Fyodor (Fedya) Stukov. Some people may think this is a fine production, but you should know what you are ordering. If "accuracy" and faithfulness to the book are what you're after, this one may have some value as a curiosity, but if you want to be entertained or to introduce the kids to classic stories, skip this one and read them the book.
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Summary: Not great, but better than Disney's 'Tom and Huck'!
Review: Of all the Tom Sawyer films I've seen, this one stays the closest to the book. A little slow moving at times (not all the sequences in the book transfer well to film) but mildly entertaining. Some scenes drag on much longer than necessary. especially the fence painting sequence. However. if you can get past the voice dubbing this is a fairly enjoyable film. The dubbing is horrendous! Both Tom and Huck sound as if they were dubbed over by women trying to do a child's voice. It comes off sounding extremely ridiculous. Some of the scene transitions are sloppy as well.
The actors have talent but again, it is overshadowed by the poor dubbing.
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Summary: Beware!! This is an awful production of Tom Sawyer.
Review: This has to be the worst production of a movie I have ever seen. The dubbing is horrible, the sound does not match the characters lips and the voices do not sound like the characters should. After reading this classic to our children we decided to buy the movie, and boy what a mistake we made with our choice. I believe the cartoon version would be more realistic and easier to follow.
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Summary: Beware!! This is an awful production of Tom Sawyer.
Review: This has to be the worst production of a movie I have ever seen. The dubbing is horrible, the sound does not match the characters lips and the voices do not sound like the characters should. After reading this classic to our children we decided to buy the movie, and boy what a mistake we made with our choice. I believe the cartoon version would be more realistic and easier to follow.
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